Frum is not only wrong but he is bad wrong. McCain, unlike Obama came with a past and many remembered his past.
Huckabee would have set up a network that would have put Obama to shame. The Broken Glass Republicans would have turned out in droves. When I last frequented LGF it had become “Evolution Headquarters” so I give no credence to anything coming from there. Any candidate seen in a secular light like McCain, Thompson and Guiliani aren’t going to have a chance in the General.
You have to get out the vote and Huckabee with the help of Evangelicals did just that in short order and with little money. It is the Country Club Republicans if any who lost us this election. Many of them like Powell supported Obama. We selected our candidate based on “who could beat Hitlery” or who “Democrats might support”. We had great conservatives running who were underfunded and under reported. Until we get our head out of our a$$es and quit playing “American Idol” with the Rats we will continue to lose.
I am a Pentecostal who is a six day Creationist and pro-life activist, and I would have seriously considered staying home if Huckabee had been the nominee. He sells snake oil, and anyone who has his eyes open can see it. Those of my evangelical brothers who were taken in by Huckabee showed to vote for McCain in droves yesterday because of Obama's abortion positions and gun grabbing.
Yeah, we lost this because of the country clubbers, but if Huckabee is the answer, we might as well pack up the tent.