You’re probably right that such WAS the plan.
I think that plan has a monkey wrench in it right now and remember, there are 1000 pardoned criminal out there. Only 2 have spoken so far.
We could very well here other “voices” in the next couple of years.
No, Huck is toast. He is so over.
Romney remains as the single RINO option to be pushed by the MSM.
By this time next year, Huck's pardons will be old news and be swept under the rug until such time as he secures the nomination. Then, and only then, they will drag it out again.
I'm not even saying Huck needs to win in New Hampshire. All he has to do is win in Iowa (which he did once) and in South Carolina (which he nearly did) to be proclaimed the front runner again. Florida would pretty well cement it.
Neither the MSM nor the RINO wing is dumb enough to put all their eggs in the Romney basket especially since whoever gets nominated is going to have a fairly decent chance of getting elected once all the sugar flakes off the ObaMao turd.