I have been saying it repeatedly on this site, Huckabee is little more than a useful idiot to the establishment. They trot him out when they need help rounding up Christian Conservatives who are starting to stray away from the pre-determined choice. They also wheel him out when they need the conservative vote split in presidential primaries. Make sure his supporters don’t coalesce behind a single conservative.
Anyone who follows Huckabee and supports him is being played for a fool.
Your assessment of Huckabee and his acolytes is as accurate an assessment as I’ve seen. Huckabee is a dense, vain fool who fancies himself as president, but is in fact nothing more than a useful idiot pushed by establishment Republicans to split the conservative vote every 4 years.
Same with Fred Thompson. The MSM drags them out of the woodwork when needed.