Fred Thompson did it for McCain. Romney benefitted from Newt’s personal baggage and a slew of inexperienced and gimmicky candidates from the right. Bush will have to deal with Cruz and Rand Paul. Neither McCain nor Romney had to deal with anyone of their pedigree. While I wouldn’t discount Bush’s chance of winning the nomination, he is going to have a much bigger fight on his hands than the others had and I just don’t see Huck getting traction for him this time.
Our best hope is that Christie and Bush split the Liberal vote enough for a conservative to win, but I’m not betting on it.