Gee, I never said all conservative Christians deserted Hutchinson. It is highly unlikely that very many voters in AR voted for Hutchinson but for no one for governor, but it happened in your case. Aren't both Hutchinson and Huckabee ordained Baptist ministers? So why did you desert Huckabee? The woman who opposed him was a disciple of AR Bill.
The decision by these 56,000 AR to permit a follower of AR Bill to go to the U.S. Senate will have ramifications in the state for years to come. And conservative Christian voters in other states will in time be faced with a dilemma similar to their situation with the Hutchinson-Pryor race. So often the Republican candidate is not what these voters are looking for, but they can they sit out the election and permit the opposition to win time and time again?
I have a cousin. She and her husband are Christians, but only she is conservative. The husband is a union official and staunch Democrat. He even put a sign for Mary Landriue in his yard, but I think his wife voted for Terrell. So there are some Christian voters who stand firmly with the Democrats. Remember, it was said in 1996 that perhaps 1/3 of Christian voters deserted the divorced Bob Dole and actually voted for AR Bill's reelection. Yet, many of these Christian conservatives did not hold Ronald Reagan's divorce from Jane Wyman against him in 1980, and certainly not in 1984.
...she was not going to win anyway. I don't want to bad-mouth Gov. Huckabee. Let's just say I have my reasons.