If GOP picks McCain or Huckabee, there is not much hope. Both are for amnesty and perks for illegal aliens. Both are left of center. Both draw votes from Thompson and Hunter. A McCain win after a Huckabee win will send a terrible message regarding the immigration issue.
Word going around is that Newt Gingrich is helping Huckabee behind the scenes in hopes that his disastrous in the general election will need to 4 years of GOP wandering in the desert only to be “rescued” by Newt in ‘12.