[pulaskibush]

That's what they said about McCain in 2000. Romney was able to be elected in one of the bluest states in the country and Fred has the image of the being the most outside Washington.

I think your right with Huckabee. He's only a contender because of cheerleading by a media that knows he's easy to defeat in the general election.

[TAdams8591]

Though, actually, Romney and Huck are much further from Washington circles than Fred Thompson, who has been pretty involved with Washington since and including the Watergate hearings.