It was already clear that he could only win the nomination if McCain dropped out of the race.
It would be nice, given the possibility that McCain could keel over at any time, if he was around.
But on the other hand, it might also be nice to put to bed the “Huckabee would win if Romney just dropped out” discussion once and for all.
Huckabee should have dropped out, Romney is much closer to McCain and if Huckabee really cared about conservative values, he’d see that stopping McCain was the most important thing.
But now Romney, who previously backed off in South Carolina giving Fred Thompson a chance, now appears to be backing off to give Huckabee a chance, even though Huckabee has no chance at all.
What fools conservatives are. You know when the dems saw Mitt THEY knew he was it (explains the substantially higher numbers of attacks on Mitt than anyone else by 2 to 1). Too bad conservatives were not smart and savvy enough to figure it out. The dems could see he would be an exceptional candidate and a formidable opponent to their inexperienced, inside-the-beltway offerings.
“if Huckabee really cared about conservative values, he’d see that stopping McCain was the most important thing.”
Maybe Huckabee was suspicious of all of Romney’s recent “conversions.” Many of us were.