How in the world do you see Huckabee as a chance to derail McCain? Huckabee is working with McCain. The PAC, “Trust Huckabee”, is financed by Carl Lindner, a member of the Keating Five, McCain’s friend. Huckabee will be turning his delegates over to McCain.
I should add that Huckabee is hanging on because he thinks he’s getting the VP slot, but he’s not. He was asked about it on tv and said that it’s a position that no one really wants, but that no one turns down. Not true, but indicative of how he feels.
Huckabee is running. Romney is not. Huckabee is far, far preferable to McCain: He is malleable by the likes of Duncan Hunter who can fill in the gaps in defense/national security, and supports protection of the big-picture values and presuppositions about human dignity and justice that enabled us to have a United States of America to begin with.
Perfect? Not even close. But the best we've got.
Whether or not he can mathematically beat John McCain is irrelevant with regard to doing the right thing. Technically he could and it would be easier with Romney out of the race. Regardless of the ultimate end result, I've done my duty.