It was weird that Huckabee, who at the time was polling #1 declared very early that he wouldn’t run. He is a pretty opportunist fellow and it seemed very unlike him at the time. I often questioned weather he had already made a deal with Romney. Some people say that the good pastor Huck would never run with Mormon Mitt but they are vastly underestimating his political nature. Others have said that Mitt would never run with Huckabee who spoiled his chance to beat McCain last time. They underestimate Mitt’s political nature. There would be no better antidote for his Mormon problem than Huckabee on the ticket. That said and as much as they both make me queasy a Huckabee/Romney ticket would destroy Obama. Moderate Mitt, all business all the time, and Evangelical Mike turning out the old base. Business sense and old school populism merged in clean scandal free package. The tea party would cry foul for a while but 90% would fall in line by November because the alternative is unacceptable.
Even if it gets Obama re-elected this Tea Partier will never vote for Romney, and I'm guessing a lot more Tea people than you think will do the same thing. I'm not going to be hoodwinked again by a another repub shister.
Can the GOP win if 10% of their base stays home? If their own base is depressed how can conservative independents be thought to support them?
“There would be no better antidote for his Mormon problem than Huckabee on the ticket.”
Nope it won’t work, it will just destroy Huckabee’s reputation. I’m actually shocked he would say such a thing as urging folks to support Romney.