Huck One Two

The Huckster has overstayed his welcome.

At least from the GOP establishment perspective. He cut the deal back at West Virginia to block Romney, said in the media that the VP job was one that nobody wants but 'nobody refuses.' Then he didn't drop out. Then he changed his tune on VP. The wins in the South gave him new energy and some more money. Even more, and generally not reported in the national news, he is now making the tour of the largest churches in America. He's been endorsed by Dobson. Heady stuff for a baptist preacher from Arkansas.

But I agree with all of you who voted in the poll on this blog last week - you voted 100% for Huck staying in the race. I think that he has every right to stay in and I think that he allows a very important 'protest vote' to be cast in this primary season.

Ol' Huck isn't in it for protest votes though. He's in it to build a campaign base for 2012. He is building a list of names, email addresses, a donor base, local organizers and sympathetic party officials. See, the friar knows what I know but some of you are reluctant to admit: McCain is going to lose. I think that he is going to lose bad (no, not badly.....bad). Huck can then say that the moderate GOP experiment failed and that he is waiting to step in as the conservative answer. Of course, Huck and McCain believe essentially the same things - it's just that the preacher is more overtly religious and thus seems more conservative.

If only the moderate GOP experiment really would fail!

Then the Republicans would choose a candidate who is a conservative in practice, not just in word.