I grew weary of the argument among various talking heads that Huckabee was taking votes away from Romney; i.e., if Huckabee weren't in the race those votes would most certainly go for Romney.

That is not the case with me. I would vote for Huckabee, I would vote for Ron Paul (I think), I might even vote for McCain (and come November might have to). But I wouldn't vote for Romney.

Why doesn't anyone say that Romney's splitting up the Huckabee vote? Huckabe's base is evangelical Christians, and countless pols have shown that a majority will not vote for a mormon candidate (evidently a candidates platforms don't matter nearly as much as who they prey too...guess we're lucky we survived Truman). So Huckabe's base won't vote for Romney, but Romneys might vote for Huckabe. Romney wen't after the, "do you remember when things were simple and we all went to church and God hadn't invented gays yet," group. Does anyone believe that the people following his idealized 50's tour campaign couldn't just as easily jump onto the Huckabe bandwagon? The only other thing Romney can tout is his financial experience, but Huckabel isn't any worse than McCain, and he has the added experience of dealing with the AK budget.

And as for feeling bad for Romney that his mormonism has hurt his campaign (at least in Iowa), he bit the hand that fed him in rebuking every social position he originally took as governor of Massachusetts, and publically mocked the commonwealth as well. To turn his back on those that elected him in order to woo the most intolerant demographic in the American political landscape...It's his own damn fault.