If Gov. Huckabee is making inroads in new Hampshire, we are all
in deep trouble. I covered him for 14 months in Little Rock, and
rarely have a been so disappointed in a political figure for whom I
had high hopes. He is so thin-skinned he may as well have an
epidermis of crepe-paper; he is so sanctimonious he makes John
McCain look full of self-doubt; his antenna for possible ethical
violations by his staff is not only inoperable, but deliberately
so: His attitude is, “How DARE anyone question the ethics of
ANYBODY associated with me, because I’m a Baptist minister, so I’m
beyond reproach and by extension so is my entire staff!!!” This is
a warning to all conservatives: If he is the Republican nominee,
the press and Hillary (who of course has her entire Arkansas gang
loaded up on oppo research against Huckabee) will EAT HUCK ALIVE.
He would be an utter disaster. This is just by way of observation,
mind you, not an endorsement of any particular candidacy.