The biggest winner Tuesday night was probably Huckleberry, who
would like to be VP, the biggest loser Florida governor Charlie
Crist, who also pines for the post.
By winning four Southern states plus West By-God and nearly
winning Missouri, Huck demonstrated real strength with just the
kind of folks and in just the places were McCain is most
problematic - the South, conservatives, evangelicals. He could add
to the ticket in multiple places where Charlie would help in
Florida alone. Charlie is the kind of populist flake fulltime that
McCain is from time to time on various issues. So Crist doesn't add
value (please pardon the business-speak) to the ticket outside of
Florida where the Huckster could. (Governor Mike might object to
"Huckster," but he shouldn't. Some have called him Everyman --
others have called him a con man. To succeed in Southern politics
you have to be a bit of both.
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