Rick Perry was applauded for his stands for state sovereignty on issues surrounding the border and on Obamacare. But few know or care) that Perry first passed a law allowing children of illegals to compete with others for in-state tuition rates if they successfully attended Texas government schools.
The point is not whether that wsa the right policy or not (it wasn’t), it is whether such things are equivalent to ceding “sovereignty”. It isn’t.
Huckabee is a complete non-starter. If brainpower were TNT this goober couldn't even blow his nose. He is soft on crime, soft on illegal immigration, and soft headed.
If the GOP nominates him, they will deserve electoral defeat.
Big Government liberalism with a Christian face is not conservatism.