These two factors are, in this American Idol type world, critical. If Fred slips in SC and Huckabee takes him on there, Fred is out of it. I think more than anything, Huckabee is becoming the anti - Fred.
Another factor to consider is that regardless of his positions, Southern Governors are still considered to be the most electable.
Huckabee isn’t just the anti-Fred, he’s the anti-conservative.