I agree that Huckabee is the distraction of the month. The media is setting him up for a fall just like they did Thompson. They hype a candidate without the appeal, campaign organization, money, etc. into an unnaturally high position in the polls, and then they turn on the guy and make him drop like a rock. I'm sure the MSM board rooms are full of laughter after they successfully pull this stunt off the way they did with Thompson. Now Huckabee is the new rube. Meanwhile, Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney remain the only two candidates with the campaign organization, appeal, ability, and cash to make it to the primary election and then the general election. I'm pulling for the pro-life, fiscally conservative, business leader candidate and opposing the corrupt, serial adulterer, pro-radical gay agenda, pro-abortion, pro-illegal alien liberal lawyer candidate whose nomination would destroy the GOP and give the Democrats decades of unopposed power in all three branches of government.
Huck is built up by the MSM because it’s easy and fun to do. Everyone knows he will not be there at the finish line, so why not toss him out there. I think they are doing the same thing, on a bigger scale, with Rudy. Make him seem like the only guy who can beat HRC, only to gleefully shoot him down once he gets the nomination. Talk about an easy target!
Fred is a different story. The only “safe” thing to do is ignore him, and hope that he never even gets considered. I don’t think the MSM has ever, nor will they ever, attempt to make Fred their feature candidate, precisely because they are scared to death he might catch on.
Everyone who is paying attention knows Fred is in the room - even Rudy, Mitt, and Huck instinctive know that Fred would be the best man to lead them in a powerful administration.