Because the media is complicit in perpetuating this fraud on the American people. The two party system.
Think what you will, but there is a reason Huckabee all the sudden began to receive so much attention while real conservative candidates are marginalized.
media air time=poll numbers
Huckabee does a good job connecting with voters. Do you remember when Thompson was leading the polls? All those people became dissapointed with Thompson and have switched support to another socon.