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That's true. It's usually the candidate who came in second, though. Huckabee came in third back in 2008.

Also, those other guys were really working hard for the nomination between campaigns and were ahead coming out of the starting gate. That's not the case with Huck. He's closer to the middle of the field.

[PhilCollins]

According to this article, Huckabee had the second-highest number of delegates, with seven more than Romney: http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/scorecard/#val=R