As I've mentioned here, I've occasionally thought Mike Huckabee was a Republican I could have voted for. I never thought though that he could be elected. This piece by Bob Moser — a gay liberal — tracks a lot of the odd veers that Huckabee has made in his run-up to his running. He said and did things that clearly made him a "maverick" Republican, unwilling to parrot what the Tea Party folks demand to hear. But then he also said things that made him clearly unacceptable to those in this country who lean left. Once, that independence made him look somewhat like a candidate who could bridge the partisan divide and bring this country together on something, or at least someone. Now, it makes him look like a guy who can't get support from either side.