Rich Lowry raises a good question - how hard will Huckabee fight, if he and McCain end up in a two-man race for South Carolina? Does he go all-out for the nomination, devil take the consequences? Or does he play it the way John Edwards did in 2004, going easy on the front-runner in an effort to maneuver himself into the VP's slot?
On the one hand, as Rich says, "there are worse things than being in the second slot on a ticket where the top guy is 71-years old." On the other hand, look how the plan worked out for Edwards.
Not quite the same situation as Edwards, as the 2012 Republican field (should McCain/Huckabee go down to defeat this year) is unlikely to have anyone with Hillary Clinton's marquee appeal or Barack Obama's mad political skills. It's quite likely indeed that Huckabee will be the veep candidate regardless of who wins the nomination (with the trivial exception of Huckabee himself).
Posted by kth | January 9, 2008 1:31 PM