Does Huckabee have support base outside of religious circles?

Thats the crucial question. Do the Republican want to risk another Christian right candidate or are the electorate sick of Bush and his shower?

Huckabee appears to be a bit of a demagogue when I've seen him speak doesnt raise his voice and has very much the approach of a Minister in a service (which he was). It's realy hard to tell which way its going to go for the Republicans.

No.

He's a fiscal liberal, so many of us old Reagan and Goldwater conservatives aren't particularly impressed with his policies. I think he's Hillary's choice, because it would split apart the uneasy coalition that small-government libertarians have had with the "religious-right," thereby dooming the country to full-on, high-tax Marxism.

I'll take Romney or Rudy, though, in my heart, I know Ron is right.

He's also soft on crime, soft on immigration, and pro-taxes. These positions are going to turn any real republicans off on this guy. It seems like the Christ Complex is the only thing he's got going for it, and it seems to be working too. =(

everybody that wants to see big changes in the old system with fat cats running the show will give him a close look. so, he is a religious man. that can't be all bad. it might be real good. better than what we have now, no matter what.

Not really, he is nice enough, but I don't think he has a chance.

I have never voted in my life but this year I will vote for him !

My sincere hope is No.