Although not really a devoted follower of Romney, when it came time for me and my wife to decide who we'd vote for in the TN primary, Mitt's positions were the closest to ours. I thought Huckabee's ideas about reworking the tax code had some value, his "elect your pastor" image bothered me too much to enable me to back him.

So it was with some sadness that we heard he'd withdrawn from the race. I shudder to think of his former backers getting behind Huckabee..................