Yeah, the evangelicals love them some Huckabee something fierce and he's likely to present a challenge to Rand in Iowa out of the gate. There's so much on that guy to show what a fraud conservative he is and was but the flock keeps the ostrich routine going. I just know that Cruz is really loved by the hardcore conservatives that listen to Mark Levin and follow Mama Grizzly and he is more likable over Rand because Rand stakes out different territory in nuanced ways on things such as immigration, minority outreach and such to appeal in a general election setting. The main thing his dad had against him was the unelectable meme which Rand has clearly been messaging himself by doing cartwheels w/ key rhetoric that can thread the needle on foreign policy issues to keep the neocons on the ropes and not allow them and their minions in the media to demagogue him on even though his end goal is similar in nature to what Ron spoke of.
Religious nuts are definitely one of the core GOP voter groups. Without them no GOP candidate is going to win the POTUS elections. The question is whether they will support Rand, in a hypothetical Rand Paul vs Hillary Clinton battle.
