Like the end of the Confederacy you will begin to see the presidential aspirations of Mike Huckabee collapse in the next three weeks. He has made some atrocious strategical decisions the past week that will doom his campaign. Governor Huckabee did a brilliant job of keeping his faith blanketed pre and post Iowa so that he appealed to many moderate and lower income Republicans. Evangelical Christians understood the underpinnings of Huckabee. This past week, however, the former Governor of Arkansas blew his cover. He pronounced there needed to be a Constitutional Amendment to make abortion illegal and to nationally outlaw same-sex marriage. This would surely galvanize his Christian base but to many on the fence, there will likely be an exodus (pardon the religious reference). True conservatives don’t like messing with the Constitution much. In the last couple days Huckabee fired off a strange statement about South Carolina’s choice to maintain the stars and bars as they see fit. I realize South Carolina is the birthplace of the Confederacy but even if you think they have a right to uphold their “battle flag”, it doesn’t play well in the vast majority of the Union and it does serve as a dividing symbol. These choices made by Mike Huckabee will marginalize his support and ultimately torpedo his bid for the White House.

In the following video notice the irony of how Joe Scarborough (host) frames the question about federalism. If you are a student of history you will be able to capture the 21st Century tinge to a 19th Century issue.