1.0 link 85215 <![CDATA[Huckabee Fails to Keep Southern Evangelical Base United]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chip-berlet/huckabee-fails-to-keep-so_b_85215.html Republican presidential contender Mike Huckabee started out his evening speech on Super Tuesday with two Biblical references, when in fact, his Biblical base is slipping--but not far away.

Huckabee is getting a lot of press attention for doing so well with Southern evangelicals, but if you examine vote totals and exit polls closely, it is clear that many conservative white evangelicals in the South have opted for "pragmatism" over "purism" within the Republican Party.

Huckabee represents "purism." McCain and Romney represent "pragmatism."

Let's...

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