One of the biggest questions Huckabee needs to look at in determining whether he should even bother trying to run another national campaign is whether the Maurice Clemmons clemency issue would automatically sink him. The Seattle Times just published a seemingly damning look at Clemmons's time in prison:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013170108_otherside18.htmlHuck offers a more detailed rebuttal on the issue than I've seen him make before here:
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1010/Huckabees_clemency.html?showallIt doesn't really address the issue of Clemmons's less than model behavior in prison, but it does raise some points in Huck's favor that I hadn't seen before. In any case, it's worth a read if you want more info to digest on the question of whether Huckabee would have any chance in another national campaign, or whether this issue would inevitably cause his campaign to implode.
