One down seven to go!

With the predictable departure of Tancredo from the race, the field narrows down from nine to eight. I should say seven because Ron Paul will ultimately run as an independent. If truth be told the race remains the same, Huckabee, McCain, Giuliani, Thompson and Romney in order of their likelyhood to win.

While I was hoping Tancredo would immediately endorse Huckabee, he disappointed me by wasting his endorsement on Romney, the flip-flopping tycoon who attacks the Huckster for giving rehabilitated convicts a second chance, but has no problems attending and endorsing abortion clinics, whose primary objective is to terminate life without a second chance. While Tancredo’s endorsement might mean diddly squat given the low numbers he's been polling, it should be pointed out that Tancredo succeeded in achieving his purpose in his failed candidacy.

Tancredo was never in the race to win the presidency, not by a long shot; rather, it was a shrewd political ploy to gunner free media exposure and use campaign funding to promote his early Senatorial campaign slated for next year.

The media report on the Huckster is very encouraging; that Romney has to overcome Mt. Mormon before he crosses the flip-flop river of doubt; that his border security fence begins on his lawn as he continues to struggle with the Bible as the true and only word of God.

I hope Huckabee does not get distracted by indulging Romney in his desperate attacks nor back down from his definition of Christianity. He can leave the dirty work to those of us who have lost all and are clinging to the last we have, our faith, freedom and family values.

Huckabee has earned his way to the top and will be rewarded by the populace. While he is not the GOP poster boy, he reminds us that one can come from humble beginnings and end at the very top. I should imagine the Huckster is a very personable and easy person to talk to, without that sickening feeling in the back of your head that you get everytime you talk to a tycoon; that they own you.