But This Time There Really Is A Wolf

The Good News?

Hugh Hewitt's been doing yeoman's work of late revealing the real Mike Huckabee to Republican voters and demonstrating just what kind of clusterHuck the GOP will have on its hand in aught-eight if he is the nominee.

The Bad News?

Considering how early and enthusiastically Hugh was in the bag for Romney, I'm not sure how much credibility he has left on such matters. It would be easy for Huckabee supporters (and undecided Republican voters) to dismiss Hugh's criticisms--no matter how valid--as just the latest in his on-going efforts to help his man Mitt.

Wright e-mails to add:

I agree with your analysis. I don't read HH much anymore - because he has been such a Romney cheerleader, all his stuff on the election is suspect. It's the same reason I quit reading the Strib - you just can't trust what they say because you know they have an agenda and they are willing to sacrifice truth and objectivity to advance it.

You have to wonder how many readers and listeners Hugh has lost since he started his crusade for Romney. It probably didn't help that until fairly recently he tried to deny his obvious bias in favor of Mitt.

There's nothing wrong with pundits supporting the candidate they feel is best suited to be President. But when that support clouds their ability to offer an at least somewhat objective analysis of the political situation, you can't really blame people for looking elsewhere for their daily dose of wonkery.