article_snippet.sent: A general contrast with some GOP buzz .
article_snippet.sent: In political circles -- meaning among junkies and strategists -- there is constant debate about potential tickets -- at this stage of the process a hypothetical
article_snippet.sent: and then some because neither man has been tested on the trail.
article_snippet.sent: But what's interesting is, in New Hampshire over the weekend, I was there for the big cattle call of all the candidates, for the first time from an actual activist -- not an operative but an activist --
article_snippet.sent: former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee thinks the 2016 environment could be more favorable to former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee than 2008.
article_snippet.sent: Ditto for Rick Santorum.
article_snippet.sent: Ditto for Rick Santorum did well in the South, but it didn't matter much because John McCain and Mitt Romney, respectively, were well on John McCain and Mitt Romney, respectively way to the nomination by the time those bruises were inflicted.