Huckabee is the populist version of Jerry Falwell

Imagine a version of John Edwards that believes we didn't evolve from primates.  That's Mike Huckabee.  Matt Taibbi put it into context:

But all the attention on his salesmanship skills obscures the realsignificance of his rise within the Republican Party. Mike Huckabeerepresents something that is either tremendously encouraging or deeplydisturbing, depending on your point of view: a marriage of Christianfundamentalism with economic populism. Rather than employing thepatented Bush-Rove tactic of using abortion and gay rights to hoodwinklow-income Christians into supporting patrician, pro-corporatepolicies, Huckabee is a bigger-government Republican who emphasizesprison reform and poverty relief. In the world of GOP politics, herepresents something entirely new -- a cross between John Edwards andJerry Falwell, an ordained Southern Baptist preacher who actually seemsto give a shit about the working poor.

But Huckabee is alsosomething else: full-blown nuts, a Christian goofball of the highestorder. He believes the Earth may be only 6,000 years old, angrilyrejects the evidence that human beings evolved from "primates" andthinks America wouldn't need so much Mexican labor if we allowed everyaborted fetus to grow up and enter the workforce. To top it off,Huckabee also left behind a record of ethical missteps in the swamp ofArkansas politics that make Whitewater seem like a jaywalking ticket.

If it's Huckabee versus Clinton in the general election, you will see both Democratic and Republican voters switch parties based on their educational background.