I may be going out a limb here, but i think he can take this. Fred thompson took loads of votes away from huckabee, huckabee only lost by 3 percetn and that was because huckabee got 16 percent of the vote, i wpuld say at least 10 of that percetn would have gone to huckabee....
So i agree on the anti mccaine strategy but romney will do terribly in the bible belt, i think with huckabees endorsements from black leaders and fred thompson going, i think he can take this. At the debate ou will see romney ruddy and mccane ripping each other, ruudy has already mentioned the amnesty thing and he will milk it at the dbate...
I think we need to be more patient and buckle up, this is going to be a long haul....