re: #5 erik_t

But the groundwork has already been laid. He’s the last real candidate. Nobody else is left. And even if they were, Huntsman staying on the trail in 2008 did nothing to prevent Romney from taking it easily in 2012.

(I have no idea how Huntsman would actually be doing in this race.)

Probably not well. Huntsman was just doing a practice run preparing for next time.