I personally think McCain would be foolish not to pick Mike Huckabee as his running mate this fall. I felt that way prior to Tuesday, but the decision seems even clearer now. I won’t be voting on the Republican side of the ballot regardless, but Huckabee draws evangelicals and conservatives in the party base who are none too pleased to see a moderate as the frontrunner for the nomination. He also will draw plenty of votes in the South in the general election. As a bonus, if Hillary Clinton is the Democratic nominee, he may even keep her from winning Arkansas (and Oklahoma and Missouri).

If the three likeliest choices to be America’s next president are Clinton, Obama and McCain, in my opinion we could do much worse. That statement would no doubt make many conservatives cringe, and I’m OK with that.