He's a former Southern Baptist minister, former Governor of Arkansas, and general crazy crazy guy. He opposes abortion, same-sex marriage and civil unions, gun control, and supports the Iraq war and the death penalty. He's a creationist. Here are his top 10 crazy moments, and here are another ten.

I don't know why I find the US presidential elections so fascinating, but maybe it's because Huckabee is a serious candidate and he's so far to the right of any mainstream political candidates in the UK. I can't find a citation, but I believe in a matchup against basically any of the Democratic front runners he crashes and burns and loses by 20 points, and I would really like to see that happen.