...how in the hell does Huckabee do that well in New Jersey?
He is overhyped and oversold. And he has had two years on TV to further perpetuate myths about his own authenticity and conservativism. I hope that someone can expose him for what he is and what he has essentially been doing the last three years.
That and 18% arguably isn't "doing well" so much as the result of a fractured field. When the race narrows by NJ Huck's ceiling is lower than almost any other candidate short of Palin and Paul (and maybe DeMint).