Eight solid minutes of video here and the closest we come to a specific reason is that Huck has “integrity” and could be “the people’s president.” Didn’t he read his own WND column?

Huck tells him here, with all apparent sincerity, that it was his endorsement that transformed the entire Republican race. Ponder the significance of that statement being true.

Update: Remember Tuesday’s post about Huck finally overtaking Fred in Rasmussen’s national survey? The trend continues — he’s passed Mitt now too and has second all to himself, for the moment at least.