Is the media going to push Huckabee to give the JFK speech the way they’re pushing Romney?

In the near future, the coverage of Huckabee will be an interesting exercise. How will reporters – most of whom cover politics, not faith – cover the theological underpinnings of a Huckabee candidacy? Most reporters can catch ‘inconsistencies’ in a politician’s record, but what are they to make of any religious inconsistencies?
Beyond the homespun charm and the extremely likeable persona, will the media turn this into 1960 all over again, when JFK had to distance himself from the Pope to gain additional credibility?
It’s clear by now that Huckabee would handle such questions smoothly; what is unclear is how the media will handle asking them.

What the heck? Is this guy suggesting Huckabee distance himself from Christianity?
BTW, how many MSMers do you think would even be able to spot a religious inconsistency? (I mean of the theological kind, not the moral kind 🙂

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