Huckabee Backs Brokered Convention

Mike Huckabee is unfazed by delegate math, empty pockets, and the sight of Mitt Romney endorsing John McCain. Rather than be “part of the coronation,” the ex-Arkansas governor is telling backers he plans to take the GOP fight to a brokered convention, Politico reports. Once there, all bets are off. "Top candidates will have an opportunity to make an impassioned plea,” he writes in a fundraising letter.

“I just think it’s a little bit premature to go ahead and slice the cake when you haven’t had the wedding yet,” Huckabee told CNN. To get to a brokered convention, he must deny McCain the necessary number of delegates to clinch. That means winning Texas, and the campaign tells supporters it needs another $1.5 million to compete there. (More Mike Huckabee stories.)