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Joe Carter, proprietor of the Evangelical Outpost blog, spent the past month in Little Rock, toiling for the Mike Huckabee campaign. He offers a thoughtful assessment of what he learned on the trail.

Key lesson:

Primary Politics Isn't Worth Losing Friends Over -- People often ask me what I think about the "Huckabashing" carried on by my friend Hugh Hewitt. While I am concerned that his shift from candidate-favoring pundit to propagandist for Team Romney may hurt his reputation, it hasn't affected the affection I have for my "blogfather." Hugh's wrong--dead wrong--about Romney. But he's right about enough other stuff that I still respect his opinions. And aside from his poor taste in candidates, he's still the same great guy that I've admired for years.

The same holds true for my friendships with pundits and bloggers that differ with me about which candidate will make the best President. I've had some heated disagreements and have said things that have likely damaged my reputation with some people (i.e., all fans of Romney). But when all is said and done, I care more about people than punditry or partisanship.

That's not a profound lesson but it was something I re-learned on the campaign. Even if I took away nothing else, that alone would have made the 30 days in Little Rock worth the trip.