Barack Obama wants to change America. But can he change Americans' souls? Michelle Obama thinks so. "Before we can work on the problems, we have to fix our souls. Our souls are broken in this nation," she told an enthusiastic crowd at UCLA earlier this month. "We have lost our way, and it begins with inspiration, it begins with leadership... I am here right now because I am married to the only person in this race who has a chance to heal this nation." (Hugh Hewitt has audio.)

Think about that for a moment.

Why? Because Mike Huckabee, theocratic presidential candidate, will never be Mike Huckabee, theocratic president. At best, he'll be Mike Huckabee, theocratic vice president -- not in Cheney fashion, but more in Quayle fashion, given a few government commissions to look after and basically kept out of public view except for the occasional gaffe.

That's my prediction, anyway. So he's not worth the time, because he's an easy takedown.

Mike Huckabee proves that underneath a theocrat's smiling face is ... a theocrat: