More...Huckabee said Obama's perceived weakness has emboldened Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"I know the only time that Vladimir Putin shivers is when he takes his shirt off in a cold Russian winter," Huckabee said to laughter and applause from the audience.
Then, of course, the obvious:
What the hell is with this conservative fixation on Vladimir Putin? I know conservatism loves a good, strong father figure, but choosing "post-Soviet Russian strongman" as one of the archetypical figures of the new conservative movement is not among the outcomes anyone would have predicted a scant 10 years ago. Show these people a strong chest and they go weak at the knees.
Ronald Reagan must be rolling in his grave.
