Based on what we’ve seen of him lately, I expected him to go for the jugular and use his speech to attack Romney on abortion. I think it was probably both good for the party (especially) and for him that he didn’t. I’m not sure if the speech won new people, but I don’t think it turned anyone off/provided fodder for people inclined to hate religious conservatives. Mike Huckabee probably did himself another disservice — he who had basically been the Nice Guy, softer side of the Religious Right than is often seen in the mainstream media — by going negative.