That New York Times exchange, assuming it was accurately reported, drips with disingenuousness:

I asked Huckabee, who describes himself as the only Republican candidate with a degree in theology, if he considered Mormonism a cult or a religion. ‘‘I think it’s a religion,’’ he said. ‘‘I really don’t know much about it.’’
I was about to jot down this piece of boilerplate when Huckabee surprised me with a question of his own: ‘‘Don’t Mormons,’’ he asked in an innocent voice, ‘‘believe that Jesus and the devil are brothers?’’

Oh yeah, here is the pastor who hasn’t thought much about Mormonism, and innocently asks about the devil. For me, this is vintage Huckabee in how he’s played the Mormon issue.