Romney, Huck ... Who's the Heir Apparent?

For Marc Ambinder, it's never too early to start thinking of 2012. He thinks that if McCain were to lose, Hucakbee would be a front-runner for the GOP nomination. He also mentions Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich (back in May, I predicted Romney and Huck would square-off again before this is all over). I also would caution against counting-out Sarah Palin or Bobby Jindal. Keep in mind that every cycle, it seems, offers up some "surprise" front-runners (few would have predicted Romney or Huckabee would have done so well back in 2004) ...