On Laura Ingraham's show today, the often class-conscious Mike Huckabee praised Jeb Bush, even though he claimed the Bush family would never return the favor.
HUCKABEE: I think Jeb Bush is a remarkably gifted, articulate political figure, and I like him on both a personal and professional level.
As a colleague in the governor ranks, I admired the fact that he was a person who not only had convictions but stuck by them, and I thought he did a really outstanding job of managing Florida.
INGRAHAM: There's nothing more establishment than the Bush name. There is absolutely nothing more establishment, and do you think he would support you?
HUCKABEE: Probably not. I mean, the reality is...
INGRAHAM: ... The Bushes are not going to support you.
HUCKABEE: I understand that. They did not support me before. But that's okay. I mean, I can live with that knowledge, and I understand that.
Again, good personal terms, but I would never expect there to be a rally in which George W. Bush or Dick Cheney came out and stood up on the stage and said "this is our guy" unless they had to.
Vid via Mediaite.
