Quote Originally Posted by will641
ofc john mccain did. mit romney not so much. barack didnt really have any, but i credit his going far due to two things: 1) the media is absolutely in love with him, and theyre totally in the tank for him. 2) he ran a really good campaign and had no bumps in the road until march with the whole jeremiah wright thing. also, hes an attractive politician and a good orator, so when ppl see him for the first time they dont think wow i cant stand this guy. quite the opposite is true.

mike huckabee i dont think had a lot of recognition. i dont really know much about him tbh.
Aren't you almost acknowledging what i said? That it's media exposure that's important and not name recognition.