Huckabee's exit good for my candidate?

Romney. (Who by the way ,raised over $10 million in one day, just through a one day phone event, as his big donors made calls.)

If John Ellis at Business Insider says so, it must be true.

Among those who remain, the immediate beneficiary of Huckabee's departure is former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. He was all but certain to finish second (or maybe third) in Iowa. Huckabee beat him there in 2008 and he would have beaten him again in 2012. With Huckabee out, Romney is now much more likely to face divided "social conservative" opposition (Palin, Bachmann, Santorum, newcomers) in Iowa. The more divided social conservatives are in Iowa, the better it is for Romney.

He also points out that whoever is President from 2013 to 2017 is going to face horrendous difficulties (of course they'd be less horrendous if we faced up to them now ...)

... Whoever is president from January 2013 through January 2017 is going to have to make some very difficult decisions; all of them certain to earn him or her the undying emnity of powerful constituencies across the country.  He or she will have to cut the military budget by at least 15 percent, discretionary spending by at least 15 percent, Medicare and Medicaid by 20 percent at a minimum.  And on top of that, he or she gets to reconfigure Social Security so that it is means-tested and starts paying out later in people's lives. 

In addition, he or she gets to deal with the slowly failing state or Pakistan, the failed state of Afghanistan, the collapse of the Middle East as we have known it, the unraveling of the European Union, a petro-cash rich Russia and the rise of China.  And on top of that, he or she will get up every morning and review a Threat Matrix that literally ages you on a daily basis. 

On top of all that, he or she will get to say to governors and mayors from around the country that there is nothing the Federal government can do to help them with their fiscal "issues."  They'll have to deal with Medicaid and unfunded pension liabilities and education shortfalls all by themselves.