David Broder doesn’t know Huck like we know Huck.

Two Long Shots Liven Up a Race 

The liveliest pair of candidates in the large fields of Democratic and Republican long shots, Bill Richardson and Mike Huckabee, are also — not coincidentally — the likeliest to break through into the top ranks of their parties if anyone ever does.

It helps that both of them can boast extensive experience in running a government. Huckabee spent a decade as the Republican governor of Arkansas, and Richardson is in his second term as the Democratic governor of New Mexico.

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They are not the only ones with statehouse experience. Jim Gilmore was a one-term Republican governor of Virginia, and Mitt Romney served a single term as the Republican governor of Massachusetts