Palin and Huckabee: Will They Get Together for Rick Scott?

Recent reader comments on this site took me to task for underselling Mike Huckabee's clout in the Florida primary ... and overstating Sarah Palin's.

While Huckabee's endorsement couldn't turn the trick for gubernatorial candidate Bill McCollum or 24th Congressional District hopeful Karen Diebel, he did back GOP winner Daniel Webster in CD 8, another spirited race.

Meantime, Palin's pick in the closely grouped attorney general contest, Pam Bondi, outdueled Jeff Kottkamp and Holly Benson (who got late backing from Newt Gingrich).

Now that it's on to the general election, perhaps the former Arkansas and Alaska governors can find common ground. That wouldn't be unprecedented, since both Huckabee and Palin supported Joe Miller's apparent upset of U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski in Alaska's primary.

While McCollum may continue to sulk on the sidelines, Huckabee has an opportunity here to heal the wounds of a bloody primary campaign by coming out for Rick Scott. Ditto to Sarah. If not, why not?