Mike Huckabee says he's not running for President, while Sarah Palin has started a bus tour of indeterminate relevance. Rick Santorum is in, but has little chance of winning. Newt Gingrich's candidacy got off to perhaps the worst start in the history of presidential campaigns by, among other gaffes, calling Paul Ryan's Medicare reforms "right-wing social engineering." But among the most damaging moves by all four of these candidates was each one's decision to become a paid Fox News contributor. For Huckabee and Palin, once two of the most promising candidates in the Republican stable, contracting with Fox illustrates everything that has gone awry for them since 2008.
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