2008Central has an interesting post on the possible liability that Mike Huckabee’s son can have on his campaign for president (or vice president) as his son has quite the interesting track record – an odd firing (because of the brutal killing of a stray dog), gun and drug charges as well as questionable business dealings while an elected official in college.

Mike’s son David has hopefully learned the err of his ways and has since turned over a new leaf and is changed man, and even if that isn’t true, that’s the angle the Huckabee team will have to play.  But regardless, how much of an impact does a candidates family have on their chances of winning?

Has there ever been a presidential front-runner who fell to the back of the pack because of their family?

I don’t think it’s really a liability, you can’t really hold a person accountable for their family (especially those crazy aunts or nephews).  It might play a bigger part in this case because David is Mike’s son, and technically if he can’t raise his son with good values or control his wild ways, then how could he control a whole country?