Mike Huckabee doesn't want to leave his awesome cushion fort.
So, Mike Huckabee will not run for President. At one point, I thought he was the most dangerous candidate to Obama's re-election chances, because Huckabee seems to at least understand that there are people in the world who don't make six figures. He had a Christian sense of obligation to the poor that shone through every once and a while. His stance on immigration was sane and compassionate.
I don't know why he's not running. In a lot of ways, he never seemed that into it, and his statement tonight reflects that. It may also be that, like Sarah Palin, he's taken his surprising run in 2008, parlayed it into a major cash cow at Fox, and he doesn't want to derail the gravy train. Either that or Jesus told him not to run.
This leaves a massive, gaping hole in the GOP field for a Southern fundamentalist to plunge through.
I still have a crazy hope that Perry, the secessionist of Texas, will jump in. But right now, I'd say the big winner might be Pawlenty, unless one of the Crazy Brigade (Bachmann, Santorum, Cain) somehow gets some momentum behind him or her. Huckabee supporters are just not going to flock to Multiple Morman Mitt, especially after his disastrous health care speech.
One of my prouder moments was getting elected captain of my college rugby team by acclamation. No one would run against me; they all declined the nomination. At this point, Obama seems to be headed in the same direction.
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