Former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) is predicting that Sarah Palin would be a very strong candidate for the Republican nomination if she runs. Though, perhaps unsurprisingly, he would much prefer her to just skip it and back him instead.
The Des Moines Register reports:
“No question, she will be a very, very strong presence and force, if she gets in,” Huckabee told reporters in Des Moines Sunday. “You know, she may run away with it. And that’s one of those things everyone needs to be prepared for.”
“If I get in, I prefer she not and that she endorse me,” Huckabee then joked.
A Quinnipiac poll of the national Republican field released this morning gave Palin a narrow plurality of 19%, with Mitt Romney at 18%, Huckabee at 17%, and Newt Gingrich 15%. The same poll also showed Palin to be the weakest potential Republican nominee in the general election against President Obama.
