Mike Huckabee opted against an encore presidential run in 2012 partly because he didn’t think the incumbent was beatable.
The pastor-turned-governor-turned-pundit detailed his thinking in an interview with the New York Times published Friday:
He said he did not run for president in 2012 because he did not think President Obama could be defeated, but he also acknowledged he has enjoyed earning a measure of financial comfort and celebrity through his show.
It is those two factors, along with the rise of “super PACs” that let a single wealthy individual sustain a candidate lacking a major financial network, that he says are making him look closely at a second presidential run.
Huckabee used the interview to float the idea of launching another White House bid in 2016. His radio program came to an end this week.
