Mike Huckabee announced last night on his radio show that he will not be seeking the Republican presidential nomination in the 2012 election.

The former governor of Arkansas conceded he believed he’d have been “a fine president,” but ultimately felt that the move was not right for him. Speaking to Fox News’ Chris Wallace, Huckabee mused:

“It really came down for me to a very personal, a very intimate, and as I explained last night, a spiritual decision,” Huckabee said during an appearance on Fox, where he has his own show.

“You look at the political possibilities – frankly I don’t know that I’ll have a better chance, but I don’t rule anything out for the long-term future,” he said. “But I just somehow believed deep within me that it wasn’t the right time, it wasn’t meant to be.”

Huckabee declined to endorse any one candidate just yet, but did comment on Mitt Romney:

“There’s been a lot of talk about Mitt Romney and me, and we don’t socialize together, we’re not close in personal ways,” Huckabee said. “But I want to make it very clear today – if Mitt Romney is the nominee for our party, I will support him because I believe Mitt Romney would be a better president of the United States than Barack Obama on any day. Whether he is my first choice, I will support him if he is our nominee, and he very well may be.”

Huckabee out for 2012 election is a post from: The Inquisitr

Failed 2008 Republican Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has launched Huck PAC, a grassroots organization that aims to support conservative candidates throughout the United States.

Huckabee says the goal is to identify volunteers nationwide, organize into local groups in every U.S. county and then assist Huck Pac endorsed candidates. Huck PAC will be “begin recruiting leadership in every state and county….[with a goal to] have at least one Huck PAC group leader in every county in the nation by the end of 2009.”

Huckabee says that the group is aiming to help locally because America “needs conservative leadership now more than ever. Important issues are at stake: tax reform, controlling spending, the 2nd Amendment, sanctity of life, traditional marriage and much more.”

Huckabee volunteers previously assisted in the re-election of Saxby Chambliss in the Georgia run-off election.

While Huckabee’s desire to help conservative candidates isn’t surprising, the group of this nature, run by Huckabee would appear to be an early play for the 2012 Presidential Elections. It’s smart politics as well: keep your base involved and always in touch, ready to move once the Primary season begins in 2011. Whether Huckabee is the right guy next time around is certainly open to debate: on one hand running a hard line conservative against Obama would be an interesting move, and yet Huckabee does have one strong card to play: he is eminently likable in person, particularly on television.

Mike Huckabee Launches Huck PAC. Another Tilt in 2012? is a post from: The Inquisitr