MIKE – AT 10:26 A.M. ET:  Mike Huckabee will be running for president.   I can't conceive of him getting the nomination, but the sheer number of qualified Republicans running is itself a major story.  Consider the imagery:  Many Republicans competing, all with credentials.  And then there's Hillary, saddled with scandal, with no serious opposition.  From The Politico: 

Mike Huckabee has been staffing up for his likely presidential campaign, before an expected announcement in Hope, Arkansas, on May 5.

Sources familiar with the internal planning tell POLITICO that the Republican has decided on senior staff and their roles for a potential 2016 campaign.

This inner-circle includes three alumni of the former Arkansas governor’s 2008 presidential campaign, during which he won the Iowa caucuses and carried seven other states. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Huckabee’s daughter, would be campaign manager. Chip Saltsman, who was manager last time, returns as a senior adviser. Bob Wickers will stay in his role as pollster and media consultant.
Arkansas Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin, the GOP operative and former congressman, will work as a senior political adviser on the potential campaign.

COMMENT:  Huckabee is a very articulate speaker, an ordained minister who doesn't scare people away.  Eventually the GOP field must narrow, and the quicker the better, as voters can only concentrate on a small number of candidates at a time.  But the Republican side will not be dull. 

Hillary will not be dull either, kind of in the way that Bonnie and Clyde weren't dull.

April 22, 2015