Jonathan Martin asks the question at The Politico:
Mike Huckabee is technically still running for president, but increasingly his bid is aimed at strengthening his public profile for the next stage in his career.
Within the campaign, there’s a degree of optimism about his chances of preventing John McCain from garnering the 1,191 delegates needed to clinch the Republican nomination. But Huckabee’s supporters are also now embracing what they see as his enhanced future prospects.
As they see it, the relative success of his longshot bid — as well as his finish as the unquestioned second-to-last man standing — will grant the former Arkansas governor a visible platform and put him at the top of the candidate list should he choose to run again in 2012 or 2016.
Looks like we’ll need to rev up the Stop Huckabee campaign again in 4 or 8 years.
