[Caipirabob]

2. Practice run for later. Huckabee’s odds in 2008 weren’t great. He did well enough to be labeled “front-runner” this time around.

Huckabee's prominence this round is attributable to a RINO controlled GOP that's scared to death of Sarah Palin, but can't for their very life produce a candidate that's even remotely acceptable to the American people, so they've resorted to recycled failures.

All Sarah needs to do is announce.

And I leave that to her keen sense of judgment and timing.

[Dr. Sivana]

All Sarah needs to do is announce.

Barring unforeseen circumstances, I agree.

My point was that an unlikely run for President can help later, either in a later run for the top spot, or for viability to be chosen #2 (you've already demonstrated campaign ability).

Believe it or not, in '88 Al Gore ran as a centrist Dem. That run definitely got WJC's attention as he was trying to avoid another Mondale or Dukakis debacle.

Dole's credibility in '96 came in part from earlier runs.etc.