Mike Huckabee has been approached by Republican and conservative activists unhappy with the current crop of presidential hopefuls and he is considering entering the fray, two sources who have spoken with Huckabee told Reuters.
.... "He is entertaining the request for conversations about it," one of the sources said. "I do not think it is a complete 100 percent 'I'm reconsidering' but he hasn't shut the door on it."
One of the sources said Huckabee was urged to enter after the recent stumbles of Texas Governor Rick Perry, who appeals to a similar right wing of the Republican party.
Rick Perry's stumbles have to be encouraging for anyone thinking of running, but it's Barack Obama's stumbles that are most important for prodding these people into thinking again.
It was in June, remember, that John Thune had his moment of reconsideration before squashing it again.
UPDATE: Scott Conroy:
Hogan Gidley (now working w/ Santorum) talked w/ Huckabee this AM: "He said something like, 'This is news to me'"
Gidley is HuckPAC's executive director.
