"The Mike Huckabee Show" Coming Soon To Your TV?
By Brian Stelter
How does "The Mike Huckabee Show" sound?
As Mr. Huckabee's campaign plotted a concession speech on Tuesday, some
analysts suggested that viewers would see the longshot Republican
presidential candidate on television again very soon.
On the MSNBC program "Morning Joe," the Republican strategist Mike Murphy
predicted Mr. Huckabee would "suspend his campaign, hire excellent agents,
and begin negotiations for a cable TV talk show, all within the next 10
days."
"We've got a chair here he could fill," the co-host Mika Brzezinski
remarked.
Later in the day on MSNBC, the anchor Contessa Brewer joked that the
jovial
Mr. Huckabee could join the cast of the VH1 pop culture show "Best Week
Ever."
"I've got a feeling the call's already going out," the "Best Week Ever"
contributor Chuck Nice responded.
On Fox News Channel, the actor Stephen Baldwin said he would be reaching
out
to Mr. Huckabee to serve as a spokesperson for an organization called the
Christian Values Network. It was unclear what network Mr. Baldwin was
referring to, but it will apparently launch on the Internet soon.
"The Web site launches on Friday, so Mike, I'm going to be calling you
soon," Mr. Baldwin said, putting his thumb up for the camera.
There is some precedent for former presidential candidates to become
television personalities. Pat Buchanan hosted "Crossfire" on CNN before,
in
between and after running for the Republican presidential nomination in
1992
and 1996, and now appears on MSNBC. And Alan Keyes, who mounted Republican
presidential campaigns in 1996 and 2000, hosted "Alan Keyes is Making
Sense"
on MSNBC in 2002.
Mr. Huckabee will need some work after his campaign ends; unlike the
sitting
senators who are the leading candidates, the former Arkansas governor does
not receive a taxpayer-financed salary. He flew to the Cayman Islands last
month to deliver a paid speech.
The normally media-friendly Mr. Huckabee was largely swept to the side
during Tuesday night's primary coverage, partly because he did not conduct
any of his usual TV interviews. Glenn Beck, a conservative host on CNN
Headline News, bluntly said he didn't know why Mr. Huckabee was still in
the
race. Jokingly, Mr. Beck asked, "Is he expecting God to come down and part
the heavens?"
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television.
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