Huckabee Thinks He Too Can Beat Obama, But It’ll Be Harder Than The GOP Thinks

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee wants you to know that it’s not just Sarah Palin who believes President Obama is beatable. On ABC’s The View, Barbara Walters, whose “can you beat Barack Obama” question to Palin got so much buzz put the same question to Huckabee: “I wouldn’t run if I didn’t think I could,” Huckabee said. “Obviously you don’t run in a race thinking, ‘boy I’d love to go and lose, that’d be a lot of fun.’”

Huckabee says Republicans shouldn’t start measuring the proverbial drapes in the Oval Office just yet–POTUS will not be a pushover in 2012:

“I think it’s going to be harder to beat Barack Obama than a lot of Republicans are thinking because he is the president, he’s going to have a billion dollars starting out in his war chest, there is an extraordinary advantage of an incumbent,” Huckabee said. “And I’ll tell you something else people don’t think about: a divided government is good for the executive branch.”

He added, “When the executive and the legislative branches fight, the executive always wins,” citing his own experience with a Democratically-controlled Arkansas legislature.

A new poll out Monday will likely encourage the Fox News host to keep talking about a run for the White House–a Quinnipiac survey finds Huckabee trailing the president in a head-to-head matchup by just two points, which is within the margin of error.

Only one presumed Republican candidate beats the president in a head to head, and it’s not Sarah Palin. Mitt Romney edges Obama by one point in the survey.

Watch Huckabee on The View, from ABC:

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