This is out of character for I heart Huckabee. He usually does not amp the typical hate sound bites. I always thought he was a decent fellow. He did some good work with Arkansas as governor. I don't know if he is catering to the lunatic fringe for his future presidential bid. Him not calling for Obama to be impeached for being born elsewhere hurt him the looneys.
In spite of 4 straight nights of being fried on Hardball and The Last Word, I don't think it's that big a deal. He's a politician so it's possible it was a deliberate provocative statement, that he knows isn't true (Note to Howey,
that would be a lie), or he just misspoke. He is not exactly defending the statement. He just said he misspoke. Either way, I don't think he's running either. But I do think he is trying to sell a book.