Politics | Mike Huckabee 2012 Huckabee Not Ruling Out Veep Run Arkansan says door is still open for second place on ticket By Rob Quinn Posted Jun 2, 2011 4:22 AM CDT Copied "It's not going to be an easy environment in which to defeat a sitting incumbent president," Huckabee warned. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Mike Huckabee, who ruled himself out of running for president last month after intense prayer, says he might still be available for second place on the GOP ticket. "Everything is still open. I haven't closed doors. I found long ago that that's not the smart thing to do," he told reporters in Little Rock after a speech at the Clinton Presidential Library, Politico reports. Donald Trump has also decided not to close the door on a 2012 run. Read These Next Isolated tribe members show up in an unexpected place. Trump just used a spending maneuver last seen nearly 50 years ago. Naomi Osaki is fully on Taylor Townsend's side in this spat. One key to Telsa's huge court loss: a hacker in Starbucks. Report an error