Mike Huckabee

The former Arkansas governor and former candidate has a hit talk show built around his amiable personality - and may now be focused more on media than politics. But Huckabee, who won the 2008 Iowa caucuses, remains popular in the party for his ability to sell a social conservative message without coming off as mean-spirited; "I'm a conservative," he says, "but I'm not mad at anybody."

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