Mike Huckabee just released his new book, “A Simple Government,” and he’s been making the rounds in the media all week. Of course in almost every single interview, he was asked are you running for President in 2012? Huckabee, currently at the top of recent GOP polls, ran for President in 2008, but lost the Republican nomination to Sen. John McCain. Due mostly to lack of financial support. Huckabee now reflects back on his unsuccessful 2008 run and says, he knows what he’s jumping into. “In order to run for president the last time, I cashed in my life insurance, my annuities,” he said. “You know, I pretty much went through everything that I ever had as an asset that I thought I might one day live on. One thing I committed to myself, my wife, and to God was that if I do this, I’m going to hopefully be in a position where I’m not so completely destitute at the end of it that I have no idea what to do if I get sick, or if I retire, or if I’m retired earlier, have a disability.”

At the Monitor tea, Huckabee was asked how big a factor his financial success is in his campaign decision.

“Not nearly as much as people might think, because I’ve had nothing, and was pretty doggone content,” Huckabee said. “You know, the last few years, I’ve certainly done better than I’ve ever done in my life,” he said. “You know, if I have the choice of being, let’s say, better off or abjectly poor, I kind of like better off better.”

“One of the things, you know, that I’d have to understand is that if I run, you know, I walk away from a pretty good income.”

On Tuesday, Huckabee told Sean Hannity on Fox News Channel that he thinks Obama “can be beat.” He added, “it’s the process of getting to that nomination that’s tough.”

So do his comments hint at him not running for President? I certainty think so. Mike Huckabee has a good gig at Fox News Channel, and he should keep it. If Huckabee does not run, Sarah Palin would become the frontrunner, and likely win the GOP nomination.