Former Arkansas Republican Gov. Mike Huckabee said his support in his potential presidential bid is the working class.
“I think the untold secret is a lot of the support that I have, and that I anticipate I will have, is from the working-class, blue-collar people who grew up a lot like I did — not blue-blood, but blue-collar,” Huckabee said on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”
“There’s a real sense with the Republican Party that there’s no one speaking not only to them, but speaking for them,” he continued. “They’re not feeling this sense of recovery that people in Washington are boasting about.”
Huckabee said he would make a decision on his presidential bid relatively soon.
“Give me some time,” he said. “It’s early. It’s still snowing in Boston.”
Huckabee noted he would be part of a large pool of 2016 Republican contenders, including Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Marco Rubio of Florida.
“I know there is going to be a big brouhaha over who’s the most conservative,” Huckabee said.
“I’m convinced the average American voter … doesn’t look horizontally,” he continued, referring to left- and right-leaning ideologies. “They look vertically. Who will take us up or down.”
Huckabee also discussed his confidence in his ability to handle foreign affairs, having visited the Middle East dozens of times.
