Meanwhile, Huckabee has been holding a string of about a half-dozen meetings with donors or bundlers in New York. primarily from the finance industry, over the past 6 weeks, three sources told POLITICO.

It’s the first indication that Huckabee has been making any sort of move toward one of the factors he said would go into a decision about a second-chance presidential campaign in 2012 — raising enough funds to be competitive in the primary.

“It’s no secret that Governor Huckabee is seriously considering a run for President, and he’s been very clear that he won’t make a decision until this summer,” said HuckPAC executive director Hogan Gidley.