Huckabee's Self-Inflicted Foot Wound Matches Hagel's

Mike Huckabee is weirder than Bill Clinton---maybe it's in the prenatal Hope, AK expereience, or something, but his stunt in front of reporters matches Sen. Hagel's moronic move to announce that he's not announcing for president---just yet, that is.

Mike Huckabee is holding a press conference right now in which he was supposed to unveil a new negative ad against arch rival Mitt Romney.

But Mr. Huckabee came to the press conference and announced he’d had a change of heart and would not be broadcasting the ad after all.

But wait! It gets better.

He then broadcast it for a room crammed with reporters, photographers and television cameras.

The assembled media found the display hilarious and at several points laughed out loud.

Telling you what’s in the ad, of course, plays into Mr. Huckabee’s strategy of getting his message out — Mr. Romney is bad — while being able to say his hands are clean.

Is this vaudeville or slapstick?