On the road again

Giving speeches, taping television shows, and making music with his friends: a day in the life of Mike Huckabee, once and (maybe) future presidential candidate | Marvin Olasky

James Allen Walker for WORLD

NEW YORK—"Is accompanying Willie a little scary?" I was kidding Mike Huckabee about the upcoming highlight of his Fox News television show on April 18: Music legend Willie Nelson singing, with Huckabee playing bass guitar. "Way beyond scary," the former governor and presidential candidate replied. "It's terrifying."

Huckabee's Saturday, April 18, workday began badly at 7:45 a.m. He had lost his Fox ID card the previous evening and a security guard wouldn't let him into the Fox building, even after a co-worker said, "You know this guy. He could have been president." Finally a Huckabee show staffer arrived, chaperoned him through security, and reassured him: She had once lost her card as well. Huckabee grinned and said, "Good. I didn't want to be the first idiot to lose my pass."