CNN: Mike Huckabee poised to make another White House bid

HAPPENING NOW:  Mike Huckabee Presidential Campaign Announcement

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By Sara Murray, May 5, 2015, CNN

(CNN)When Mike Huckabee makes his presidential announcement Tuesday, his pitch won't come from his multimillion-dollar beachfront home or the anchor desk where he spent years as a Fox News host.

Instead, Huckabee will cast himself as the hometown boy from Hope, Arkansas.

The setting just so happens to be the shared birthplace of Huckabee and former President Bill Clinton -- an ideal backdrop for Huckabee to draw a contrast with Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton. In fact, Huckabee's team is already framing their guy as the only Republican contender who has taken on the "Clinton machine" and won.

But first, Huckabee has to survive the Republican primary.

"As my dad likes to say, we're at a great advantage because we've been through this before, and we're at a great disadvantage because we've been through this before," said Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the prospective candidate's daughter and campaign manager in waiting. "He's going to have a bigger target on his back."

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