Mike Huckabee talked with reporters for about an hour today. I’ll have more on this shortly, but for now, some highlights:

On his spending in the Ames Straw poll: “We spent less than $90,000… I’d call that fiscally conservative. In fact, looking at my rivals, I’d say, if you spend that much of your own money, you have to imagine how they would spend the taxpayer’s money.”

On Fred Thompson: “I hope he takes his time getting in. I hope he waits until… oh, December 2008.”

On Barack Obama’s comments on using military force in Pakistan: “He asked, if we had AC-130s in the air, would we pull back for fear we might offend the Pakistani government? … I’m not sure most Americans wouldn’t agree with that. It’s easier to get forgiveness than to get permission. After giving $10 billion in aid to Musharraf’s government, I think we’ve earned the right to exercise some discretion. I was surprised so many Republicans jumped on him[Obama]… Sometimes it’s like that old saying, we can’t take yes for an answer. When we agree with him, we ought to say, ‘good point.’”