Mike Huckabee was in rare form as he spoke to Florida Republicans at a lunch at the Airport Marriott in Bloomington, MN.

Huckabee blamed the media for doing a "horrible thing" to Gov. Sarah Palin.

"She got more votes running for the mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, than Joe Biden got running for president," Huckabee said.

Huckabee drew a big chuckle when he said John McCain was his "second choice" for president in the primary. And then he took a dig at the Florida delegation: "I'm not really so sure why I'm being so nice to you guys, if you had voted differently . . ."

Then he concluded by saying he meant all the honorable things he said about McCain and his integrity during the debates, when the two were running against each other, although he added, "maybe I was overly generous."

He interrupted the beginning of his speech to call out at state Rep. David Rivera, who had supported Huckabee's presidential run in Florida. "David how are you my friend, are you running late?"

He told a funny story about Wal-Mart, a "small retailer" in his state had a problem on its hands. It was running low on ammunition in Wal-Mart stores in Alabama. "You see, the folks in Alabama heard that the Russians had invaded Georgia, and they weren't going to let that happen in Alabama."