He cannot raise money. He knows this.
I do not think he will even run.
Well people don't “bet money” if they don't think you have a chance of winning. There is a good reason people cite Vegas odds, and handicap football games with the Vegas approved “point spread”.
Capitalism tends to work really well in assessing the value and feasibility of a project.
Huckabee for President, not too surprising, isn't attracting much attention from people with money and brains who want to get in early on a likely good thing.