Is MSNBC your choice for election night coverage this evening? If so, you'll see a familiar face on the air as Mike Huckabee co-anchors the coverage. Huckabee will join Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann and a host of network commentators on what should be a relatively easy and early night of coverage.

It has long been rumored that Huckabee might be in line, or at least interested in, a television gig, though after his surprisingly strong performance in the GOP primary he's now said to be in line for a spot on the GOP ticket. John McCain might be watching tonight as Huckabee does battle with fellow guest-host Harold Ford, a smart politician likely akin to someone McCain's vice presidential nominee would have to debate.

A report from US News yesterday, citing a top McCain fundraiser close to the campaign's inner circle, suggests Huckabee is at the top of the vice presidential selection list.

The appearance comes after a Bob Novak article yesterday suggesting Huckabee may benefit from evangelical conservatives who hold back from supporting McCain in hopes of a Huckabee re-run in 2012. Huckabee smacked down that notion in a post on his website, as Jonathan Martin reports, calling the concept that he would do anything less than campaign at full tilt for McCain "absurd."

But Huckabee also pointed out that he will be speaking to graduates of a college for home-schooled students in Virginia. The head of that school, Mike Farris, is said by Novak to be Huckabee's chief cheerleader and has yet to endorse McCain's candidacy.