A poll released today shows Republican insiders have no love for Mike Huckabee as they look ahead to the 2012 presidential election.

The National Journal, a Washington-based publication, surveyed 78 high-profile Republicans from the GOP convention in St. Paul, Minn., asking them to pick their party’s front-runner for 2012 if John McCain loses in November.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was the top choice by a wide margin, drawing 55 percent.

Huckabee got just 3 percent.

One insider was quoted as saying about Huckabee: “The best campaigner of the lot, but he will only succeed if he can finally learn how to raise some money.”

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee will take the stage at Xcel Energy Center between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. tonight to give his speech originally scheduled for Tuesday at the Republican National Convention. A more specific time had not been announced.

Huckabee and two other former presidential candidates have speaking slots tonight. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is set to go on stage right before Huckabee. Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York, speaks after Huckabee.

The schedule was just announced. GOP officials are still scrambling to adjust the daily schedule after postponing many Monday activities because of Hurricane Gustav.

Huckabee’s speech got postponed from Tuesday as a result of the altered schedule.

The theme for tonight’s speakers is supposed to be “reform.”