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Paul Johnson

Reports of Huckabee Supporter Mischief

January 13th, 2008 | 8 Comments | Posted in Attack Ads, Michigan, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Push Polls

Here are a couple posts I’ve seen today evidencing Huckabee supporters are using automated calls / push-polling to cause mischief in Michigan.

Two posts citing push polling appear on this site:TPMMuckraker. It says the calls are coming from a group called “Common Sense Issues,” that supports Huckabee. One post said:

I’m in Oakland County, MI, R country. The call just now came from a Virginia area code. It was obvious in the first 30 seconds that this was a Huckabee “push” - shove and tackle might be more like it. Interesting at the end, the robo asked me if I was a) over 50, b) a male, and c) if I like Carl Levin. And these guys are getting a tax break? Hope not.

Another post in the Detroit Free Press, among the comments to a pro-Mitt story, said the following (typos fixed):

My pastor played a major role to go along with Huckabee’s poor performance in the last debate in why [Huckabee] was removed from [my] list [of acceptable candidates]. My pastor, a flaming liberal, actually shared with me he was supporting Huckabee, only to change his mind after Huckabee pulled one of those calling survey tricks on him and pissed him off….”

This info is second hand, and very disappointing if true. I hope we’re not to a place where the political end justifies the means, even to supporters of a minister’s candidacy.

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Rebecca Thayne

Good Ol’ Push poll Huckabee

December 4th, 2007 | Comments Off | Posted in Article VI Blog, Campaign Ads, Campaign Trail, Common Sense Issues, Early Primary States, F. Thompson, Iowa, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Politico.com, Polls, Push Polls, Rudy Giuliani, Trust Huckabee

A new wave of push poll style calls have surfaced in Iowa and this time there is no secret to their origin. The automated calls direct voters to a website paid for by Common Sense Issues, Inc. with the web address trusthuckabee.com. The calls begin by asking questions about the voter’s intent to participate in the upcoming caucauses and then asked for thier stance on issues such as abortion and marriage.

The information then dispensed depends on the answers given by the voter. Many of the call recipients are deluged with negative information about Giuliani, Thompson, and McCain. However, voters who identify themselves as Huckabee supporters were given highlights of the Governor’s accomplishments. All groups were referred to the trusthuckabee website.

The Politico was able to reach Trust Huckabee’s founders. The group stresses that they are independent from the campaign and are trying to organize a grassroots effort to elect Governor Huckabee. They are unapologetic about the Iowa calls and say that they intend to do many more as the race for the GOP nomination continues.

Huckabee as well as representatives of his campaign denounced the calls, saying that it takes the campaign “off message.” Huckabee stated, “I don’t want to become President because I disabled the other candidates, I want to become President because I am the best candidate.”

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