Former Republican Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has asked supporters to help former U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole retire more than $350,000 in campaign debt.
Dole, a Republican, ran up the debt in her unsuccessful attempt to fend off a challenge from Kay Hagan, a Democrat, in a bitterly fought campaign, reports the Atlantic's Politics blog.
Huckabee's message may be a move to win support of Bob and Elizabeth Dole for a future presidential run. In his plea for help, Huckabee describes the Democratic effort within North Carolina during last year's election.
The Democratic Party spent $12 million to defeat her in North Carolina and special interest groups spent millions more.
The Obama campaign opened 50 field offices with 400 paid staff and 21,000 volunteers, all geared to three weeks of early voting. North Carolina had the biggest increase in voter turnout of any state in the nation, a reflection of the huge amounts of money poured into the state.
I hope you will join me in assisting her with a generous contribution today to retire her debt of $356,043. I believe it would be a travesty if she were left with a debt after all her hard work as a public servant.
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Re: Huckabee: Help Dole
I have sent Hagan emails on 2 different subjects and each time I received a quick canned response saying thanks for contacting her and I will receive a more detailed and personal letter shortly regarding my concerns. Fine. I wait six weeks and get another form letter saying thanks for my interest. She did not state her position or what she is going to vote on. Reminds me of Bill Clinton waiting to see the polls and saying "ME Too" after reading them. I was hoping she had a mind of her own and was encouraged by her tobacco vote, but now I see she will be a good democrat and vote party line on cap and trade and health care. Burr will vote against both for the same reasons. At least with Burr we know what he stands for and always returns emails with a personal note concerning the subject. I will campaign for his reelection.