Irony: Will McCain Bust The Huckster's Express?

I'm no expert on Campaign Law, but there seem to be numerous published reports of an independent group interacting directly with Mike Huckabe's campaign, which could present a violation of election law. Doesn't John McCain care a lot about that topic?

[Jeffrey] Quesnelle, a Catholic 20-year-old software engineer in Sterling Heights, Michigan, says that the group coordinates with the Huckabee campaign to target messages to specific voters, like white, under-30 evangelical Christian women," the magazine's Sarah Lai Stirland reported.

Additionally, news reports have also described Huck's Army engaging in aggressive phone banking on behalf of Huckabee before the South Carolina primary. It appears that there was some communication between campaign staff and volunteers regarding this effort.

"Yes, we have a list that will not be overlapped with the official campaign list," said a volunteer who posted a message at the Huck's Army online forums. Other participants had worried about overlapping with the campaign's efforts.

The Huck's Army volunteer later thanked, "Leslie Rutledge who works with the campaign," in an update just before the South Carolina primary goers voted.

An expert in federal campaign law said that coordination between a presidential campaign and outside volunteers on phone banking could move over the line into a federally regulated form of coordination.

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[seekeronos]

Mayhap McShamnesty has had more than one stalking horse in this campaign - first fred and now Huck?

Hmmm.