Campaign Manager Ed Rollins is spinning for Huckabee as regards the canceled ad:
Rollins says it had been his idea to show the ad to reporters, the logic being that it was already in the hands of television stations. As for the gathering, Rollins says, "Now would I have loved to cancel the press conference? You betcha. Would I have loved to pull the signs down? Yes. But this decision was made about 11, 11:10 in the morning." The news conference was scheduled for noon.
From Jim Geraghty at the Campaign Spot with a report that was out days ago. They're starting to look like the gang that couldn't shoot straight, in more ways than one.
The problem is, someone on Huckabee's team told KCRG, a television station in Cedar Rapids, not to run the ad at 10 a.m., according to the local Gazette.
An official at KCRG-TV9 TV9 in Cedar Rapids confirmed that the station received the 30-second spot from the Huckabee campaign shortly after 6 a.m. today but was told at 10:01 a.m. not to air the commercial and the station did not show the paid advertisement.
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