“As far as we know, this is the first time (a presidential candidate) has done an actual live webcast of any type.”
Republican Mike Huckabee’s presidential campaign charted a new path into the digital realm Monday with an event dubbed “V-Day.” The blogger-driven “Vertical Day” ends at 10 a.m. today on Huckabee’s Web site.
To officially kick-off the special event, Huckabee will host a live web-cast for bloggers and interested media at 11 a.m. CT / 12 Noon ET.
The goal of “Vertical Day” is to focus on the issues in order to attract a large wave of potential supporters to the campaign website (www.mikehuckabee.com) over a 24-hour period. An emphasis will be placed on building new online support, energizing the campaign’s base of existing support, and identifying the people most likely to participate in the first wave of the actual get-out-the-vote efforts on the ground. Components of Vertical Day include: blog posts, video clips of Huckabee on the issues and clips of Huckabee answering questions from bloggers.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A lawsuit accuses former Gov. Mike Huckabee of breaking state law when his administration destroyed government-owned hard drives as he left office in January.
Jim Parsons of Bella Vista filed the lawsuit July 26 in Pulaski County Circuit Court accusing the Republican presidential hopeful of violating the state’s Freedom of Information Act and a state law prohibiting damaging a computer without authorization.
The state’s Ethics Commission has previously dismissed two complaints that Parsons, a self-described gadfly, has filed against Huckabee over the hard drives’ destruction.
