Huckabee asks that push-pollers on his behalf stop

Huckabee asks that push-pollers on his behalf stop

A group affiliated with supporters of Republican Mike Huckabee's presidential campaign is organizing caucusgoers in Iowa and making automated phone calls on his behalf and against his rivals.

The group, Common Sense Issues Inc., plans to reach voters through direct mail and advertising and to supplement Huckabee's get-out-the-vote operation in Iowa. Rival campaigns have said the automatic calls have planted negative information about their candidates.

Patrick Davis, the group's executive director, called the phone calls "personalized educational artificial intelligence," and said they are primarily meant to promote Huckabee. Davis said the group had not coordinated with the Huckabee campaign, which would amount to a violation of the law.

Yesterday, Huckabee urged an end to the calls.

This atricle really caught my attention. Stuff like this can really affect a candidates campaign, especially if the candidate doesn't approve of it. I think they do enough talking bad about each other in the presidential debates.