The Los Angeles Times covered the Blogger's Bash event on Tuesday and quoted StuckonHuck.com's Dave Davidson in their story:

Hey, Chuck. Blog this!

Washington, D.C., is so 2007. The center of the American political universe these days is the Marriott Hotel in downtown Des Moines, as in Iowa caucus country.

There, on this first day of the new year, newly-minted GOP front-runner Mike Huckabee, accompanied by his no-nonsense fan-in-chief, Chuck Norris, convened a 2008 version of a press conference, only it was only for bloggers, a roomful of obedient Huckabee blogger boosters.

Huckabee opened by thanking them for paying attention to his once-obscure campaign when no one else would. And then he made a political promise: He will hold a blogger dance in the East Room of the White House when he is elected president. So put that down on your laptop calendar.

Then, it was the turn of blogger Dave Davidson of stuckonhuck.com to....

fire a particularly tough question: “How can we best help the campaign?”

Huckabee responded by urging that bloggers respond to any political attacks on him by “disseminating the truth" and setting the record straight. Norris, who looked in fine enough shape to knock any political attackers into an alternate universe, explained that he personally believes in positive campaigns. He then proceeded to round-house kick rival Republican Mitt Romney by citing his numerous “flip-flops” in detail.

Pressing ahead, Davidson elicited from Norris his plan to hold a major fundraiser for Huckabee at the actor's 700-acre Texas ranch on Jan. 20. As described by Norris, the event will be a “virtual” barbeque. For $10, Hucka-fans will be able to click on the website and get a tour of the Norris ranch. “I could show them the 2,000-square-foot gymnasium,” Norris said. Also, he’d show them his rec room, which, he noted, also is 2,000 square feet.

“If the bloggers would get behind this," Norris suggested, "we could make this a very, very successful event.”  There were no contradictions, virtual or otherwise. Perhaps, Norris even said, Huckabee’s rock band would perform.

Would the bloggers support this? Norris asked. He received a round of enthusiastic applause.

Davidson then offered a suggestion of his own: all the people attending the virtual barbeque could have actual barbeques of their own at their real homes. It could be the biggest barbeque ever, he noted.

After the blog-conference ended, Norris left through a rear door and accidentally came into a room that The Times temporary Iowa news bureau occupies. Old-fashioned print reporters, including The Times' Dan Morain, seized the opportunity to ask a few questions of their own.

Norris said the fundraising goal is to have at least 200 people attend the actual feed, each paying $1,000. And with people elsewhere paying $10 to click on the site to take the virtual tour, Norris hopes to help Huckabee raise $10 million. Let's see, that means 980,000 online virtual visitors -- and no food.

Meanwhile, newly-named Huckadvisor Ed Rollins held court nearby and said the former governor's campaign does not pay any bloggers. Presumably, they get virtual appreciation.

-- Andrew Malcolm

The "Stuck On Huck - Blogger's Bash" was a great success kicking off the New Year for the Huckabee campaign on Tuesday.  Governor Huckabee and Chuck Norris addressed bloggers in Des Moines Iowa, representing over 700 bloggers that support the republican candidate.  Bloggers from other states including Indiana, Florida and Alabama also attending the invitation-only event. 

Our very own Dave Davidson from StuckonHuck.com was instrumental in working with the Iowa Huckabee campaign in helping to concept the idea for the event, including hosting the site at BloggersBash.com.  Dave has followed the Huckabee campaign in Iowa as a volunteer professional photographer and announced his creation of "Huckisms" - inspiring quotes by and about Mike Huckabee coupled with artjournalism photography.  This is a new free resource for bloggers available at Huckisms.com.

The Blogger's Bash featured a tour of the Iowa campaign headquarters, a blogger's meet and greet session with Huckabee and Norris as well as a nationwide blogger's conference call.  Below are two stories about the Blogger's Bash:

New York Times - Huckabee Thanks Bloggers

At one point, Chuck Norris, Mr. Huckabee’s most famous supporter, wandered into the small meeting room where the event was being held. Mr. Norris, the martial artist and action actor, confessed to being “computer illiterate” himself, but thanked the bloggers for getting him and Mr. Huckabee together.

Mr. Norris proposed holding a fundraiser for Mr. Huckabee with a “virtual barbeque” at his Texas ranch on Jan. 20. He said he would take the blogosphere on a virtual tour of the ranch, including his 2,000-square-foot gym, and perhaps Mr. Huckabee would sing with his band. One blogger (Dave Davidson from StuckonHuck.com) proposed that all bloggers hold actual barbeques in their home towns at the same time to raise money. The bloggers applauded their approval.

“Pork across America!” Mr. Huckabee proclaimed.

StuckonHuck.com is already working with the Huckabee campaign and Chuck Norris on ideas for the "virtual barbecue.  We have set up an initial information website at ChucksBarbecue.com.

Huckabee's "Secret Weapon" -- Bloggers in Iowa

The greatest secret weapon we have is over 700 dedicated bloggers to get our message out to people," said Huckabee.  . "We don't have the kind of money that other campaigns have," he explained, "a lot of the reason is because of the 700 bloggers out there pounding away on their keyboards and hitting the send button and making magic happen."

The Los Angeles Times covered the Blogger's Bash event on Tuesday and quoted StuckonHuck.com's Dave Davidson in their story.

Another Huckabee blogging site Huckamania.com points out that Mitt Romney was actually for Mike Huckabee for president, before he was against him:

In light of Governor Romney’s recent attack ad on Governor Huckabee, Huckamania! would like to point out yet another Romney flip flop.

Incredible…  "While at the Arkansas Governor’s Mansion for a meeting about health care, Romney demurred when asked whether a presidential race was in his future but had nice things to say about his host.

"Who knows what the future will hold?" Romney said in 2005. "Most likely, we’ll all stay as governors or find other offices, but we need to make sure that we have a strong person who can take the baton from President Bush, and Gov. Huckabee is certainly one of those individuals. He’d make a fine president."

Source: Huckamania.com Blog