Bob McCarty Writes

I received an e-mail solicitation message from Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee’s national campaign manager, Chip Saltsman, late last night. Upon reading it, I winced.

Second thoughts began to stir in my mind. Had I been premature in throwing my support behind the former Arkansas governor? Read the message below, copied and pasted from the e-mail without any changes, and see if you can spot the item that causes me so much concern:

Today I appeared on Chris Matthews’ television show Hardball with a Romney advisor. It was an eye opening experience and clearly demonstrated two very different approaches to this race.

Governor Romney’s campaign having spent tens of millions of dollars promoting their candidate only to see him drop in polls has clearly gone negative. Negative television ads, repeated misrepresentations of the facts, researchers in Little Rock scouring for negative stories. Here at Huckabee for President headquarters we like to call it Operation Kitchen Sink and it has been underway for the last 2-3 weeks or so.

Sadly Mitt Romney isn’t the only campaign playing rough. Fred Thompson’s campaign has been just as negative and now with both campaigns targeting Governor Huckabee, I am emailing you to personally appeal for a financial contribution of $10, $25, $50, $75 or even $100 to help defend Govenor Huckabee from negative attacks.

Will you stand with Governor Huckabee and our campaign by making a small contribution today?

We will invest your financial support in critical areas where it can make an immediate difference. Our campaign is clearly on the rise and the increase of their attacks proves that our rivals are falling far behind us. But we cannot let our guard down and now is the time to work twice as hard.

Help us promote Governor Huckabee and defend him from each new negative attack.

Thank you for your support.

Chip Saltsman
National Campaign Manager

Find it? If not, I’ll show you where it is: Go to the third paragraph and the second use of the word, governor. It’s spelled incorrectly as “Govenor.”

Should I worry about Huckabee because of such a tiny error? Yes, I think I should. Had the message been sent by a county campaign chairperson, I might not worry. But when it comes from a national campaign manager, it causes me to wonder what other details the campaign — and the candidate — might overlook.

Will Saltsman’s failure to pay attention to detail cause me to pull my support from Huckabee? Probably not.

I’m still a HUCKABEELIEVER, But I will be paying closer attention to Huckabee and his campaign from this point forward.