In the South Carolina Republican Debates Presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee joked that Congress spends money like John Edwards in a beauty shop, referring to Edwards reported $400 haircuts. That certainly gained the former governor the biggest laugh of the night. This gave the folks over at the Huckabee campaign the idea to ask people how much they paid for their haircuts, finding that most spend between $10-$15. Huckabee himself spends $15. (I spend $18 just for the record).
At the suggestion of a creative staffer, Huckabee decided to turn the running joke into raising funds. The campaign is asking people to contribute the amount they pay on one haircut to his campaign. He even has a barber poll on his campaign site (pictured above) that will mark off as contributions come in.
Huckabee is certainly turning out to be an inventive and humorous candidate, and maybe he can turn that humor into real money...money enough to compete with the so-called "first tier." Of course since Huckabee only spends $15 on a haircut he doesn't need to raise as much money as ...say...John Edwards.
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