Dec27th.com launched on December 17th. On December 19th web traffic to HucksArmy.com dropped 60%. On December 20th it dropped another 60%. Welcome to the black hole of Christmas Holidays.

Some people will inevitably try to compare our fundraiser with Ron Paul's largest moneybombs. But we feel that the only accurate and fair comparisons would be with other holiday fundraisers.

There are two to choose from:

(1) Fred Thompson's "Red Truck" Challenge - The Thompson campaign has pulled out all stops in order to fund their newest television commercial. Their holiday fundraising drive dominates Fred08.com and between Wednesday morning and Thursday evening they have sent out five fundraising emails. 24-hour result? $75,000.

(2) Ron Paul's Counter-Bomb - As soon as we announced our fundraising drive Ron Paul's competitive supporters began planning to upstage us (i.e. raise more than us on December 27th). They even created a special website and spread the word through Facebook, MySpace, and Meetup where they have large established networks. 24-hour result? $27,000.

The graph below demonstrates our conclusion: The Dec27th.com fundraiser was a remarkable success when compared to other holiday fundraisers. No campaign can escape the holidays. Huckabee grassroots are alive and well.