They did not want to allow the highly popular Huckabee to blow past the opposition to another term as he had done in 1998, when he easily defeated the Democratic candidate in what was an embarrassingly large defeat for the Democratic Party. Determined not to let that happen again, the Democratic Party came to Fisher.
They did not wish to permit the extremely well-liked Huckabee to surpass the competition in securing another term, as he had done in 1998 when he effortlessly defeated the Democratic candidate in a humiliatingly large defeat for the Democratic Party. Determined not to experience that again, the Democratic Party approached Fisher.