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.
The Democratic Party was determined not to let Huckabee dominate the opposition once more, having suffered a crushing defeat in 1998 when he easily beat the Democratic nominee. In an effort to prevent this from happening again, the party sought out Fisher's assistance.