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GOP convention officials were facing tight time constraints after elections for national committeeman and committeewoman took far longer than expected on Friday. They decided to cut speeches by congressional candidates back by a couple of minutes.

This did not sit well with a lot of people. The candidates were then allowed to speak again at the district caucuses the following day.

Several people wanted to volunteer for Mike Huckabee in Maine, but no one would step up to lead the group.

Finally, a stay-at-home mom with no campaign experience grabbed the torch.

Hartland resident Amy Hale was later pleased to find out that the people leading volunteer efforts in New Hampshire and Rhode Island were also stay-at-home moms and political outsiders.

Huck’s (Kennebec County) army mobilized Tuesday night, when Hale met nine strangers at the Ground Round in Augusta to talk about what they could do for Huckabee. They found each other through Meetup.com.