Via Daily Kos, here’s a picture of the crowd at the Clinton-Lincoln Dog & Pony Show: Blanche Lincoln 2010: Catch The Thrill! (Also, if this picture is representative of the overall demographics of the crowd, holding the event at Philander…
Month: May 2010
AR-Sen: DK/R2K Poll Shows Halter With Narrow Lead
Daily Kos in conjunction with Research 2000 has released a new AR-Sen poll. The long and short of it is that Bill Halter leads Blanche Lincoln 47-44, with 9% still undecided (MOE +/- 5%) . You can find the entire…
AR-Sen: Philander Smith as Prop?
That’s the charge by Bill Halter, anyway. On the eve of former President Bill Clinton’s planned return to Arkansas to boost Sen. Blanche Lincoln’s reelection campaign, Democratic primary challenger Bill Halter’s campaign is charging Lincoln with “hypocrisy” over the venue…
AR-Sen: Halter "Inclined To Support" DADT Repeal
This accoring to Talk Business: [Bill] Halter also indicated his support for a repeal of the policy. “I am inclined to support the repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ especially given the support that this has from our military leadership,”…
GOP: Faster Fish
We’ve been talking so much about technology around here lately that I just had to post this story, despite the fact that it has nothing to do with Arkansas directly. It seems that the GOP has decided that the best…
AR-Sen: Credit Where It's Due
Regarding the compromised reached on the proposed repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” Sen. Lincoln said: Military readiness remains my top priority. I trust our military leaders to make the right decision on this issue. I am satisfied that a…
AR-Sen: Halter's Second Run-Off Ad
I subscribe 100% to the school of thought that says every communication in life “is not about what you say, but about what people hear,” and I think that rule should be applied most stringently in the political realm. Fully…
AR-Land Comm: Davenport Keeps Talking, Keeps Being Wrong. I Sense A Pattern.
[Author’s note: Shortly after I first posted this, I got an email from commenter “jayzee,” who said, [R]egardless of the L[and] C[ommissioner] budget thing, I think the questions in the middle part of the post [are] what’s important. It’s easy…
AR-01: Endorsing Causey is the latest fad
All the cool kids are doing it.1 State Representative David Cook, State Senator Steve Bryles Endorse Chad Causey Former Opponents Say Causey Is Best Man For The Job JONESBORO- Today, State Representative David Cook and State Senator Steve Bryles officially…
AR-Sen: Lincoln Continues To Fight For You By Not Fighting For You
Yesterday, two nonbinding motions to instruct the conference committee on how to iron out the discrepancies between the House and Senate financial reform bills were put up for a vote from the Senate. (Emphasis on the “nonbinding” part; the instructions…