Suzi Parker recaps last night’s UCA-based AR-02 Democratic debate. Great stuff in there as per usual, so read the whole thing, but here are some highlights: [Re: Offshore Oil Drilling] But Speaker of the House Robbie Wills said that drilling…
Month: May 2010
AR-Sen: Pryor Communications Bill — Right Idea, Wrong Time
I have bemoaned Arkansas’s lack of internet access (note: those numbers are from 2007) many times. Only Mississippi and Alabama are worse than Arkansas in terms of percentage of the population with some kind of internet access, be it dial-up…
AR-Sen: One-Sixtieth Of The Truth
The Blanche Lincoln camp launched a new ad today, entitled “We Can Again.” (Apparently, they thought “Yes, We Can Again” would be too obvious.) Take a gander: As recent political ads go, this one is pretty well done, at least…
AR-Sen: Clinton, Obama Support Lincoln In Radio Ads
As I am sure most people know by now, Presidents Clinton and Obama have cut radio ads in the last few days in support of Blanche Lincoln. I’ve yet to hear any of the ads (there are three, as Clinton…
AR-01, -02, -Sen: Independents File To Join Races
Following yesterday’s noon cut-off for such filings, Arkansas Secretary of State Charlie Daniels issued a press release naming the ten people who submitted nominating petitions to run in the general election, including three who wish to run in the AR-01,…
AR-01 In The Blogs: Wooldridge video missing
First, let this serve as a reminder to all AR-01 Democrats that David Cook is by far the best candidate to represent your district in Washington D.C. It’s really not even close. In that same vein, via Max Brantley, we…
AR-Sen: Fort Smith Paper Finds Way To Endorse Republican in Dem Primary
The Fort Smith City Wire has endorsed D.C. Morrison in the May 18 preferential primary. Though they admit that their endorsement is “unlikely to help him capture much support among the 17 people in the Fort Smith region voting in…
AR-01: Mountains, Molehills, and FEC Filings
Suzi Parker raises some interesting questions in her most recent Talk Business article. It seems there are some strange overlaps and filing entries in the FEC reports of Marion Berry and Chad Causey. One curious payment on Berry’s April FEC…