After our less-than-charitable post last month about his new commercial, one of Mark Darr’s supporters again brought up the “private sector experience” thing on Twitter in response. @KeithEmis wrote: Shane has voted for every tax increase that’s been proposed, he…
Month: October 2010
AR-01: I'ma Not Huntin' Wabbit
According to Jason Tolbert, the NRA wants AR-01 candidate Chad Causey to remove the NRA’s logo from his most recent commercial. The NRA, per Tolbert, said that the logo is trademarked, and Causey did not have permission to use it. …
Arkansas Election Line: Final 2010 Ratings
The Arkansas Election Line — a collaboration of Talk Business, The Tolbert Report, and Blue Hog Report — returns with our final ratings of the 2010 state and federal elections in Arkansas. With one exception, the ratings remain unchanged from…
AR-02: Greenberg Hearts Timmy!
Considering that Paul Greenberg has been Timmy! Griffin’s most consistent fluffer for months now, it was not the least bit surprising to see that the Democrat-Gazette endorsed Timmy! yesterday. Nearly twice the length of most of the D-G’s endorsements 1,…
Hooray For Fair Use!
If you have reason to pay attention to such things, you might have heard that Righthaven — the litigious group who is suing bloggers for having the unmitigated gall to (gasp!) quote from newspaper stories — had their suit against…
AR-Sec. State: BHR Presents "Pay Me! Woohoo!"
Democrat candidate for Secretary of State Pat O’Brien has a new internet-only ad for the stretch run, which BHR is proud to present for your viewing pleasure. The spine is a nice touch.
GOP: Not Willing To Compromise
In case you were worried that post-partisan politics might be on the horizon, don’t be. GOP says compromise not on the agenda if they retake the House. “Look, there will be no compromise on stopping runaway spending, deficits and debt.…
AR-Sec. State: But then I thought, "When am I gonna make it back to Haiti?"
Remember March 2005? “Candy Shop” was climbing the Billboard charts, people had overly optimistic hopes for the John Travolta and Uma Thurman movie “Be Cool,” and we were mere weeks away from watching the University of North Carolina overcome the…
Econ 101: DeLong on Britain
Brad DeLong takes issue with the new policies of British Conservatives. Their shame would not be quite so great if they had a theory about what elements of spending will grow to offset their 9% of GDP planned fiscal contraction.…
AR-01: More Fun With FEC Faux Pas!
Look at this picture from AR-01 Republican candidate Rick Crawford’s Facebook page: Now check out these four photos taken around the first congressional district: Now, take a gander at this: What is a Disclaimer Notice? For the purpose of this…