[Here’s about 95% of Bill Halter’s speech at the Peabody last night. I apologize in advance for the quality of the video; holding the camera up above the crowd made steadiness of frame a bit of an issue.]
Author: bhr_iat2rz
Overheard At My Polling Location While Voting For Bill Halter
Election official #1: “I guess I won’t see Tina today.” Election official #2: “Who?” [long exchange of “Tina ___?” “No, you know, Tina who ____.”] Election official #2: “Why, did she vote early?” Election official #1: “No…she voted Republican.” Election…
AR-Primary Runoffs: Let's Get Ready To Rumble
And, by “rumble,” I mean “vote for Bill Halter, Chad Causey (if you live in AR-01) or Joyce Elliot (in AR-02), L.J. Bryant, Pat O’Brien, and Scott Pace (Dist. 31).” “Rumble” was just more succinct. Anyway, silliness aside, the polls…
AR-Sen: White House Giving Lincoln The Silent Treatment?
The Huffington Post thinks so. The White House is still formally supporting Sen. Blanche Lincoln’s re-election bid as the Arkansas Democratic primary approaches its runoff vote on Tuesday. But over the past few weeks, as the incumbent senator’s prospects for…
AR-Sen: It's Never A Good Sign When The Better Answer Is "Utter Incompetence"
Over the weekend, the Blue Arkansas gang did a tremendous job of following the debacle that is early voting in the runoff election in Garland County. They covered the surprising twist of polls not being open the day after Garland…
AR-Land Comm: Once Is An Oversight, Twice Is A Trend
How’s this for consistency? Twice in the last five day, someone at the Democrat-Gazette has written about the greedymontydavenport.com email incident. Both times, the writer incorrectly stated one of the facts unearthed by BHR. On Thursday, Mike Wickline wrote: Here…
AR-Sen: A Quick Review Of Poll Methodology
I was perusing some of the other blogs when I noticed this statement from Blake in regard to the DK/R2K poll: Lt. Gov. Bill Halter leads Sen. Blanche Lincoln 49% – 45% in a new poll conducted by Research 2000.…
In The Blogs: The Bonnie Garland County Situation
This story is important enough that, rather than re-invent the wheel, I am re-posting the original story as reported by Blue Arkansas Blog. The situation in Garland County is worrying me big time. Again, if you’re living in Garland (Hot…
AR-Sen: Halter With 4 Point Lead
New DK/R2K poll shows Halter with a 4 point lead (MOE 4%), which is coming dangerously close (for Lincoln) to becoming statistically significant. Democratic primary Blanche Lincoln (D) 45 (44) Bill Halter (D) 49 (47) Undecided 6 (9) Favorable/Unfavorable (among…
AR-Sen: Lincoln's Final Ad
If Bill Halter’s most recent ad was a second lesson in “it’s not what you say, it’s what people hear,” Blanche Lincoln’s new ad could serve as a case study in what happens when you don’t follow that rule. At…