The Bill Halter campaign released word this afternoon that Halter has agreed to participate in a debate next Thursday, June 3, that would be co-hosted by the Arkansas Times and KARK 4. Whether Blanche Lincoln will also agree to participate…
Author: bhr_iat2rz
AR-Sen: Lincoln's Message To Undecideds: "Vote For Me, Idiots!"
Less than a week ago, Blanche Lincoln took the stage knowing that she was headed for a run-off election with Bill Halter. In her speech, the “comeback kid” (as Attorney General Dustin McDaniel ridiculously called Lincoln) said: “I want to…
AR-01: Wooldridge's Anti-Endorsement
Calling this GOP statement an endorsement of Chad Causey doesn’t seem as apt as calling it an anti-endorsement (an undorsement?) of Tim Wooldridge. REPUBLICAN STATEMENT Sensing a momentum shift as third-place primary finisher David Cook endorsed his runoff opponent, Tim…
AR-Land Comm: Davenport Apparently Unfamiliar With Provisions Of Bill He Voted For
Monty Davenport has a response for L.J. Bryant and the Democrat-Gazette. Let’s just re-print it in its entirety before we parse the message. According to Sunday’s Arkansas Democrat Gazette, L.J. Bryant said he favors using aerial image of property statewide…
AR-Land Comm: When Rhetorical Questions Attack!
In yesterday’s Democrat-Gazette, Michael R. Wickline had a column comparing and contrasting L.J. Bryant and Monty Davenport. (The paper also endorsed Bryant…again.) The full text of the column is after the jump, and it is well worth a read, but…
AR-Sen: Rasmussen, Arkansas Voters, & Cognitive Dissonance
By now, I assume most people have seen the most recent Rasmussen poll showing John Boozman with a sizable lead in hypothetical matchups against both Blanche Lincoln and Bill Halter. On the surface, the numbers were pretty damning. A new…
AR-Land Comm: Maybe "Luddite" Wasn't Strong Enough
For whatever reason, I found myself telling an out-of-state friend about the Arkansas Land Commissioner’s race yesterday. Specifically, I was describing the marked difference between L.J. Bryant and Monty Davenport, and I mentioned Davenport’s statement: “I would rather not be…
AR-02: Boling Endorses Elliott
When I caught wind that David Boling would be endorsing Joyce Elliott on the Capitol steps today at 3:30, I realized that I would be in the area and decided to stop by. The late announcement did not lend itself…
AR-Land Comm: Baxter Bulletin Reports On Race … Sorta
If you were a newspaper writer in Marion County who was writing an article on the outcomes of county- and state-wide races in Tuesday’s primary, it is not impossible to think that you might tailor your message slightly to appeal…
AR-Sen: You Don't Mind If Your Credit Card Rates Go Up, Do You?
When Sen. Lincoln scurried back to Washington D.C. following Tuesday’s results, ostensibly it was to fight any attempts to weaken her (wrongheaded) financial reform bill. Apparently, she is so hell-bent on getting her version, and ONLY her version, through that…