I am not what you would call a big fan of Blanche Lincoln. (The cool kids call that “understatement.”) Other than the fact that there is no way I would consider voting for the poor-blocking lineman from Fort Smith High,…
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On Hogs and Hawgs, both Blue and Bloggish
Jeff has a new weekly political roundup at Blog Hawgs. You want a taste? Oh, I’ll feed you, baby bird. Columnist John Brummett examines a Talk Business poll released last week testing state party identification versus name identification – and…
AR-02: Social Media Usage and Analysis
While we looked at the candidates’ social-media presence fairly often during the primary, we haven’t done much with it since. To that end, I am going to review the online presence of each candidate (not counting independents or write-ins) in…
AR-02: Well, That's One Way To Put It
I was working on the AR-02 social-media analysis, when I noticed something interesting. Rather than simply tell you, however, I have an idea; let’s play a game. Tell me what you notice about this screen shot. Did you see it? …
Arkansas Election Line: Constitutional Officers
Back in June, after the primary and run-off elections (or partisan primary and general primary, if you want be specific about such things), the Election Line rated all of the constitutional offices that featured both a Republican and a Democrat. …
AR-01: Social Media Usage And Analysis
While we looked at the candidates’ social-media presence fairly often during the primary, we haven’t done much with it since. To that end, I am going to review the online presence of each candidate (not counting independents or write-ins) in…
AR-02: Elliott Hammers Griffin on Fair-Tax Flip-flop
Kudos to Joyce Elliott for finally taking the offensive and hitting Timmy! Griffin on something. Today, in the candidate forum hosted by the Pulaski County Bar association, Mr. Griffin said he does not support the Fair Tax Initiative contradicting his…
AR-Sen: Steve Patterson Spins Me Right Round, Baby, Right Round
May 2010: Mason-Dixon has Blanche Lincoln down 17 points. September 2010: Mason-Dixon has Blanche Lincoln down 17 points. How to handle this non-movement? Pretend like it is moving, of course! The first formal Senate debate held last Friday was a…
Think Tank Memorial End-of-Day Miscellany
[For an explanation of the title, see here.] Links we didn’t get to. They’re a bunch of foxes. In French, they would be called “les renardes,” and they would be hunted with only their cunning to protect them. Jason Tolbert…
AR-02: Blue Arkansas Rejects Your Reality And Substitutes Their Own
It must be nice to live in Blue Arkansas. From what I can see through the blinding glare of reality, it’s a fanciful world full of rainbows and ponies and rainbow-colored ponies, where reality takes a backseat to dreams and…