Along with the ad Jeff mentioned earlier, Senator Blanche Lincoln released a second ad regarding her position on healthcare reform. /crickets //tumbleweeds ///random guy in the background lets loose a single cough ////people nervously look at one another as the…
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AR-02: Poll On, Family; Poll On, Crew
By now, pretty much anyone who cares about such things has heard about the Talk Business poll showing Timmy! Griffin leading Joyce Elliot by a whopping seventeen points. In a survey conducted on Tuesday night, August 17, 2010, Griffin leads…
AR-Sec. State: From Fearmongering To Foolish Hypocrisy
Following up on Jeff’s post, today’s Arkansas “Democrat”-Gazette had an interesting piece in the Voices section regarding Mark Martin’s attacks on Pat O’Brien. Long story short, in the wake of Autogate, O’Brien offered a seven-point plan for how he would…
AR-Sen: Battle Of (Nit-)Wits
Max has Blanche Lincoln and John Boozman’s not-at-all-asinine opinions on the Ground Zero Lower Manhattan Mosque Islamic Cultural Center: Lincoln: Out of respect for the families who lost loved ones in our nation’s worst terrorist attack, if I were making…
AR-02: Ugh.
Pop quiz, hotshot. You are an underdog candidate in a race against an opponent with more cash, a better ground game, and better connections. Your assets in the race are that you are running in the bluest district in the…
HCR, etc.: If I Am Elected, I Will Bring The Dodo Back From Extinction
Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo looks at what won’t happen even if the Democrats lose the House in November. The Democrats passed Health Care Reform. They passed Financial Services Reform. And though they’ll likely not get credit for it…
I Guess Glenn Beck Hasn't Written This On His Chalkboard Yet
Overheard this morning at Starbucks: I mean, Obama got into office and immediately started bailing out the banks. This is the second time in a week that I’ve heard someone “crediting” President Obama with TARP. Which is interesting, given that…
Friday Funny: You People Are As Loud As You Are Ignorant!
Futurama Thursdays 10pm / 9c Evolution Under Attack www.comedycentral.com Futurama New Episodes Roast of David Hasselhoff It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (h/t This Scientific Life) (Oh, yeah, we’re back. Posting to re-commence…soonish. Also, Montezuma is a jerk.)
Programming Note
Both members of the BHR Experience are off for a week in Mexico with our (much) better halves. Expect nothing until Thursday, Aug 12. Vaya con dios, amigos y amigas.
AR-02: Well, At Least She Didn't Choose Gilbert Baker, I Guess
Joyce Elliott has picked former opponent Robbie Wills to be her Faulkner County chairperson. (h/t Tolbert Report) While the whole thing is a little surprising, the part that confuses me is why Wills would do it. I mean, if Wills…