Recently added to the BHR blogroll, the awesomely named Donkeylicious raises a good point about Blanche Lincoln’s more-stringent derivative reform proposal. Namely Take a clear and strong stand against the banks, and if you go down swinging, people will at…
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AR-Sen: Lincoln Doing The Cupid Shuffle?
As in, “to the left, to the left, to the left, to the left….” Based on yesterday’s about-face regarding financial reform, it appears so. According to Politico, she dropped her efforts to cooperate with Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) after he…
AR-Sen: Pee On The Fire And Call The Dogs, This Race Is Over
On the heels of yesterday’s poll showing a tight race between Bill Halter and Blanche Lincoln, Talk Business released a poll of 1,357 voters who plan to vote for a Republican in the May 18 preferential primary. 46% John Boozman…
AR-04: Rankin Releases Fundraising Total
Beth Anne Rankin reports that she raised $38,294 in 1Q fundraising. FEC reports for the other two candidates, Glenn Gallas (R) and Rep. Mike Ross are not yet available. While I have no basis to speculate on Gallas’s total, if…
AR-Sen: New Talk Business Poll Released
Talk Business polled 1,167 statewide voters regarding their preference in the Democratic preferential primary for U.S. Senator. The results: 38% Blanche Lincoln 31% Bill Halter 10% D.C. Morrison 20% Undecided The margin of error is +/- 3%, which means that…
AR-Sen [Follow-up]: If Not Mitchell Berry, Then Who?
Yesterday, I mentioned (and Blue Arkansas detailed more fully) an attack ad against Bill Halter that was created by a group headed by Marion Berry’s son, Mitchell. Except, then it wasn’t headed by Mitchell Berry; he was merely the lawyer…
AR-02: Robbie Wills Is The Leader In The Fundraising Clubhouse
According to Gerard Matthews (who, by the way, has done a nice job filling in for Max Brantley of late), Robbie Wills raised $327,000 in 1Q fundraising, putting the current AR-02 standings at: Robbie Wills: $327,000 David Boling: $250,000 John…
AR-Sen: Boozman Not A Fan Of Jobs, Tax Breaks, or Infrastructure
At least that’s what his vote on today’s HIRE Act would indicate. The HIRE Act passed the House today, no thanks to Reps. Mark Kirk of Illinois, Roy Blunt of Missouri, Michael Castle of Delaware, and John Boozman of Arkansas.…
AR-02: Kennedy Releases 1Q Fundraising Totals
Remember the halcyon days of last week, when I opined: I would speculate further and say that there is little reason to think Kennedy beat Adams’ $50,000 in 1Q fundraising, given that Kennedy did not immediately try to trump the…
AR-Sen: Weird Gets A Little Weirder
First, there was the news that Marion Berry’s son, Mitchell Berry, was behind a group called Arkansas For Common Sense, which recently launched an ad attack Bill Halter for his position on Social Security. (Marion Berry is a vocal supporter…