An article at The Huffington Post — HuffPo, as the kids say — discusses the building momentum against Wall Street. Using very broad strokes, the article points to the proposed financial reform bill and the activities of groups like SEIU…
Tag: Bill Halter (D)
AR-Sen: A Smattering Of Stuff On Lincoln And Halter
(Plus an unavoidable mention of D.C. Morrison.) MSNBC First Read’s “First Thoughts” post has two nuggets about the AR-Sen race. The more noteworthy entry of the two is from Luke Russert’s interview with Bill Clinton. Asked to opine on the…
AR-Sen: In The Blogs
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…
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-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-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…
AR-Sen: Lincoln Continues To Make Bizarre Campaign Decisions
So, let me get this straight… Blanche Lincoln was comfortably ahead by double digits about a month ago. Rather than run ads promoting herself and acting like Bill Halter didn’t exist, she chose to go negative, and her poll numbers…
AR-Sen: Map Favors Boozman in GOP Primary
Jason Tolbert explains why geography and demographics make John Boozman the heavy favorite for the GOP nomination in the AR-Sen race. Basically, it comes down to this: Traditionally, Republican primaries are won and lost in Northwest Arkansas. The 3rd Congressional…