Forty-five minutes ago, I wrote “because the candidates’ unknowns seem to be factoring into the results, there is room for Causey to rapidly make up ground by defining himself and his opponent more clearly and by controlling the narrative.” It’s…
Tag: Campaign Ads
AR-Sen: Lincoln Launches First Attack Ad (Math Optional)
I can’t decide if Blanche Lincoln keeps saying “23-percent sales tax” because she wants her statement to match the face of John Boozman’s proposed bill (and thus preempt any pro-Boozman whining about how the tax is “only” twenty-three percent) or…
AR-02: You Were Saying Something About "Best Intentions?" Oh, You Were Finished?! Well Allow Me To Retort!
Regarding Joyce Elliott’s chances and the recent Talk Business poll, Blue Arkansas writes: This was always going to be difficult. But like I said from the beginning, Elliott’s path to victory has always been one that involved a big win…
AR-Sen: Lincoln Twin Bill
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…
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-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…
AR-01: Karmic Smackdown…ENGAGE!
June didn’t turn out to be too kind to Tim Wooldridge. First, he loses the runoff election to Chad Causey. Now it seems that he’s been canned from his paying gig as well. File this under “Couldn’t Happen To A…
Econ 101: Raising Keynes
National Democrats have started trying to make political hay out John Boehner’s recent silliness. Democrats are attacking House Minority Leader John Boehner for his comments to a Pittsburgh paper about how America is in “revolt” similar to 1776 and Wall…
AL-02: Nuttier Than Squirrel Turds
We interrupt your regularly-scheduled Arkansas-centric political blogging for this ad from Alabama’s second congressional district. In the crazy-cake-taking contest, the ominous “SLAVERY” from ol’ Abe takes the cake, but that ad was nuts on a number of levels. Though, really,…
AR-Sen: Lincoln's Final Ad
If Bill Halter’s most recent ad was a second lesson in “it’s not what you say, it’s what people hear,” Blanche Lincoln’s new ad could serve as a case study in what happens when you don’t follow that rule. At…