That would be the vote of John Brummett. Brummett’s stance is interesting to me primarily because it was only late last month that he wrote: I would tell you how I’m newly thinking of voting in this race, but I…
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5 Questions: Bill Halter
[The second in BHR’s 5 Questions series. For an explanation, see here. For our previous 5 Questions responses, see here.] 1. Senator Lincoln has tried time and time again to tie your name to “outsourcing.” As a real response to…
AL-Gov: Critical Thinking Is Highly Overrated
Nope, the “AL” up there is not a typo. Normally, I wouldn’t even comment on the race to be Alabama’s next governor, but this is just… wow. Gasp! You mean your opponent doesn’t believe that people used to live to…
AR-Sen: SEIU Attacks Lincoln On HCR
The Service Employees International Union launched an ad yesterday taking Sen. Lincoln to task on her “no” vote for the “fixes” package sent from the House to the Senate following passage of the Senate’s HCR bill. In response, Friends of…
AR-Land Comm: Bryant 2.0
Discussing Democratic candidate for Land Commissioner L.J. Bryant’s commercial a couple days ago, I wrote: I like the commercial; it’s straight-forward, well-done, does not mention Bryant’s opponents by name, and takes a stance on something that most voters would naturally…
AR-02: More Commercials
I’m starting to feel like a TV critic over here, but ’tis the season for 30-second nuggets about goals, achievements, and sandwiches, so I press on. First up, Joyce Elliot’s second ad: I think the “isn’t like the rest…Joyce Elliott…
AR-Sen: Lincoln's Proposed Reforms Seriously Flawed
With just one week to go until the May 18, 2010 preferential primary, I think it’s fair to say that the Bailout Blanche Experience versus Dollar Bill and The Outsourcers has been a conflict not seen since Wyld Stallyns bested…
AR-Sec. State: Wilcox Loves Sandwiches
After L.J. Bryant and David Cook each submitted very good commercials, I started to think everyone had upped their campaign advertising game. “Self,” I said to myself, “I think we might have reached a point where candidates are actually thinking…
AR-01: Cook Launches Television Ad
BHR endorsee David Cook released his first TV commercial yesterday. I have to say, I really, really like this commercial. The Main St. theme and Cook’s lines about how he “will beat some sense into Wall Street” and how he…
AR-04: Ending The Workday With A Note On Blogs And Punctuation
In an interesting bit of politics-related verisimilitude, less than five minutes after I made the comment about “Lobbyist’s” in the previous post, this post from Glenn Gallas landed in my inbox. Abraham Lincoln is credited with saying of his mother,…