I was working on the AR-02 social-media analysis, when I noticed something interesting. Rather than simply tell you, however, I have an idea; let’s play a game. Tell me what you notice about this screen shot. Did you see it? …
Tag: Campaigning
Arkansas Election Line: Constitutional Officers
Back in June, after the primary and run-off elections (or partisan primary and general primary, if you want be specific about such things), the Election Line rated all of the constitutional offices that featured both a Republican and a Democrat. …
(Partially) Off-Topic: Shameless Self-Promotion Redux
In which I gratuitously use Anchorman quotes to distract from the navel-gazing nature of this post… “I’m very important. I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany.” Week 2 of the NFL season, which means Week…
AR-01: Social Media Usage And Analysis
While we looked at the candidates’ social-media presence fairly often during the primary, we haven’t done much with it since. To that end, I am going to review the online presence of each candidate (not counting independents or write-ins) in…
AR-02: Elliott Hammers Griffin on Fair-Tax Flip-flop
Kudos to Joyce Elliott for finally taking the offensive and hitting Timmy! Griffin on something. Today, in the candidate forum hosted by the Pulaski County Bar association, Mr. Griffin said he does not support the Fair Tax Initiative contradicting his…
AR-Sen: Steve Patterson Spins Me Right Round, Baby, Right Round
May 2010: Mason-Dixon has Blanche Lincoln down 17 points. September 2010: Mason-Dixon has Blanche Lincoln down 17 points. How to handle this non-movement? Pretend like it is moving, of course! The first formal Senate debate held last Friday was a…
We're Getting The Band Back Together!
Beth Anne Rankin’s recent foray into the world of lyrics and digital synthesizers gave me an idea for a post. Namely, if all the important candidates were going to compile a double-CD release of songs that best define their campaigns,…
AR-02: Blue Arkansas Rejects Your Reality And Substitutes Their Own
It must be nice to live in Blue Arkansas. From what I can see through the blinding glare of reality, it’s a fanciful world full of rainbows and ponies and rainbow-colored ponies, where reality takes a backseat to dreams and…
AR-04: She'll See Me Laugh Uncontrollably
In response to her poor showing in the public-speaking portion of the contest, Ms. Magnolia, Beth Anne Rankin, is scurrying to make up some points with the judges in other areas. For the talent competition, however, Rankin eschewed the chance…
AR-Sen: A Little More About That Photo
It’s not that I particularly care that John Boozman used logos, names, and images associated with the University of Arkansas football program. I mean, yeah, it seemed a little odd to me, just given that it is a state institution…