According to Kaiser’s Health Tracking Poll: The July Health Tracking Poll indicates overall public support for the health reform law is steady from June, while unfavorable views of the law have trended downward. Half the public (50%) now expresses a…
Tag: John Boozman (R)
AR-Sen: Boozman As Sisyphus
Still pushing that rock up the hill, John Boozman writes: Instead of making hard decisions to change this course, President Obama and his allies in Congress, including Senator Lincoln, have vowed to throw money at every problem they encounter —…
Econ 101: A Quick Post For The Austerity Crowd
Well this certainly doesn’t jibe with what the we-have-to-stop-spending-or-we’ll-kill-the-market crowd keeps telling me. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 10,428 Monday, finally breaking back into positive territory for the year. At its low on 7/2, the market was down…
AR-Sen, AR-Gov: Boozman, Beebe lead
Talk Business released a new poll on the AR-Sen and AR-Gov races yesterday. The Senate polling was about what I expected, but the Gubernatorial race was kind of surprising. In a poll conducted on Saturday, July 17 among 793 likely…
Econ 101: Austerity Has Unicorns
It’s not my intention to turn this blog into all-econ, all the time. But, maybe, if we repeat it enough, this message will get through to the amazing number of Arkansans who don’t get it, especially those in office or…
HCR: Dumas Spells Out AR Benefits
A funny thing happened on the way to the ultimate destruction of Arkansas that Timmy! Griffin, et al., predicted from the health care reform bill: some people actually took the time to explore just how Arkansas will benefit. Maybe only…
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…
BHR Wonders: Two's Company; Three's An Option?
A week ago, on the eve of the runoff elections, Jeff and I were discussing the possibility of a Robbie Wills victory and what that might mean between now and November. Specifically, we wondered whether a Wills win would open…
AR-Sen: White House Giving Lincoln The Silent Treatment?
The Huffington Post thinks so. The White House is still formally supporting Sen. Blanche Lincoln’s re-election bid as the Arkansas Democratic primary approaches its runoff vote on Tuesday. But over the past few weeks, as the incumbent senator’s prospects for…
AR-Sen: Halter "Inclined To Support" DADT Repeal
This accoring to Talk Business: [Bill] Halter also indicated his support for a repeal of the policy. “I am inclined to support the repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ especially given the support that this has from our military leadership,”…