Mark Darr has graced us with a new television ad. The good news? He’s not a career politician! The bad news? He seems to have zero clue what the role of Lieutenant Governor entails. First, the obvious: Darr says that…
Tag: Reality Check
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…
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…
Reality Check: Adventures In Political Fiction
About that “Obama’s Approval Has Plummeted” lie. Has his approval rating gone down slightly? Yeah. But, unless your meaning of “plummet” differs from mine (and everyone else’s), a drop of four points isn’t exactly a free fall. (Also worth noting:…
AR-01, -02: The same, but different
The National Journal runs down the 60 most interesting congressional races of 2010. Not surprisingly, AR-02 and AR-01 are listed. AR-02: 4. Arkansas-02 Open Seat (D) (Last ranking: 6) Bill Clinton is heading back to Arkansas this week in an…
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: Battle Of (Nit-)Wits
Max has Blanche Lincoln and John Boozman’s not-at-all-asinine opinions on the Ground Zero Lower Manhattan Mosque Islamic Cultural Center: Lincoln: Out of respect for the families who lost loved ones in our nation’s worst terrorist attack, if I were making…
I Guess Glenn Beck Hasn't Written This On His Chalkboard Yet
Overheard this morning at Starbucks: I mean, Obama got into office and immediately started bailing out the banks. This is the second time in a week that I’ve heard someone “crediting” President Obama with TARP. Which is interesting, given that…
AR-02: Debunking The Debunking Of Allegations Against Griffin
I don’t know that I’ve ever mentioned it here, but Jason Tolbert is the one Arkansas conservative/Republican from any form of media that I read consistently; the rest, I read only when Google or a reader points me in the…
AR-House 46: Left-to-right, top-to-bottom, take Tylenol for any headaches, Midol for any cramps
I thought that I was done talking about David Meeks and the constant stream of misinformed ignorance that he spews on Twitter. I mean, that was my plan anyway. Then I see the following: RT @DuncanBaird Avg middle-income Ark family…