Defying logic and common sense to the bitter end, Robbie Wills continues to claim that he is exempt from taxation on the benefit of driving a state-owned vehicle as Speaker of the House. In an article in Monday’s Dem-Gazette, Seth…
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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: Well, At Least She Didn't Choose Gilbert Baker, I Guess
Joyce Elliott has picked former opponent Robbie Wills to be her Faulkner County chairperson. (h/t Tolbert Report) While the whole thing is a little surprising, the part that confuses me is why Wills would do it. I mean, if Wills…
AR-02 In The Blogs: Timmy! v. Elliott Is Must-See TV
Or whatever the political equivalent of “must-see TV” is, according to Suzi Parker’s article for Talk Business. The most interesting race in Arkansas may not be between Senator Blanche Lincoln and Rep. John Boozman. Rather the battle to watch? The…
AR-02: Wills Embraces Absurdity, Sends Out Second Mailer
Given the overwhelming negative response to Robbie Wills’ most recent mailer, you would think that he and his camp would have had the common sense not to continue down that path. You would be wrong. Ugh. Jeff already hit on…
AR Runoff News: I Was Told There Would Be No Math
Preferential Primary Early & Absentee Voting Totals As of June 1, 2010: 10,010 As of June 2, 2010: 23,439 Source.
AR-02: Elliott's New Ad Rings Familiar Bell
Update: Because I don’t think I was totally clear in the post that follows, I just wanted to put up front that I think it was a good ad in that it had a snappy punchline and called Wills out…
AR-02: Boling Endorses Elliott
When I caught wind that David Boling would be endorsing Joyce Elliott on the Capitol steps today at 3:30, I realized that I would be in the area and decided to stop by. The late announcement did not lend itself…
Thoughts From Last Night
Three watch parties, about 100 shaken hands, one photo with Lt. Gov. Halter, and some 12:30am chocolate chip cookies later, here we are. If my pounding head and the 140 emails I’ve received since 7:00pm are any indication, last night…
AR-02: Schrödinger's Cat And A Rural Surge
In 1935, physicist Erwin Schrödinger described a now-famous paradox in quantum mechanics. The model of quantum physics most widely used at the time held that, until it is actually measured, a sub-atomic particle is in all of its possible states…