I finally got around to reading the pro-Timmy! Griffin op-ed that appeared in the “Democrat”-Gazette a few days ago. Even by that paper’s standards, the column was disgusting. Let’s get right to dissecting this thing. LITTLE ROCK — WITH THE…
Tag: Voting
Campaign 2010: Milquetoast Is The New Black
Nate Silver has an interesting post on the extent that Republicans and Democrats are mentioning healthcare reform on their campaign websites and the tone in which they discuss it. Excluding the broad subject of the economy, which we divided into…
AR-Gov: Keet's 2008 Florida Ballot Legit
Since last week’s statement that he moved back to Arkansas “in July or August 2008,” there has been some rumbling that, assuming he is telling the truth, Republican gubernatorial candidate Jim Keet violated Florida law by casting an absentee ballot…
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-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-Sec. State: From Fearmongering To Foolish Hypocrisy
Following up on Jeff’s post, today’s Arkansas “Democrat”-Gazette had an interesting piece in the Voices section regarding Mark Martin’s attacks on Pat O’Brien. Long story short, in the wake of Autogate, O’Brien offered a seven-point plan for how he would…
AR-02: Ugh.
Pop quiz, hotshot. You are an underdog candidate in a race against an opponent with more cash, a better ground game, and better connections. Your assets in the race are that you are running in the bluest district in the…
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…