Forget Mattie Ross. Former President Bill Clinton, in an e-mail titled "Charm and Grit," implores people on U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln's mailing list to send her money.
Clinton says Lincoln will win, of course, though, he comments, "The Republicans are doing what they always do -- using fear and misinformation to [...]
I don't know if a serious petition drive effort underlies former MADD Director Teresa Belew's proposed initiative to add a dime tax to each alcoholic drink to raise money for drug and alcohol treatment programs. I know the possibility could lend a little weight to a legislative drive to' [...]
I'll be writing more this week about taxpayer and ratepayer subsidies of the Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber steadfastly refuses to tell me how public money in its economic development fund is spent, beyond general line items.
I have learned that the City of Little Rock ($200,000), the' [...]
Since it's a slow Sunday, I think I'll share a letter to the editor that commments on a letter by former state Rep. Robert Johnston and my column last week about the city of Little Rock's determination to send sales tax pennies of struggling city resdients and visitors to the Little Rock' [...]
A government watchdog group has filed a Senate ethics complaint against Sen. John McCain for his robo-calls in five states, including calls in Arkansas aimed at Sen. Blanche Lincoln, in opposition to health legislation. The complaint alleges that McCain's use of outside money from the National Republican Senatorial Committee [...]
City Director Doris Wright sends a plea for the Little Rock City Board to reconsider its refusal to continue funding for a park program for mostly minority kids in her ward while continuing to funnel money to a golf course. Her pitch is on the jump.
Wright injected a strong note of [...]
UPDATE – The amendment failed in a Sunday afternoon vote gathering only 56 votes with 60 needed
Sen. Blanche Lincoln today proposed a tax increase on the health insurance companies who pay their executives what she believes is too much money. Under her proposal, health insurance companies that [...]
No word if white smoke rose from the chimney of the Marianna farmhouse at which former Farm Bureau president Stanley Reed was supposed to reach a family Thanksgiving decision on running for U.S. Senate as a Republican.
But an associate of the people who'd be his main money men -- real' [...]
A new poll from Rasmussen shows Sen. Blanche Lincoln trailing all potential GOP challengers.
Sadly, 56% of Arkansans are strongly opposed to health insurance reform despite reports that it would put more money in their pockets by lowering health insurance premiums.
As I’ve said before, with no one willing to be [...]
Arkansas residents would save between $236 and $433 a year in premiums (that is a 7.6% to 14.1%) and a family would save between $1,157 and $1,170 a year in health insurance premiums (that is a 14% to 14.2%) if the Senate health insurance reform bill were enacted into law, [...]
Pat Lynch calls attention to a story in the Log Cabin Democrat in Conway about the FBI's presumed investigation of the conversion of private money to public funds to supplement pay of UCA football coach Clint Conque. Nothing to do with him, Conque says:
"For the record, I am contracted' [...]
Blogging machine Jason Tolbert has a good post over at The Tolbert Report touching on Republican Senate hopeful Conrad Reynolds’ plans for financing his 2010 campaign. Reynolds, like many of the Republican hopefuls, has been slow off the mark in raising money for the race. As of the [...]
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has concluded that the Obama administration can lawfully pay the community group Acorn for services provided under contracts signed before Congress banned the government from providing money to the group. . . . the group has become a prime target for conservative [...] Jason Tolbert watched Mike Huckabee on Fox today so you didn't have to. (I know, as if ....)
He's leaning against a run for president in 2012 at the present time. He likes money better and he apparently wants something akin to unanimous consent from Repubs first.
“The reason I wouldn’t' [...]
Conrad Reynolds spoke earlier this month and offered some interesting insight into his campaign strategy. He indicated first that he believed it was not necessary to nominate someone who had raised a lot of money but that Republicans should stay away from anyone who has held elected office.
“This is [...]
Gary Bauer, Campaign for Working Families: In past reports, I’ve expressed skepticism about the so-called global warming consensus. Not only did the science seem suspect, often contradicting common sense, but it was clearly ideologically driven. Like the promise that more government programs would save money, [...] Turns out I missed a callback yesterday from Jason Shepherd, who was executive campaign manager for Republican Jim Holt's Senate bid in 2004. He got 44 percent of the vote to Blanche Lincoln's 56 percent, spending about $125,000 (counting a primary) to her $6.5 million.
Shepherd called back today, responding to a message [...]
Press Releases regarding Sen. Blanche Lincoln’s vote on the Health Care Bill are coming in faster than a politician can spend money so I will post this on this thread and keep the top thread open for developments in Sen. Lincoln’s vote.
From Republican Candidates
Republican Senate Candidate Conrad Reynolds had some fun today at the expense of a glaring error on the U.S. Government’s recovery.gov website, which is used to track where the Federal stimulus dollars are spent. Currently, the website shows stimulus money was spent and created jobs in [...]
Interesting. The Republican Party of Arkansas plans an early cattle show for its U.S. Senate candidates at a meeting Dec. 5 in Hot Springs.
Tickets to vote in a planned straw poll will cost $15 each. (No illegal aliens need apply for voting privileges.)
But candidates also will be required to demonstrate they [...]
For the money, I’d say pick up a copy of Bill Simmons‘ “The Book of Basketball,” but if GOP politics is your sort of thing, Sarah Palin’s new book, “Going Rogue,” hits bookstores this Tuesday. (Is she old enough and interesting enough to write a memoir?) It’s pre-sold a [...]
