This weekend I have been following the health care debate in the post below with updates as the story progressed but I thought this might be noteworthy enough for its own post.
One thing that has puzzled me is how Lincoln will be able to reconcile [...]
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 [...]
Former President Bill Clinton sent an e-mail today supporting Blanche Lincoln’s candidacy for the U.S. Senate. In the message he writes,
I am going to tell you what I told Senator Lincoln this week: She’s going to win this thing.
Here’s why. The Republicans are doing what they always do — using [...]
Matthew Dowd of Washington Post thinks defeat of the bill would be good politically for Democrats, bad for Republicans. It's a thought.
If this legislation passes, Democrats will be held accountable for any failures or problems in the system. So if Americans' insurance premiums rise, they will blame the Democrats.' [...]
by Ken Blackwell, Contributing Author: President Barack Obama has completed his months-long “deliberations” over his latest Afghanistan policy. He got more applause from Republicans than from Democrats after his long-running Hamlet act. The Prince of Denmark was famous for his indecision: “To be or not to be…”The Washington, D.C. City Council has legalized same-sex marriages in the city.
Traditional marriages in the city are officially doomed. Any day now, U.S. senators will start consorting with prostitutes and staff members and picking up men in airports. Even family values Republicans will be at risk with this barrier [...]
Last week I appeared on television with GOP political consultant Bill Vickery to discuss the latest amendments to the health insurance reform bill pending before Congress. After a quick discussion of the opportunities presented by two interesting additions: the expansion of medicare to those 55 and up, and a the [...]
I have some other things to do, plus, it seems dead out there. Except for Republicans trying to block budget bills in Congress.
You're up.
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Monthly polling shows all Republicans gaining on President Obama, with Mike Huckabee doing best, in a virtual dead heat -- 46 Obama, 45 Huckabee. Huckabee's numbers up with Dems, down a bit with Repubs. Democrats like soft-on-crime liberals, apparently.
UPDATE: To all those looking for a Christmas present for' [...]
Sen. John McCain will join U.S. Rep. John Boozman in Springdale Sunday for a continuation of the GOP's Scare Seniors Road Show.
Take a copy of Ernest Dumas' column this week to Har-Ber High School at 6 p.m. and ask McCain what happened to the Straight Talk Express and why Republicans [...]
Sen. Blanche Lincoln's amendment to cut tax subsidies of insurance executive pay above $400,000 failed in the Senate today. Needing 60 votes, the amendment failed 56-42.
Three senators who caucus with Democrats -- Carper, Conrad and Lieberman -- joined Republicans in supporting the insurance executives. Byrd didn't vote. Lincoln got' [...]
At a crowded gathering of Republicans in Hot Springs, Gilbert Baker narrowly won the Senate Straw with 35% of the vote of the estimated 700 ballots cast. However, surprising close on his heels was challenger Curtis Coleman with 33%. Rounding up third place finish was Conrad Reynolds [...]
The House today voted 225-200 (all Republicans were nays) to prevent the federal estate tax from expiring next month and crippling the budget. This will keep in place a maximum 45 percent estate tax on estates valued (after deductions for debt, etc.) at $3.5 million, or $7 million for [...]
In what has become a familiar refrain, the latest numbers on the 2010 U.S. Senate race in Arkansas continue to show Sen. Blanche Lincoln faring poorly. Survey results released today by Rasmussen show Lincoln trailing in head-to-head match-ups against Republicans Gilbert Baker, Curtis Coleman, Tom Cox and Kim Hendren.
Rasmussen [...]
Timothy Eagan of The New York Times writes that Mike Huckabee’s presidential aspirations are sunk as a result of the shootings in Washington state.
If this case does not sink the presidential aspirations of Huckabee, a leading Republican candidate, it should. By the standards that Republicans launched almost 20 years [...]
That's the conclusion of NY Times columnist Tim Egan:
If this case does not sink the presidential aspirations of Huckabee, a leading Republican candidate, it should. By the standards that Republicans launched almost 20 years ago, Huckabee will be Willie Hortonized. But this case also shows, as with an earlier [...]
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 [...]
by William Warren:
FAMILY VALUES: a 2004 campaign photo for Jim Holt, who may run against Blanche Lincoln again.
Rumors are rising about a Jim Holt entry into the Republican primary for Senate, with several Republicans predicting it's a done deal. I'd think that would just about guarantee nobody wins the' [...]
