Archive for October, 2010
What Will The State Legislature Look Like After Tuesday?
Oct 30, 2010 No Comments ›› ARDemRemember, Republicans are supposed to be ascendant in Arkansas, right? We should see this massive tidal wave of Republicans sweeping into office...only maybe not...Let's crunch some numbers shall we? Let's start with the Arkansas Senate. The 35 member body is currently composed of 26 Dems and a measily 9 Republicans. This year, there are only 7 ...
Continue ReadingBirthers Laughed Out Of Court; Forced To Pay Court Costs!
Oct 30, 2010 8 Comments ›› ARDemThis is too good! A state appellate court in Sacramento tossed out a lawsuit claiming President Barack Obama is not eligible to occupy the White House because he is not a natural-born citizen of the United States. The court ordered the plaintiffs to pay all court costs of the defendants. The lawsuit was filed shortly after the ...
Continue ReadingGuess Which Democrats Are Gonna Be Hit The Hardest…
Oct 30, 2010 No Comments ›› ARDemIn a pitch of desperation, Blue Dog Democrats are running away from Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama as hard and as fast as they can. For the most part, it isn't helping them. The silver lining to Tuesday may well be that the Democratic Party becomes much more progressive in its orientation, with the worst ...
Continue ReadingYeah, that didn’t exactly happen…
Oct 29, 2010 1 Comment ›› ARDemSome of our more Republican readers weren't too happy about the post I did illustrating how Rick Crawford would be just another vote for the anti-democratic and increasingly violent Republican mob. One of our Republican readers had this to say: ARdem, where were you during the health care townhalls when tea partiers were assulted by SEIU ...
Continue ReadingAR-02: Former Republican U.S. Attorney David Iglesias Slammed Tim Griffin
Oct 29, 2010 No Comments ›› ARDemRepublican U.S. Attorney David Iglesias on Tim Griffin from David Kolovson on Vimeo. Damn, that was a skewering. Iglesias called Griffin "fundamentally unqualified", his vote caging "reprehensible conduct", and the beneficiary of a "quid pro quo". Remember, Iglesias was another one of those attorneys, along with Bud Cummins (who Iglesias defends in the video), ...
Continue ReadingThe Last Round Of Ads…
Oct 29, 2010 No Comments ›› ARDemExcellent ad from Shane Broadway, closing with his friend and mentor Governor Beebe: It's a great ad and I'm willing to bet Beebe's coattails will pull Broadway well across the finish line. The only thing that puzzles me is why other Democrats haven't used this strategy. For her part, Joyce Elliott brought in Bill Clinton for ...
Continue ReadingBlue Arkansas Welcomes L.J. Bryant
Oct 29, 2010 20 Comments ›› ARDemFor our fourth live blog, and what may be our last one for the cycle, Blue Arkansas is happy to welcome Democratic candidate for Land Commissioner L.J. Bryant. If you think this would be a boring discussion considering the office, then you weren't paying attention in the primary. L.J. made it clear that this office ...
Continue ReadingMcCance Resigns! Kudos To Those That Fought Back!
Oct 28, 2010 1 Comment ›› ARDemI just got word that Clint McCance, the Midland School Board Member whose anti-gay comments sparked a national controversy, has resigned! Good riddance. The man had no business handling any matters related to children or education, period. Make no mistake. This didn't happen by magic. It happened because people who cared didn't take McCance's awful comments ...
Continue ReadingReminder, L.J. Bryant Live Blog Tomorrow
Oct 28, 2010 No Comments ›› ARDemJust a reminder, L.J. is coming to Blue Arkansas tomorrow at noon for a live blog session. Be there.
Continue ReadingAR-01: Rick Crawford’s Friends
Oct 28, 2010 12 Comments ›› ARDemA couple of days ago, Rick Crawford had a GOTV rally with Eric Cantor, the hillariously comic tool the Republicans are hoping to see as House Majority Leader. This is the same Eric Cantor that has the police arrest and abuse a man for holding a protest sign at one of Cantor's public events. Roll the tape: (Keep ...
Continue ReadingVoting Problems In St. Francis County…Again
Oct 28, 2010 2 Comments ›› ARDemWhy can't we get an election right in this state? Seriously, how hard is it to make sure that everyone who should be on the ballot is on the ballot? Apparently it's next to impossible, because in St. Francis County this kind of mistake has now left off candidates for the state rep race there and ...
Continue ReadingHelp Out The Campaign-Have Some Pizza
Oct 27, 2010 1 Comment ›› ARDemThe first district chapter of the Democratic Party's coordinated campaign is having a pizza party at their headquarters on Church Street in Jonesboro tonight at 5 pm where we'll be making phone calls to help out the campaign. So come on down and help out, and get some food in the process.
Continue ReadingL.J.’s Dropping In
Oct 27, 2010 No Comments ›› ARDemL.J. Bryant is going to be part of our next live blog session, geared for this Friday, October 29th, at 12 noon. You know I caught myself wondering just what kind of interesting conversation we'd have with a candidate for Land Commissioner, then I realized that L.J. dispelled the idea that this isn't an interesting ...
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