Archive for September, 2011
How Stupid Can You Get?
Sep 30, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDemOkay, this is beyond dumb. Remember Gene Daughtry, the Pope County Republican Chairman that mouthed off at AR-03 candidate Ken Aden on facebook and got schooled by the candidate? Well apparently Mr. Daughtry wasn't finished and decided to try and taunt Aden's campaign manager via text message. In addition to talking about how unions are ...
Continue ReadingPres 2012: Perry Tanking
Sep 29, 2011 4 Comments ›› ARDemTold ya he'd fizzle: Last week a poll showed that general election voters just don’t seem to like him very much. It wasn’t overwhelming, but Perry only retained a 23 percent favorability rating in a national poll done by ABC News and the Washington Post. Perry was viewed negatively by 31 percent, giving him an underwater ...
Continue ReadingAR-03: Womack And Aden “Run In Different Circles”
Sep 29, 2011 1 Comment ›› ARDemSo apparently, Steve Womack finally met his likely Democratic opponent face to face. (I say likely, but there's no other Democrat on the radar.) Both Womack and Aden were at Freedom Fest in Russellville and according to someone who was in earshot of the encounter, when Aden said he looked forward to seeing Womack on ...
Continue ReadingProfile Of A Conservative Clown: James O’Keefe
Sep 29, 2011 2 Comments ›› ARDemSo, a few of you have probably seen that the conservative joke of a hatchet man, James O'Keefe (the guy on the left), has been making the rounds in Arkansas on a speaking tour. Now, most folks probably don't know who this guy is, and that's a pity. In some ways, he's the most notable ...
Continue ReadingMike Ross Stands With Republicans On Gutting Regulations
Sep 27, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDemMike Ross's latest email has landed in my inbox, and boy is it a doozy. A few of my favorite lines: Too much regulation will continue to force American companies to foreign countries, taking much-needed jobs with them. No Mike, that would be those free trade agreements that you keep voting for. Really, you want us to ...
Continue ReadingPres 2012: Cain Won The Florida Strawpoll, So What Now?
Sep 26, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDemBoy this was a surprise now wasn't it? It’s official: Cainmentum is back. In Florida anyway. In what can only be seen as a major defeat for frontrunner Rick Perry, former Godfather’s Pizza CEO and tea party superstar Herman Cain swept the results of the Presdiency5 straw poll, a gathering of several thousand state Republicans, Saturday. Perry had ...
Continue ReadingAR-03: As Potential Shutdown Looms, Aden Slams Womack
Sep 22, 2011 2 Comments ›› ARDemThis is what a Democrat that fights sounds like: Democrat Aden Says Womack Wrong For Supporting Shell Game Leading To Government Shutdown HECTOR, Ark.—Democratic Congressional Candidate Ken Aden today called on Congressman Steve Womack (R-Rogers) to stand up for Arkansas families and reject any legislation which will trade off disaster relief funding for job creation programs. Campaigning in ...
Continue ReadingPryor Joins The Union Busters
Sep 22, 2011 1 Comment ›› ARDemMark Pryor seems almost determined to seal his fate as Blanche Lincoln's ill fated twin: The AFL-CIO and organized labor in general is breathing a sigh of relief after the Senate Appropriations Committee narrowly defeated -- in a tie vote Wednesday night -- an effort to gut the National Labor Relations Board and prevent it from ...
Continue ReadingThe Arkansas/Mike Beebe Success Story
Sep 20, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDemIt's a damn good one, one that ought to be told again and again: With money in the bank at the end of every budget year since 2007 and only minor spending cuts, it has averted employee layoffs, short-term borrowing and protracted budget debates. At 8.2 percent, the state’s unemployment rate is considerably lower than the ...
Continue ReadingWhat Voters Sent Tim Griffin To Do…
Sep 20, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDemA reader sent me this funny little bit that I'd missed: Tim Griffin's first ever piece of legislation -- HR1181 which would let people in bankruptcy keep up to $3000 in guns. For comparison, this is more than the value of the car that you're allowed ...
Continue ReadingAR-01: Rick Crawford’s Base Problem
Sep 20, 2011 1 Comment ›› ARDemI've been speculating about this for sometime and now it appears obvious that Rick Crawford has, among other problems, some issues with his base. Q: Do you approve or disapprove of the job that Cong. Rick Crawford is doing? 35% Approve 23% Disapprove 42% Don't Know When you delve deeper into the numbers, it looks more dire for Rick Crawford. Among ...
Continue ReadingTalk Business Polls Arkansas Congressmen
Sep 19, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDemTalkBusiness/Hendrix College have some new polling data out, looking at each of the four men comprising Arkansas's House delegation. Q: Do you approve or disapprove of the job that Cong. Rick Crawford is doing? 35% Approve 23% Disapprove 42% Don't Know Q: Do you approve or disapprove of the job that Cong. Tim Griffin is doing? 40% Approve 35.5% Disapprove 24.5% ...
Continue ReadingAR-03: Aden launches new website and ActBlue Page
Sep 16, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDemMaybe this is a sign that Arkansas Democrats are finally catching up in terms of technology. AR-03 candidate, Iraq War vet Ken Aden, launched a new and improved website today and he just put an ActBlue Page up. The issues section has some great information on it, and judging from the amount of it I ...
Continue ReadingRepublicans Threatening To Cause A Government Shutdown…Again
Sep 15, 2011 4 Comments ›› ARDemHow many times have we seen this from Republicans in 2011? Three times now? Once again, the Republican refusal to govern like grownups is threatening a government shutdown. Two separate but related Republican efforts are increasing the odds that the government will shut down at the end of September, despite repeated assurances from both GOP and ...
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