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Pew Poll Says “Progressive” Most Positively Viewed Political Label In U.S.

Dec 30, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDem

The defenders of the "this is a conservative country" mantra will no doubt dismiss it, but the Pew Research Center has some interesting new polling data out: A new poll from the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press out yesterday shows that “progressive” is the most positively viewed political label in America, ...

AR-01: ICYMI-Rick Crawford’s Flip Flopping On The Payroll Tax Cut

Dec 29, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDem

Yes I'm stealing DPA Communication Director Candace Martin's shtick, and yes this happened back over my little Christmas break I took, but it's too good for me to pass up. Anyway, over the break, Max Brantley caught Rick Crawford waffling again: U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford has posted on his website encouragement for House Speaker John Boehner ...

Perhaps Congress Should Police Itself Before Trying To Police The Internet

Dec 29, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDem

I've talked a bit about SOPA, the "Stop Online Privacy Act, here before. The bill has gotten everyone from bloggers to internet movie critics scared out of their mind because it greatly strengthens the already ridiculously strong copyright laws to the point that, should it pass, we will see for the first time things that ...

AR-03: Ken Aden’s Toy Drive

Dec 28, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDem

I've said it before and I'll say it again, more Democrats like this, PLEASE!!! For Christmas, Ken Aden could have done like most politicians and sent out the typical cliche, meaningless, Merry Christmas email. Or hey, he could have gone the Mike Ross route and donned a War On Christmas tinfoil hat courtesy of Fox News. ...

Belated Happy Holidays…But Don’t Tell Mike Ross I Said That

Dec 27, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDem

Yeah I took the holidays off to spend time with friends and family as hopefully all of ya'll did as well, regardless of which holiday you celebrate this time of year. Be it Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Yule, Winter Solstice, or anything else I may have left out, we at Blue Arkansas hope your holidays were ...

AR-01: Clark Hall “Not Running Against People”…Except Democrats Apparently

Dec 15, 2011 1 Comment ›› ARDem

A friend of mine sent me some clippings from today's Jonesboro Sun, and it's got my blood running hot. I can't find a link on the Sun's website so these excerpts from the article "Demo Group Backing Hall In 1st District" will have to suffice for now: When asked how he specifically disagreed with Crawford's public ...

AR-02: The Hypocritical Mr. Griffin

Dec 15, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDem

Hypocrisy and lies are common place in Washington and Tim Griffin, a man who got his political education as one of the worst hacks in the corrupt Washington culture of course exhibits both of these traits to a great degree. This week, a couple of examples of such behavior made a few headlines. First, there was ...

AR-03: Aden Calls For Middle Class Tax Relief

Dec 15, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDem

Somehow I don't think the tax hiker smear would work to well on Ken: As the citizens of Northwest Arkansas prepare to wind down 2011, Congressman Steve Womack (R-Rogers) is busy working hard to make sure they are poorer in 2012. On Tuesday, Womack sided with his party’s leadership and refused to support a clean renewal of ...

AR-04: Tom Cotton-Dangerous Extremist

Dec 14, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDem

Tom Cotton is quickly proving himself to be a candidate with some really radical ideas. Already he's endorsed the Ryan Plan to destroy Medicare and Medicaid. He's shown that he doesn't support the first amendment. In the past, he held some pretty odd views about the internet. Now he's come out and criticized the government ...

AR-01: Blue Dogs Endorse Clark Hall

Dec 14, 2011 1 Comment ›› ARDem

When you lay down with dogs... U.S. Congressman Mike Ross of Prescott will host a conference call with reporters on today’s announcement by the Blue Dog Coalition to endorse Clark Hall for Congress in Arkansas’s First Congressional District. Ross, who represents Arkansas’s Fourth Congressional District, also serves as the Blue Dog Co-Chair for Communications. The Blue ...

Mike Masterson Tries To Smear Occupy NWA…Fails Hilariously

Dec 13, 2011 2 Comments ›› ARDem

Mike Masterson really brightens up my day. Why? Because he always gives me something to laugh at. Lately, the Occupy movement has increased his tenancy to do so. He's no fan of the movement, referring to the 99% as "the flea party", but his contempt for Occupiers has reached a pretty sad low, because he ...

AR-02: Will Bond For Congress?

Dec 13, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDem

Speculation on this has been out there for a little while now and I am just now getting around to talking about it. With a sickening lack of candidates in the second district, DPA Chairman and former state house rep Will Bond has been talked about as a potential candidate against the ever odious Tim ...

AR-03: Womack Endorses Citizens United

Dec 12, 2011 1 Comment ›› ARDem

We all know that Republicans support the Citizens United decision that opened the flood gates of corporate money into our politics, but they're usually pretty good about not saying too much about it. Steve Womack, however, has done something that may unprecedented. In a letter responding to the concerns of a constituent, he flat out ...

S.D. 15: David Sanders Stands Up For Water Pollution

Dec 11, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDem

A couple of interesting notes from Arkansas Blog: * KOCHS TELLING YOU HOW TO ZONE: Yes, a Kochs-paid Arkansas lobbyist was on hand today at Joe T. school to tell Pulaski County people to fight land use rules for the protection of the quality of drinking water in Lake Maumelle. Rep. David Sanders was also ...

AR-02: Wes Clark For Congress?

Dec 9, 2011 No Comments ›› ARDem

If this pans out, it will be huge news for Arkansas Democrats. Jason Tolbert and Max Brantley have already alluded to this, but the hot rumor in the second district is that General Wesley Clark, former commander of NATO and a former 2004 presidential candidate, is being talked up for a run against Tim Griffin. ...