Archive for April, 2012
AR-01: Scott Ellington Signs ERA Pledge
Apr 19, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDemExciting news from the first district and the ERA front. Scott Ellington is on board to stand up for women: With my friends, two great Democratic women: Jane Gray Todd and Marci Riggs. I signed the ERA pledge. #AR1 http://pic.twitter.com/sfN49cgP This is terrific news. Now, to my knowledge, we have three congressional candidates who have taken the ...
Continue ReadingAR-03: Womack’s Family Issues Back In The News
Apr 18, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDemNormally I don't write about family or people's personal lives-Democrat or Republican. It's just not something I'm really comfortable doing. If other sources have reported it though, it's something severe or hypocritical, or it becomes a major issue in a campaign or in politics, I'll talk about it. But once in awhile you just can't ...
Continue ReadingAR-01: The Thing That Really Bothers Me About The Democratic Primary
Apr 18, 2012 4 Comments ›› ARDemI made it back to the Delta, home sweet home, last weekend. I went from Lonoke to St. Francis County, up to Craighead County, and then back through Jackson County on the way back to Little Rock, hitting several counties in between as I made that triangle. You know what I didn't see? Not one ...
Continue ReadingMark Martin Continues To Break His Big Promise
Apr 18, 2012 1 Comment ›› ARDemNo surprise here. We all realized that Mark Martin was nothing but a liar, and a pretty dumb one at that, long ago. But anyway, he just keeps breaking that long ago promise he made: When Secretary of State Mark Martin took office he issued a statement that said he would endeavor to see that his ...
Continue ReadingMitt Romney And Mark Pryor Use The Same Buffett Rule Talking Points
Apr 18, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDemWhy does this bit from Mitt Romney sound so familiar? KUDLOW: Yeah. And let me just say, happy tax day. And I want to ask you a whole bunch of tax-related questions, I'm sure you expect that. Listen, the 30 percent millionaires' tax, the Buffett tax was stopped in the Senate last night, you know that. ...
Continue ReadingTime To Raise The Arkansas Minimum Wage
Apr 17, 2012 1 Comment ›› ARDemThis is a winning issue, and it needs to be taken up in Arkansas: Raising the minimum wage is once again developing momentum as an issue both federally and in the states. Eighteen states and Washington, D.C. already have minimum wages above the federal level, and at least six others are considering doing so. The New ...
Continue ReadingArkansas 41st In Pay Equity For Men And Women
Apr 17, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDemIt's Equal Pay Day and a new state by state study has been released detailing how each state fairs in the pay gap between men and women. How does Arkansas fair in the survey? Mercifully, we're not the worst state by this measure-things have gotten better in Arkansas with Mike Beebe's steady hand and a ...
Continue ReadingDoes Mark Pryor Want To Be The Next Blanche Lincoln?
Apr 17, 2012 4 Comments ›› ARDemTonight, the Senate GOP filibustered the Buffet Rule, that would require the wealthiest 1% to pay their fair share of taxes. Republicans, predictably, filibustered it...and Mark Pryor joined them in doing so. Here's the lousy statement Senator Pryor put out afterwards: There is no disputing that the wealthy should pay their fair share in taxes. This ...
Continue ReadingAR-01, AR-04: Crawford Joins Cotton In Opposing Child Safety Standards
Apr 14, 2012 3 Comments ›› ARDemSounds like Rick Crawford has been talking to Tom Cotton: For some weeks now there have been rumblings from the Department of Labor about new rules that would classify the children of farm families as illegal child laborers. The Department of Labor is considering new rules that would impose heavy fines on farm families if any ...
Continue ReadingThe Only Thing I’m Going To Say On The Whole Petrino Thing
Apr 13, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDemOkay, let's get this out of the way. First, I don't really care about the Bobby Petrino story everyone's been talking about this week. There's a couple of reasons for that. One, I don't like butting into other people's lives, famous or not. If it effects the general public that's one thing. But if it's an ...
Continue ReadingAR-03: Aden Gets Endorsement Of VET PAC
Apr 13, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDemIn a sign that Aden's campaign has continuing momentum, a major veteran's issues PAC, VET PAC, gave Aden their endorsement. From the Aden campaign's press release: RUSSELLVILLE—VET PAC on Monday announced their endorsement of Ken Aden (D-Russellville) in his race to unseat incumbent Congressman Steve Womack (R-Rogers) this November in Arkansas’ Third Congressional District. VET PAC (The ...
Continue ReadingHappy Birthday RomneyCare!
Apr 12, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDemRomneyCare, the blueprint for Obamacare, is six years old today. A little while back, Arkansas GOP Chairman Doyle Webb celebrated the anniversary of Obamacare with a cake. And why shouldn't he? Now that millions of Americans can get health insurance that couldn't before, what's not to celebrate? And we owe it all to the man the ...
Continue ReadingAR-03: After Voting To Cut Head Start Funding, Womack Uses Head Start Kids For Photo Op
Apr 12, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDemI used to think Steve Womack couldn't sink any lower. I was wrong. Congressman Womack voted for H.R. 1, which would have removed 218,000 children from Head Start and cut 1.1 billion in funding from the program. Now, back in his district, Womack heads to Springdale and uses kids in Head Start, kids who might ...
Continue ReadingAR-01: Rick Crawford Flip Flops (Again) On Earmarks
Apr 12, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDemRick Crawford is Mitt Romney's understudy in flip flopping: Arkansas Republican U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, who took a “no pork pledge” as a candidate, said Friday that budget earmarks, often derided as “pork-barrel spending,” should make a comeback. … He said he’s not worried that the practice will increase the federal deficit and described using earmarks as a ...
Continue ReadingERA Opponent Phyllis Schlafly Gives Lecture On How To Avoid Dating Feminists…
Apr 10, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDemPhyllis Schlafly truly is an anachronism left over from a bygone era. “Feminists are having a hard time being elected because they essentially are unlikable,” she said. Schlafly talked to a group of Citadel students about the culture of conservatism and the history of the religious right. She told the all-male group that “feminist is a bad ...
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