All eyes were on Syracuse last night as Gov. Mike Huckabee spoke at an awards dinner for the Conservative Party of New York. The dinner was only miles away from New York’s 23rd Congressional District where Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman is in a three way race for the seat. Many of the Conservative leaders within the Republican Party, [...]

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Stephen Meeks, brother of Congressional Candidate David Meeks, will announce on Friday, October 30, 2009 his candidacy as a Republican for Arkansas State Representative district 47. This district covers parts of Faulkner, Conway, and Van Buren counties.  This seat is currently held by Democrat Rep. Eddie Hawkins of Vilonia who is up for re-election for [...]

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced this afternoon that the Senate Health Care Bill will include provisions for government run insurance (public option.) The details are still forthcoming but apparently the provision will allow for states to opt out of the program. Sen. Reid indicated that he believes he can obtain the support from all [...]

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I was out last week but somehow Arkansas politics survived without me and even saw several events unfold. U.S. Senate candidate Gilbert Baker hired former Press Secretary to Mike Huckabee Alice Stewart to as his Deputy Campaign Manager / Communications Director. After hauling in over half a million dollars, more than five times the amount of [...]

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Lately, I have been distracted from Arkansas politics by a race over a thousand miles away. Upstate New York’s 23rd Congressional District has turned into one of the most important races for the future of the Republican Party. The outcome of this race will have an important impact on whether Republicans will choose to be [...]

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At least one reader asked for a vacation food shot. So here goes one grabbed quickly. I was too hungry to do any styling. I’m between pizzas in Naples. This one came after an hour wait in line at Da Michele, said to be the best there is in the birthplace of my favorite food. It’s a [...]

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UPDATE - Huckabee just issued the following statement… “We commend Dede Scozzafava for stepping aside and in light of her very unselfish announcement, we join the RNC and other Republicans in urging support for Doug Hoffman. ” In an off year special election and a three way race with a conservative third party candidate leading in the polls, [...]

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The liberal group Progressive Change Campaign Committee had Research 2000 conduct a poll primarily attempting to show support for a public option but they also polled the Sen. Blanche Lincoln’s reelection chances and found that things are still not looking very good for the Senator. In a head to head match up with State Sen. [...]

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Things must really be bad for Sen. Blanche Lincoln. The above ad from the Democrat Senatorial Campaign Committee is a sure sign that the national Democrats are worried about her losing their seat. So worried that theylaunched an attack ad when the election is over a year away. And not only that but the ad takes aim [...]

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Coming off his announcement Tuesday, Scott Wallace is making the rounds speaking to the Central Arkansas Young Republicans Wednesday over lunch at Loca Luna. However unlike his announcement speech, he was very candid on his views from his departure from KARN to what he believes are the biggest weaknesses of his opponents both in the [...]

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