Posted on 06 November 2009
Sarah Palin’s much anticipated new book arrives on the shelves on November 17, a day after she is set to appear on Oprah’s show for a sit down interview. According to the release, “’Going Rogue’ traces one ordinary citizen’s extraordinary journey and imparts Palin’s vision of a way forward for America and her unfailing hope [...]
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Posted on 06 November 2009
Appearing on KARN’s radio show “Ask the Governor” this morning, Gov. Mike Beebe said that he had “big concerns” over the potential impact of the health care bill that is up for a vote in the House on Saturday. He went on to say that the bill could have $205 million negative impact on Arkansas [...]
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Posted on 06 November 2009
Mike Huckabee hosted a conference call today to discuss his new book “A Simple Christmas” with bloggers. I took the opportunity to ask Huckabee not only about his book but also his views on Arkansas politics.
Huckabee said that his new book “makes no apology for the fact that it is a Christmas book” and not a [...]
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Posted on 06 November 2009
In what was certainly one of the more eventful Arkansas House Caucus session in recent history, the House debated several proposed amendments to the house rules, approving one initially, then two more after first voting them down on the house floor.
The first amendment was offered by House Speaker Robbie Wills (D-Conway) regarding house member’s ability [...]
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Posted on 06 November 2009
What is that up in the air today? Why it’s none other than State Sen. Gilbert Baker talking about Sen. Blanche Lincoln and healthcare. Sorry if that joke is over your head but Baker is flying around the state today with stops in a Conway, Little Rock, Jonesboro, El Dorado, Texarkana, Fort Smith, and Fayetteville.
“One, I [...]
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Posted on 06 November 2009
UPDATE - These amendments to the rules were voted down primarily by the Democrat majority in the House. More information included video of Speaker Wills speaking against the amendments coming soon.
A coalition of Arkansas House Republicans are preparing to bring a set of six rules to the floor of the Arkansas House of Representative tomorrow [...]
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Posted on 06 November 2009
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. ”
HuckPAC spokesman confirms that this is an official endorsement from Gov. Huckabee and HuckPAC.
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Original Message
In an off year special election and [...]
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Posted on 06 November 2009
David Meeks has been called a long shot in the race for the Second Congressional District primary but his campaign received a boost last week from an unexpected source. Last week Meeks went to hear former speech writer to President Nixon and Ford, actor, and game show host Ben Stein speak at the University of [...]
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Posted on 06 November 2009
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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Posted on 06 November 2009
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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