Political pundits from inside and outside Arkansas have been writing Sen. Blanche Lincoln’s political obituary for months, which is reason enough to rate the odds of her winning re-election at no worse than 50-50.

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Before he was the second U.S. president, John Adams was the nation’s first vice president, a job he called “the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived.”

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State Rep. Keith Ingram’s recent bill to reduce the lieutenant governor’s staff from four employees to one never had a chance of passing a Legislature with lots of members who might like to be lieutenant governor someday.

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From March 1 through March 8, U.S. Senate and House candidates in Arkansas will declare their intentions with the secretary of state’s office.

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It’s likely to be a good year for Arkansas Republicans, both in the U.S. Senate and House elections and in races for the state Legislature, where they anticipate being competitive for more than 50 state House seats and in a number of state Senate races.

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Last week was the big signing day for college football recruits, and it didn’t seem to be a very good one for the University of Arkansas, though time will tell.

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It is the time of year when the political press in Arkansas is most concerned with answering the question, “Who?” as in “Who is going to run?” and “Who is going to win?” A more important question is, “How?” as in “How will the candidates keep their word when it comes to reducing the federal deficit?”

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It’s possible that this time next year the only member of Arkansas’ congressional delegation still serving in his or her current office will be the one not on the ballot, Sen. Mark Pryor.

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The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery should result in more students going to college, which is a good thing, but the state hasn’t provided the extra money that colleges dependent on state revenues will need to educate those students.

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The 21st century’s first decade was a bad one for America but a pretty good one for Arkansas.

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