Monday, October 15, 2012
Presidential politics Republicans suppress candidate as well as voters
Posted by Max Brantley on Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 7:01 AM
The Republican Party, fearful of a Ralph Nader effect, are working to keep Libertarian Gary Johnson off the ballot. The GOP moves ever more inexorably to a world in which only their kind of people can either run for office or vote.
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Guns and fetuses: A legislative review
May 16, 2013Crazy Davy Carter, the House speaker who is a potential Republican candidate for governor, won headlines all over today for remarks at a legislative conference in Hot Springs that Republicans need to move beyond guns and abortion to focus on issues more important to average Arkies. /more/
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Head Start budget cuts announced
April 27, 2013A roundup to start this rainy Saturday morning:'* BECAUSE NO CONGRESSMAN USES A HEAD START CENTER: Administrators of Head Start agencies received word yesterday that budgets for the remainder of this fiscal year would be reduced 5.27 percent and that agencies could expect a similar cut in the 2014 budget barring action by Congress. /more/
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House overrides Beebe veto of voter ID bill
April 1, 2013At 2:20 p.m., the House is hearing arguments from Rep. Stephen Meeks to override Gov. Mike Beebe's veto of the bill to require a photo ID to vote in Arkansas. /more/
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Republican Party 'scary,' 'narrow minded' and 'out of touch'
March 18, 2013Hold on now. That's not me talking. /more/
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Blind partisanship: It's not new, but the current version is worse
February 19, 2013Ernie Dumas this week provides a little historical perspective on the rigid partisanship that defines debate in Washington and Little Rock. /more/
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