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Friday, October 26, 2012

Another Friday night open line

Posted by Max Brantley on Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 4:05 PM

Over to you. Finishing up (and if Meatloaf and Mitt Romney's singing don't tell you this campaign has gone on long enough, you are a glutton for punishment):

* ABOUT THAT ELECTORAL COLLEGE THINGY: From Ezra Klein:

It’s time to just say this clearly: A straightforward read of the polls suggests we’re likely to see Mitt Romney win the popular vote and Barack Obama win the electoral college — and, thus, the presidency. But most pollsters don’t think that will happen.

...A number of pollsters and poll-watchers said they simply didn’t trust the polls right now: They figured that either the national polls or the state polls were slightly off.

* DRUG MONEY: The attorney general's office announced today another class action pharmaceutical lawsuit in which Arkansas will share the proceeds. It will get $489,399 in a $95 million settlement with Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals over allegations that it marketed drugs for non-approved uses in a way that cost Medicaid programs. The drugs were Atrovent, Combivent, Micardis and Aggrenox. The suit alleged that kickbacks were paid as inducments to prescribe the drugs.

* ELECTION INTEGRITY: The U.S. attorneys in Arkansas have announced teams to monitor ballot access and election integrity this season.

* DOG DEATHS: Channel 7 is reporting 41 dogs have died in a mobile home fire in Greenbriar (among 95 dogs).

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Friday, October 26, 2012

Another Friday night open line

Posted by Max Brantley on Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 4:05 PM

Speaking of...

Major news stations are reporting that actress Shannon Rogers Guess Richardson ("The Walking Dead," "The Vampire Diaries") has been arrested for mailing ricin-tainted letters last month to President Obama and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. /more/

Ernie Dumas this week compares the fulminations about Benghazi, which Republicans are attempting to make an impeachment-worthy scandal of minute differences in post-attack talking points, with the cooked-up Whitewater investigations. /more/

Since it's customary to blame President Obama for any and everything unpleasant — see U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton (Club for Growth, D.C.) and the Boston bombings — should he also get some credit for positives? /more/

U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton of the Club for Growth was right proud the other day of his rush to make political hay of the Boston bombing by lumping it with some other incidents that he said represented failure of counter-terrorism efforts of the Obama administration. /more/

CNN reports: A letter to President Obama that was intercepted at an off-site facility has tested positive for ricin, the FBI says. /more/

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More by Max Brantley

The line is open. Final words: *WALTON ANNOUNCES NEW MONEY IN WAR ON EDUCATION: The Walton Foundation announced today an $8 million infusion into the school "reform" lobbying outfit headed by the controversial Michelle Rhee.

Channel 4 has posted an interview with Gov. Mike Beebe on the race to succeed him in 2014: Variously, he said: * It will be a "donnybrook."

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