Friday, January 18, 2013
Arkansas Politics More on Mark Darr for U.S. Senate
Posted by Max Brantley on Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 11:59 AM
No, the headline is not a joke.
I mentioned Wednesday the talk I'd heard about a potential race for U.S. Senate in 2014 by Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Darr, still trying to dig out of debt from his last race for state office and with a few personal issues to work around.
National Journal, with an anonymous source, says Darr really will try to win the nomination to oppose Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor.
I still think the big money of Club for Growth and the worshipful treatment he's been receiving from the Republican media outlets indicate U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton is the likeliest Republican contender since Steve Womack is apparently out and Tiny Tim Griffin has said he's out.
Speaking of...
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Democrats go after Cotton for trying to criminalize family relationship
May 23, 2013The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is going after expected Republican Senate candidate Tom Cotton over his wacky idea to automatically punish relatives of people who violate sanctions on Iran. /more/
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Tom Cotton's attack on the Constitution
May 23, 2013Several people sent links this morning to yet another odd performance by U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton, already distinguished by his opposition to replenishing to country's disaster aid money unless it can be taken out of some other recipient's hide. /more/
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Will Tom Cotton help Oklahoma or hold it hostage to ideology?
May 21, 2013Here's a list of the Republicans who voted against disaster aid for areas hit by Hurricane Sandy. /more/
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Watch Sens. Boozman and Pryor talk about the Internet econmy
May 20, 2013Roby Brock will moderate the Google+Hangout on how Arkansas's faring in the Internet economy. The video conference starts streaming at 3:30 p.m. It's part of the Internet Association’s Internet on Main Street tour. /more/
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Republicans hit Pryor on IRS union contribution
May 17, 2013Easy score. Arkansas Republican Party says U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor should return political contributions he's received from the union that represents Treasury Department employees, which include IRS workers. /more/
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Morning report: Leaks, guns and welfare kings
May 14, 2013The morning roundup: * WHEN WILL REP. TOM COTTON PRAISE OBAMA'S JUSTICE DEPARTMENT? Republican mouthpieces are howling about the news that AP reporters' phone records were gathered by the Justice Department in an apparent investigation of leaks about a Yemen-based terrorist plot to bomb an airliner. /more/
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Thursday roundup: Football, junkets, schools, prayer
May 9, 2013Over to you. Finishing up: * DARR TO TAIWAN: It's not Nixon to China, but Lt. Gov. Mark Darr to Taiwan will just have to do. /more/
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A.M. Report: A confederacy of stooges and a money quest
May 7, 2013Some other odds and ends that floated in overnight: * JOHN BOOZMAN, STOOGE OF THE NIGHT: I can't find a clip yet, but multiple readers report that U.S. Sen. John Boozman joined Sen. Mark Pryor in David Letterman's pantheon of "stooges of the night" for his vote against broadening background checks for gun purchasers. /more/
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Who wants to be a U.S. senator?
May 4, 2013The New York Times reports this morning on the wave of retirements from the U.S. Senate and a lack of clamor from people anxious to join the filibuster-frozen body. /more/
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Dumas: The perils of accommodation for Pryor and Ross
May 2, 2013"The hardest thing about any political campaign," Adlai Stevenson said at the end of his last race, "is how to win without proving yourself unworthy of winning." /more/
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