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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

The game-changing open line

Posted by Lindsey Millar on Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 5:17 PM

*MOMENTOUS DAY AT THE LEDGE: Nearly all of the political activity in the Arkansas Twittersphere continues to be about Gov. Mike Beebe's veto of the 20-week abortion ban. Seems like something else of consequence may've also happened...

*HAGEL CONFIRMED: 58-41, the narrowest margin for confirmation of a defense secretary on record, the New York Times reports. Pryor voted for Hagel. John "Dr. No" Boozman voted against.

        
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