http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2012/11/07/gov-mike-beebe-meets-the-press-on-election Comments On: Gov. Mike Beebe meets the press on election by Max Brantley en-us Copyright 2013 Arkansas Times. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Arkansas Times readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Arkansas Times. robert@arktimes.com (Arkansas Times Webmaster) Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:15:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
As far as all those Red states you referenced, I think we might start referencing those areas as "the Great American Wasteland."
Posted by plainjim]]> Wed, 07 Nov 2012 20:26:10 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by clay pigeon]]> Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:01:37 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by ProCarry]]> Wed, 07 Nov 2012 15:35:17 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Kurt Sims]]> Wed, 07 Nov 2012 15:21:46 -0600 Arkansas Times
I couldn't be happier that he and Arkansas Democrats made such an awful mistake.

Thanks also for running that raging alcoholic Herb Rule. We Republicans knew Tim Griffin was not popular. Thankfully your party couldn't see that.
Posted by ProCarry]]> Wed, 07 Nov 2012 14:45:58 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by GrizLee Blackbear]]> Wed, 07 Nov 2012 14:30:20 -0600 Arkansas Times
2) If we had this debacle in 2010 and 2012 by Democrats avoiding Obama and him never showing up in our state to campaign, how could it have been any worse if they had claimed him and his agenda? Maybe they could have energized a few folks by actively promoting the truth. The implication was throughout the state that even the Democrats didn't support Obama. Otherwise, why didn't they even campaign for him? How I wish that they had grown a pair and avoided the implication that the Arkansas Democratic Party was unwilling to campaign for a black man.

I believe that Obama did a great job crafting a winning campaign, but I regret that he wrote off so much of the country, a part of the country that wasn't taken seriously by him and won't take him seriously, either. One can certainly say that the red states would never have taken him seriously, but we'll never know whether his showing up might have made any difference.
Posted by Perplexed]]> Wed, 07 Nov 2012 14:21:55 -0600 Arkansas Times
I will say this many times in the coming days....Arkansas has always been at least 10 years behind the rest of the country. So as far as politics, we here in Arkansas just entered the year 2001 and our Bush years are right ahead of us.

So Beebe's YOU LIE moment is coming. An Arkansas Katrina moment lies before us. Many tax cuts will come for the wealthy out of the Ark Legislature. Luckily Arkansas must live with a balanced budget so it won't be as bad as the Bush tax cuts and Beebe can use this to wipe out all taxes on groceries.

Maybe I missed it, but I can't remember anything good for me coming from the Arkansas legislature...so perhaps dumbly, I don't expect to feel any bad over the next 2 years...before we get the chance to throw the Republicans out.

Gov. Beebe should weather it all fine because he's smart and our Republican legislators are stupid. They'll spend most of their time in LR feathering their own nests, that's why they ran for our legislature in the first place. The ethics watchdogs should have a very fruitful next 2 years if they'll keep on their toes.

Let the dimwit Arkansas voters reap what they sowed yesterday. We always have to learn our lessons the hard hard way. Welcome once again to 2001!
Posted by DeathbyInches]]> Wed, 07 Nov 2012 13:15:07 -0600 Arkansas Times
I know he endorsed Democratic candidates, but what ads attacking Republicans did he make or fund?
Posted by Ben McGehee]]> Wed, 07 Nov 2012 12:33:21 -0600 Arkansas Times
But that of course depends on whether the Dems will campaign against the far-right lunatics now in control. Which I don't hold out much hope for given that a certain number of the elected Dems are themselves part of the lunatic fringe.

But if the state DP grows a spine it could be a very interesting election and the electoral tables could well turn.
Posted by GrizLee Blackbear]]> Wed, 07 Nov 2012 12:06:50 -0600 Arkansas Times