Arkansas Blog

Actually, other than being a gd Republican, Huckabee might even be a tiny step up from Lincoln's indolent service as a representative of Arkansans without money or influence.

ArkBlog: "Arkansas trended Republican in this presidential election more than any state in the country. " Let's be clear about this statement. Arkansas' Republican vote increased more than most others when comparing the 2004 and 2008 elections. Arkansas does not trend more Republican than many other states. e.g. Utah, Oklahoma, etc. I'm depressed enough about our state without that kind of misleading statment.

Well, ONE thing worse than Ms. Blank would be an actual Republican!! She's not a snake to the extent of Pryor (and hopefully he got a BIG wake-up call this time!) but if he runs it'll be Huckabuck in a cake walk.

Sadly - commenting about the quality of Lincoln, NOT the Huckster...

Wait - I'm confused. Is Ms Blank up in 2010? Seems just a couple years ago I held my nose and marked her name.

A-T bloggers who care to actually read and inform themselves, if any (and I know there are some), might wish to take an hour or so to peruse David Bromwich's remarkable, incredible, article - "The Co-President at Work" - in the current issue of the New York Review of Books (at clicky link). He is Sterling Professor of English at Yale.

Among many salient excerpts from his lengthy analysis of Dick Cheney's long-building co-Presidency, the political and corporate minions (including Cheney's years as CEO of Halliburton) behind it, its nefarious effects on America's Constitution, and the neoconservatives' continuing influence no matter who is President, are these two:

"While at Halliburton, Cheney would commission a study of the utility of employing private security contractors to fight in wars - only a piece of "research" at the time, but it would pay later for both the company and the vice-president, with the off-the-books contracts that by privatizing state protection kept much of the Iraq occupation out of public view."

Or:

"When placed alongside the norms of the containment policy during the years 1946-1989, the new dogma betrayed a shift so tremendous that it could not have been ratified without a layer of well-instructed opinion makers [read media control] to prepare and soften its acceptance."

In lieu of many of the ill-informed yet passionate opinions expressed on this blog by those with the attention-span of a sound-bite, Bromwich's long piece is required reading for anybody seeking genuine understanding of the massive forces at work beneath the slow and ongoing hijacking of the Land of the Free.

To further Perplexed's commentary, I would suggest that Arkansas likely would have voted for Hillary if she had won the nomination. Also, Arkansas may not have trended so heavily for McCain if Obama had ever stepped foot in our state. People are making mountains out of molehills on this issue.

"Arkansas trended Republican in this presidential election more than any state in the country."

Very misleading indeed. Arkansas has all the white racists like the rest of the south but not as many black voters to offset them. That's why those areas voted more for McCain than Kerry.

If 5, 10 or 20 percent of those 201,896 Arkansans who cast a vote for Kennedy would just put their money (and organize) where their vote is/was... things sure would get interesting in AR very quickly.

If I were one of Huck's advisers I'd tell him to run. Why not? Could be a springboard for 2012...

Believe me, I ain't a huge Blanche fan but she is much better than Huck...

The Blanche or Huck choice.. especially at this point in time is a false choice.

The thing to consider is if AR citizens can or will even try to nominate someone, anyone, who might be an improvement.. not a false race to stay at the bottom between two awful awful parties/potential candidates of olde.

What my survey would look like if it were on paper:

1. Should Mike Huckabee run for U.S. Senate against Sen. Blanche Lincoln in 2010?
X Yes
No

2. If Mike Huckabee runs for U.S. Senate, who would you vote for?
Mike Huckabee
Blanche Lincoln
X Other

Of course he's free to contest the seat. I'd vote reluctantly for Lincoln as she's slightly less republican than the Huckster.

Am I the only one who smells a rat....in fact a very decomposing rat.. with many of the election results?Here in Jefferson County we used touch screens and many people had trouble understanding how to use them. I think we need to return to verifiable paper ballot....yesterday at the latest.