Cook’s Outlook

Cook’s Outlook

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Arkansas Democrats Gather for National Convention

This week, Arkansas Democrats gather in Charlotte, North Carolina for the Democratic National Convention. Arkansas has 55 delegates and alternates to the Democratic National Convention, but there are dozens of…

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Rick Crawford: The Franking Fiend

On Wednesday, the editorial page of the Jonesboro Sun took Republican Congressman Rick Crawford to task for wasting taxpayers’ money. It seems that the 1st District incumbent loves to use…

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Rick Fahr: Jason Rapert, The Snake Oil Salesman

Long-time Arkansas journalist Rick Fahr has an interesting column on the State Senate race featuring Democratic State Rep Linda Tyler versus Republican State Senator Jason Rapert. From Fahr’s column: [Jason]…

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Arkansas Democrats’ Big Weekend

This weekend, hundreds of Arkansas Democrats gather in Little Rock for the annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner and biennial State Convention. The excitement level is very high for Arkansas Democrats this year…

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Arkansas GOP Still Pushing Poll Tax

I just finished reading State Representative Bryan King’s guest column on The Tolbert Report on his proposal for requiring Arkansas voters to show ID before voting at the polls. After…

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The Radical Moderate

Former Democratic Secretary of State candidate Pat O'Brien this week released an e-book called “The Radical Moderate”. The book covers O'Brien's personal views of politics and public policy. blackberry spy…

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Crawford: For Or Against Obamneycare?

1st District Congressman Rick Crawford has a developed quite the reputation of becoming a serial flip-flopper on various issues. Crawford once signed a “no new taxes” pledge and then ended…

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Ozark Tea Party: No Profile In Courage

http://goexback.com/ how to get your ex back There have been a few developments to the story I wrote about yesterday concerning a shocking incident at a large Tea Party rally…

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Racism In The Arkansas Tea Party

Since the Tea Party movement's beginning, right after Barack Obama's election, there have been accusations from some quarters that there is a racist undertone to the movement. A racist joke…