by - November 3, 2014 7:31 am
I don’t plan on making many endorsements for Tuesday’s election. In fact, this likely will be the only one. Most regular readers of my blog and followers on twitter can…
by - November 2, 2014 5:08 am
The latest round of polls out this week spells good news for the Republican ticket and is showing signs of what I have suspected would be the case – as…
by - October 30, 2014 10:32 pm
I posted a couple of days ago on a new deceptive television ad from Pat Hays for Congress where he touts his love of guns and membership in the NRA…
by - October 30, 2014 5:50 pm
Early voting still shows an increase compared to 2010, but lags behind 2012 levels. In the last midterm election in 2010, almost 177,000 early votes had been cast by Wednesday…
by - October 28, 2014 6:17 pm
It should surprise no one who has been watching television, opened their mailbox, or answered their telephone in the past couple of months that spending in the U.S. Senate race…
by - October 28, 2014 6:06 pm
In the weeks leading up to the election, it has been interesting to watch the exit of several top members of the Beebe administration over the last few months. Gov….
by - October 26, 2014 10:18 pm
In what has now become perhaps the closest race in the state, Democratic Second District Congressional candidate Patrick Henry Hays has another ad out that continues to show he will…
by - October 26, 2014 8:05 pm
The first week of early voting continues to see an overall increase compared to 2010, the most recent mid-term election. It remains to the be seen if this indicates an…
by - October 24, 2014 5:10 pm
A new mailer is going out in Arkansas that is apparently targeting African American voters with highly racially charged messaging linking the violence in Ferguson, Mo. to voting against the…
by - October 23, 2014 5:15 pm
I posted on Monday about an issue Washington County was having with early voting. The party affiliation of the candidates was not showing up on the screens. The Washington County…
by - October 23, 2014 5:09 am
In the final days of a campaign, opposition research dumps can get a bit silly. I have previously written about some of the more dirty oppo research efforts, but the…
by - October 22, 2014 5:05 pm
Early voting turnout numbers are beginning to show some information on how this election is shaping up . There is a bit of positive news for both Republicans and Democrats…
by - October 20, 2014 9:21 pm
Sen. Mark Pryor is not having a very good Monday. After a new Talk Business poll shows him trailing Rep. Tom Cotton by more than 8 points – or 7…
by - October 20, 2014 5:13 pm
Early voting kicked off today and as usual there was a glitch. It seems like there is always at least one somewhere. This year, it was in Washington County where…
by - October 19, 2014 4:17 pm
Last month, I took I look at the new voter registrations by party showing that Republicans held the edge for 2014. This is important as Democrats are consistently pointing to…
by - October 18, 2014 7:19 am
In the close, contentious, and well-funded current Senate campaign battle between Tom Cotton and Mark Pryor, every little jot and tittle of every word is subject to such scrutiny and…
by - October 15, 2014 5:43 am
Tuesday night saw a real debate in the U.S. Senate debate. The one-on-one format gave Arkansans the chance to compare both of the main party candidates side-by-side and Republican challenger…
by - October 13, 2014 7:37 pm
All four U.S. Senate candidates squared off Monday in a debate hosted by AETN. It aired live online and CSPAN at 2 p.m. and on Monday evening at 8 p.m. …
by - October 13, 2014 7:01 am
If you recall, a couple of years ago there was quite an uproar over the way our state legislators were reimbursed for their expenses. Blue Hog blogger Matt Campbell conducted…
by - October 10, 2014 5:35 pm
You have probably already seen this video of President Obama from a few days ago. It was in a speech where he tried to lay out a case that the…
