Tag: arkansas
Posted on Sat Aug 16, 2008 at 06:02:26 PM EST
Tags: Barack Obama, 2008, Arkansas (all tags)
The New York Times reports that Sen. Barack Obama has no campaign offices in Arkansas and hasn't visited the state since 2006. Even though,
Arkansas has a Democratic governor, an overwhelmingly Democratic legislature, two Democratic United States senators and three Democratic Congressional representatives out of four.
The Democratic presidential primary here drew 80,000 more voters than the Republican one. And though the state voted for President Bush in 2000 and 2004, the two previous elections went handily to its native son, Bill Clinton.
What's up with this? Is it a sign that other than the southern states with large African American populations like North Carolina, Georgia and Virginia, he's not even going to try to win southern rural voters? [More...]
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Posted on Thu Jan 24, 2008 at 09:54:51 AM EST
Tags: death penalty, execution, ricky ray rector, arkansas, bill clinton, politics, election, crime, democrats, michael dukakis, debates, bernard shaw, appalling moments in public discourse (all tags)
Four presidential cycles ago today, Hillary's husband dropped a syringe plunger in the old Democratic party.
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