Thoughts on Palin-Biden Debate

October 2, 2008

I took no notes and read no post-debate commentary online. Immediately after the debate's conclusion, APG (Arkansas Project Girlfriend) switched over to some horrible show on Bravo, so I didn't hear any punditry. Thus, my unadulterated thoughts: Gov. Sarah Palin did well. Better than well. I'm talking here about the overall sense of it and will leave the jackals to pick over the carcasses of each exchange, but on the whole she managed herself well and held her own. And hey, she's been at this … [Read more...]

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Arkansas Group Hits Obama on Ads

September 24, 2008

I'd heard some rumblings about this yesterday, but didn't get the official word till late last night (who sends out news releases at midnight?): Citizens for Open and Reponsive Government, an Arkansas-based 527 group, is pushing a new independent ad hitting Barack Obama for what they describe as "slurs" against John McCain. It's a response to Obama's ad from a week or so ago hitting McCain for not using a computer—but it soon became clear that McCain doesn't do much work with computers … [Read more...]

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What’s Team Obama’s ‘Big News’ for Arkansas?

September 15, 2008

On Saturday, Barack Obama's presidential campaign opened an Arkansas office—a pointless move, given that the state's six electoral votes will go to John McCain, but I suppose as a Republican I'm pleased to see Obama throwing away at least a few thousand dollars of his massive campaign bankroll in a place where it won't matter. The Arkansas News Bureau's Jeremy Peppas was on hand for the event, which seems to have consisted of lots of state Democrats making an unconvincing case for Obama's … [Read more...]

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Dispatch from Hot Springs

September 11, 2008

I spoke today at a meeting of the Garland County Republican Women in Hot Springs. I can confirm that they are excited about John McCain. However, they are really, really excited about Sarah Palin. The group spontaneously erupted in applause when I noted that McCain has chosen a capable, effective, conservative woman for his running mate. During the question and answer period, several were interested in why Barack Obama and Joe Biden are going after Palin so aggressively. It is, after all, … [Read more...]

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Voices from the Distant Past

August 31, 2008

In your Sunday papers, you'll find columnist Kane Webb looking at Barack Obama's choice of Joe Biden for his VP, and David Sanders offering a critical appraisal of the Democratic National Convention. Of course, given the pace of the news cycle today, they might as well be writing about Harry Truman selecting Alben Barkley as his running mate and the 1964 World's Fair. C'mon, guys, we live in a post-Palin world now! Jesus, these newspaper guys are sloooooowww.... Actually, Webb's column has … [Read more...]

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About That Palin Pick

August 29, 2008

Here's a few stray things: Analysis: Ron Fournier from the AP has a reasonably balanced and level-headed assessment of the pitfalls and promises of McCain's highly unconventional play. The Experience Question: The Arkansas Times blog notes sniffily that McCain "picked as the person who would succeed him someone whose bona fides are two years in the governor's office in Alaska, period. Can he argue she'd be an able president if he were to croak?" So, to sum up: The liberals at the Arkansas … [Read more...]

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Huck on Colbert: Biden a ‘Vanilla’ Pick

August 28, 2008

Mike Huckabee hit "The Colbert Report" last night and talked about the Democratic National Convention, Hillary Clinton's speech and Barack Obama's vice-presidential selection: "He ended up picking Joe Biden, which is kind of like going into Baskin-Robbins and ordering vanilla," quipped the Huck. Let's go to the video: And columnist John Brummett weighs in pithily on the Biden pick: "Everything about Joe Biden says weakness in Barack Obama." Read the whole thing. … [Read more...]

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Obama Picks Biden

August 23, 2008

All that stuff below about Barack Obama picking Sen. Evan Bayh for VP? Yeah, never mind. Thanks for nothing, Drudge Report. It's Sen. Joe Biden, which was, somewhat incomprehensibly, announced in a text message around 4 a.m. Saturday morning. Arkansas Business blogger Lance Turner notes that he got his text message shortly after 3 a.m. and suggests that the Obama campaign's much-ballyhooed texting tactic for anouncing the VP pick was a bit of a debacle. But Turner finds a silver lining: It was … [Read more...]

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