Over at the Tolbert Report blog, Jason Tolbert posts a short interview he snagged with former Bush advisor Karl Rove at the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul, where Tolbert is attending the convention as an alternate delegate. How big a bounce does Turd Blossom estimate John McCain will secure from this week's convention? Click here to find out. … [Read more...]
Tim Griffin On Palin
September 4, 2008
While you're anxiously waiting to hear the Arkansas Project's take on Wednesday night's speech by GOP VP hopeful Sarah Palin, here are some thoughts on Palin from Arkansas' own Tim Griffin, in an interview with Newsweek's Michael Isikoff. (You'll have to follow the link because I can't find any embed code to insert the video into the blog.) … [Read more...]
Speech Therapy: Palin Delivers
September 4, 2008
Without electricity, I threw open the windows and whiled away a pleasant Wednesday evening sipping cocktails and listening to the rain fall. However, it meant that I missed Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin's speech at the GOP convention, so I can't provide any real response right now. I'll watch it later on YouTube. But from what I can gather in a quick scan of the headlines—and by Max Brantley's sudden silence on the topic of Palin over the Arkansas Times blog—the speech was a home run, … [Read more...]
Arkansas Bloggers at GOP Convention
August 31, 2008
The Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul has been somewhat curtailed due to the Hurricane Gustav situation down in the Gulf—most opening convention activities on Monday have been suspended. Little Rock Capitol Bureau reporter Andrew Demillo with the AP is on the scene in St. Paul reporting. But when things do get started, here are a few sources to help you keep up with what's going down: Aaron Sadler with the Stephens Media Washington Bureau provided some dandy blog … [Read more...]
The rEVOLution Will Be Televised
August 25, 2008
You gotta hand it those Ron Paul folks—no going gentle into that good night for them. Arkansas blogger Jason Tolbert, an alternate delegate to next month's Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul, reports of receiving a DVD package urging delegates to cast aside John McCain and install the libertarian firebrand Congressman in his place on the GOP presidential ticket: "You have to watch for 20 minutes before you know it has anything to do with Ron Paul, although you get … [Read more...]
