I wish Alan Keyes had come to Arkansas to run for the Senate.
I have a tough time figuring Arkansas out. The general voting population is very conservative, yet the Arkansas GOP has less power than the Illinois GOP has right now (and bear in mind that the IL GOP suffered a total meltdown at the state level in 2002 in the aftermath of the criminal RINO governor we had):
ILLINOIS 2004
Presidential vote:
Reagan, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Clinton, Gore
U.S. Senate:
1 D, 1 R
U.S. House
10 R, 9 D (with 3 RINOS, 1 DINO)
Statewide offices:
All RAT except Treasurer, she's a RINO
Illinois Senate:
32 Ds, 26 Rs, 1 "Independant" who votes with RATs
Illinois House:
66 Ds, 52 Rs
Illinois Supreme Court (elected by voters):
5 Ds, 2 Rs (3 Ds are DINOs, meaning court leans conservative)
ARKANSAS 2004
Presidential vote:
Reagan, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Clinton, Bush
U.S. Senate:
2 D, 0 R
U.S. House
3 D , 1 R (1 DINO?)
Statewide offices:
All RAT except Governor
Arkansas Senate:
28 Ds, 7 Rs, (the "Rs" must get lonely)
Arkansas House:
70 Ds, 30 Rs (also a veto-proof RAT majority)
Arkansas Supreme Court (elected by voters):
7 NPs?
Now, both states have the RATs running every branch, but it seems to me the Arkansas RATs have a super-majority. How did this happen in a state like Arkansas? The only scenario that makes sense is DINOs running throughout the state, although the two U.S. Senators from Arkansas are fairly reliable liberal votes and it's hard to defeat either of them.
My uncle was born in Ft. Smith, AR, but he lives in Florida now and really couldn't tell me, maybe you can shed some light on that. Arkansas is so heavily RAT now I'm beginning to worry that pretty-boy Edwards & the RAT Senators might be able to tilt the state to Kerry! ::Shudders::
Amen. Blance Lincoln would have been anihilated by Keyes. And gaining that seat would have offset Ill.