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Arkansas, long-time Democratic fortress of the South, to raise Republican flag
 One sign of the strength of the 2010 Republican wave is in Arkansas, where the GOP is likely to flip the last Democratic stronghold in the South.I'm not impressed. The South has been going generically Publican for years. I'm not in favor of counting eggs before they're hatched, however. The Dems maintain an awfully strong infrastructure of corruption. Of the state's four House districts, the GOP is poised to take two from Democrats to form a three-to-one majority. That includes Arkansas's first district -- a district that has not voted in a Republican since reconstruction -- where Republican candidate Rick Crawford was leading by 16 points in a mid-August poll. I'd call 16 points fairly substantial. Though former President Bill Clinton recently returned to Arkansas to help her ailing candidacy, Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln is a dead woman walking. Polls show Republican Rep. John Boozman leading by almost 30 points on average. That's even more substantial. Goodbye, Blanche. The GOP is also poised to make significant gains in the state legislature, too, Arkansas sources say. Posted by: Fred 2010-09-17 |
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