Comments on: Are you ready for Senator Huckabee?

By: artitumis

artitumis — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:42:16 +0000

I’m active duty military from Arkansas and I agree with battleoflepanto1571′s comments. Pryor is a pretty decent Senator on important issues. Only thing I have to complain about is it took his staff over a month of email me back on the National Defense Authorization Act back when it was still in veto mode. I’m in the retention business and that NDAA veto really screwed the pooch on my January numbers.

By: ClintACK

ClintACK — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:01:00 +0000

If Huckabee were more conservative, or Pryor were more liberal, I’d be very much in favor of this, but they aren’t.

However, Senator Pryor’s one of the “good ones” on the other side of the aisle. If John McCain is our next president, as I hope he will be, a democratic Senator Pryor will be a big asset for him (and us) in a Congress which will likely be DEM in both houses.

By: annexwcp

annexwcp — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:22:51 +0000

Pryor votes against the illegals. Lincoln, however, looooves the illegals. Let Huck take her place and leave Pryor alone.

By: tuleya

tuleya — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:41:22 +0000

I’ve been calling for it for months on other sites. But, I thought the deadline was April 1st in Arkansas. The earlier deadline would make it a little tougher. Getting the Senate back should be a priority and I don’t know if anyone else can knock off Democratic freshman Senator Pryor. There probably won’t be much of a race there if Huckabee doesn’t run. Huck can finally get his wish of running with McCain, because they could help each other win.

By: mixplix

mixplix — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:24:37 +0000

Has Huck got a screw loose or what?

By: SaintOlaf

SaintOlaf — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:00:45 +0000

No. America needs him as our president not as a senator.

Rigged ballots in Washington state and Missouri, I’m telling you. And California too..even though I have been registered republican for quite a while they said I wasn’t registered and gave me a provisional ballot(which went right in the trash after I handed it to them). Maybe it had something to do with the fact that EVERYONE working at the ballot were flaming liberals who make sure to tell everyone where the democratic ballot is and assume everyone is a democrat.

By: awesum

awesum — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:59:48 +0000

GOMER HUCK………WHAT A DORK

http://www.flickr.com/photos/21615320@N06/2203519293/

By: CommentGuy

CommentGuy — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:28:08 +0000

If you look back at Huck’s history he made a failed run for the Senate from Arkansas just prior to being elected Lt Gov.

It is normal progression for Senators in Arkansas to be ex governors from the state.

By: Trevor

Trevor — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:23:32 +0000

not a big deal to me…

By: kangjie

kangjie — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:12:16 +0000

No problem with him being Senator. Just look at Arkansas’s two senators. Both Democrats

By: Spirit of 1776

Spirit of 1776 — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:57:36 +0000

can he credibly turn on a dime after weeks of Aguirre-esque rhetoric and decide no, in fact, what he really wanted to do is be a senator?

Why does he have to be credible? It’s Arkansas.

By: sleepy-beans

sleepy-beans — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:40:58 +0000

Sounds like a no-brainer to me, but…

battleoflepanto1571 on February 25, 2008 at 1:46 PM

Let’s leave it to the good folks of Arkansas to decide.

By: BKennedy

BKennedy — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:26:02 +0000

Do. Not. Want.

Jimmie on February 25, 2008 at 1:02 PM

There is only one good thing that will come out of Senator Huck:

One more vote for a pro-life justice.

Huck’s got huge issues everywhere else, but he’ll go down that line to a fault.

By: William Amos

William Amos — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:25:17 +0000

I thought Huck was gonna replace Falwell ?

By: infidelpride

infidelpride — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:21:16 +0000

Senator Huck? Yep! While his record as governor is nothing to write home about, as a senator, he’s less likely to be damaging than McCain already is. If somehow Hagel, Snowe and Gramm can be removed, then GOP senators will be less tempted to continue being loose cannons.

By: shibumiglass

shibumiglass — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:16:07 +0000

Another conservative Arkansan here.
I can’t stand Huckabee.
I’m certainly not crazy about Pryor.
But please, oh PLEASE, can we get rid of Lincoln?!?

By: its vintage duh

its vintage duh — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:11:58 +0000

Are you ready for Senator Huckabee?

definitely. better a sen. huckabee than a sen. pryor.

By: Hollowpoint

Hollowpoint — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:10:04 +0000

battleoflepanto1571 on February 25, 2008 at 1:46 PM

Problem is- after a while the “conservative” democrats usually end up toeing the party line once push comes to shove- as with the “death tax” in this case. Yeah, they’ll do what it takes to get elected in a relatively conservative state, but if it comes down to a partisan vote, they generally start voting with their party.

By: kcd

kcd — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:06:02 +0000

battleoflepanto1571 on February 25, 2008 at 1:46 PM

Wow, this Pryor guy sounds more conservative than McCain! Pryor (if a Dim has to win) 08!

By: captivated_dem

captivated_dem — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:59:32 +0000

LegendHasIt on February 25, 2008 at 1:55 PM

Celtic backhand. Love it.

By: al

al — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:59:01 +0000

i dont like him he is a baby has run a stupid campain and lost all of my respect by running just on identity politics
but ! i would back him 4 the senate because he can win and 1 of hundred is not a big deal and he is pro life . should he run again 4 president i will not back him never never..

By: a capella

a capella — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:57:36 +0000

funky chicken on February 25, 2008 at 1:48 PM

How do you think we got to this point? We’ve stocked the pond with Huck types and now we can’t understand why we don’t have better choices when it really counts. I refer you to the above post from a Repubican Arkansan.

battleoflepanto1571 on February 25, 2008 at 1:46 PM

By: LegendHasIt

LegendHasIt — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:55:19 +0000

Well, better Senator than President or VP.

Hey, Maybe McCain would like to run for the Senate (instead) too.

And that’s all I got to say about that.

By: hanzblinx

hanzblinx — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:54:06 +0000

Fried squirrel day would be his first legislation. Pretty harmless.

By: funky chicken

funky chicken — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:51:58 +0000

I’m only talking about getting Harry Reid out of the Sen Majority Leader spot here…

If the senate’s gonna stay dem, Pryor may be a better man. That’s for AR voters to decide.