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Accountability Now was started in 2008 for the express purpose of recruiting primary challengers who would hold entrenched members of the DC establishment accountable for their actions. Too often incumbents hold a stranglehold on their local party machines, and without hope of significant backing the candidates with the political experience to potentially defeat them did not want to risk their careers and challenge them.
Blanche Lincoln stands for everything that’s wrong with both parties: her primary loyalty is to her DC cohorts and her corporate donors, and she thinks it’s her job to pick the taxpayer pocket on their behalf.
We are delighted that our efforts to draft Bill Halter and organize institutional support for his campaign led to his decision to enter the race. We look forward to working with the groups in Accountability Now and the people of Arkansas to support him in this race and to see him sworn in as the next Senator from Arkansas.
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Yippee hooray. At the very least the challenge will change Lincoln’s behavior.
Don’t know anything about him yet, but comes across as a great candidate for that race in that ad. This could provide some needed focus for much of the Liberal blogosphere.
Anything in the works for Nebraska or Louisiana? Rock on!
Go Bill! I just donated $25.
Oh, poor, poor, Blanche. Whatever will she do now that someone will be telling the truth about her in Arkansas?
Hooray for the good side! Great work, Jane, and congratulations on a terrific first candidate.
Oh, poor, poor, Blanche. Whatever will she do now that someone will be telling the truth about her in Arkansas?
Expose his “radical background” in a series of negative campaign ads financed by the insurance industry.
Judging from the First Communion photo, he’s R.C. Where does he stand on choice & the Stupak amendment?
Halter was instumental in getting the MSNBC sposored free medical clinic to happen in Arkansas.
He shows not only compassion for his consitutents but a common sense approach to getting them the services they need.
This election season just got a whole lot brighter. Thanks Jane, thanks FDL donors, and thanks to everyone who never lost the faith! You make me proud to be an American.
‘Morning, eCAHN.
You seem very … um … exuberant this ahem.
;~DW
Sounds like the sort of Democratic candidate we need. And he drives a pickup truck, which seems to be a prerequisite today.
Just shows what crumbs I’m content with.
ALERT FOLKS (Jane bet you could get right through) I have been able to get through literally hundreds of times over the last ten years. On the watch list right now. Give it a shot. Dorie the screener is awesome. Millions listen to the Diane Rehm show.
The Diane Rehm show right now. Send in your questions drshow@wamu.org or call 800-433-8850
10:00Reconciliation, and Health Care Reform
Democrats say they’ll move forward on health care reform, with or without G-O-P support. The next steps toward fixing a system both sides acknowledge is broken, and the political consequences of a solution lacking bipartisan support.
Guests
E.J. Dionne, senior fellow at The Brookings Institution, Washington Post columnist, and author of “Souled Out: Reclaiming Faith and Politics After the Religious Right” and of “Stand Up Fight Back.”
Julie Rovner, health policy correspondent for National Public Radio, author of “Health Care Policy and Politics A-Z,” and contributing editor for National Journal’s CongressDaily.
William Hoagland, Vice President of Public Policy at CIGNA Corporation. He is a former top aide to Senator Bill Frist and Pete Dominici.
Donated as soon as I heard. Talked to a very nice person in his office.
By the way Ecahn the sun just came out here so thank you for sending some my way.
Part of the problem with NPR is the stupid talk shows with stupid people calling in. Bring back classical music!
I do my best. *g* It’s 44 degrees here. Warmest it’s been all winter.
My guess is that classical music disappeared from radio when home systems got to be so good and so cheap.
Great!
& leen was awesome on Daine Rem last time
Excellent! Throw down!
AND THE KILLIN’ GOEZ ON AND ON AND…
Citizen Hamsher and the Firepup Freedom Fighters:
This is what I’m talkin’ about!! This is your niche, Sister Hamsher, the stars line up perfectly: small and cheap advertising market; older population with just enough immigrants from larger states to inform that portion of the political market; history of populist politics. FDL can be a player in places like Arkansas, North Dakota, Wyoming, and even Colorado in addition to makin’ a dent in specific congressional districts in states everywhere. This is where it’s at to be a player and make a difference. Now hook up with MoveOn and Dean’s DFA to put boots on the ground in front of the candidate and fascist assholes are gunna tighten up all over the country.
Are ya havin’ fun yet, Citizen Hamsher??!!!
KEEP THE FAITH AND PASS THE AMMUNITION, THEY WON’T GO WITHOUT A FIGHT!!
Democrat or Republican, when they get to Washington their moral compass changes. Lobbyists become more important than constituents, voters get you there, then they’re left behind for the next round of campaign contributions. They are beholding to the Party leadership. I rather be a used car salesman, then sell my soul to the highest bidder!
I think it is more part of the plot to make American’s dumber.
I love it!
Maybe this message will get to the White House and some Senate Dems, either vote for what your party base wants or we will find candidates that will.
It is strange how Republicans vote for what their base wants, some dems also vote for what the Republican base wants.
this is a great day for Progressives
His website is pretty primitive. You’d think he’d have it more beefed up in time for his announcement.
He is definitely R.C.
And he is inordinately proud of getting the lottery passed to pay for higher ed. In most states that represents an income transfer from the poor, who buy lottery tickets disproportionately, to the middle & upper middle classes (depending on how the lottery proceeds actually do the financing).
Uh oh. I found a website with Bill Halter dirt. Not endorsing it, just trying to find out about the guy.
Great job, Jane. This is fantastic.
” that represents an income transfer from the poor, …., to the middle & upper middle classes”
At least its voluntary, not a MANDATE.
yahoo front page subheadline reads: Centrist Blanche Lincoln Gets Challenger From The Left
Well I doubt he’ll be winning any liberal of the week awards but he’s bound to be better than Lincoln. That’s an extremely low bar though…
Interesting attitude. I have found that you can get a bit of information out there (Iaea site info, international agreements, the Lancet report numbers of deaths in Iraq (that was brushed under rug) even been able to get on and advertise what goes on at FDL. Then one is able to ask the hot shots a relevant question. I have been able to ask Bryzinski, Carter, Woolsey, Gerecht, John Dean, IAEA officials, Queen Naor, etc etc questions. Gives the peasants access. And an opportunity to access even more information.
Millions listen to these programs. We need to use these outlets to get out information and talking points
Hell I have been able to pressure enough (and petitions) to get them to do particular programs. Diane is a treasure
I was able to get my friend Christian Peace Maker Team Peggy Gish (who has been to Iraq many times) on Talk of the Nation and the Diane Rehm show. When she was on the Rehm show she made contact with Seymour Hersh who then contacted CPT and used some of their direct reports about what was taking place in Abu Gharib back in 2003/04.
Let’s use these outlets to get out more information
When the MSM talking heads will not ask obvious questions( where is the verifiable evidence on WMD’s why has no one been held accountable for the Niger Documents etc) or get out relevant information this is a way to do just that
Which is why I stopped reading yahoo news a long, long time ago.
Citizen eCAHNomics:
Jest a word…this stuff on on the “dirt” site is shit that’s gunna get dumped on ANY Democratic insurgant in Arkansas…I’m not sayin this guy is progressive but he ain’t Lincoln and he’ll carry the Democratic lable. Let’s remember that at this point progressives need to be kickin’ Blue Dog ass and if Halter turns out ta be another fascist fellow traveler then he gets bounced next time…the point is to send the fear of the people up the ass of politicians.
The website has been registered anonymously obviously by someone with an agenda, Blanch Lincoln’s people?,. Lordy if we are to hold people who serve on boards as liable for company decisions we would have to go back to the old days of accountability and that is NEVER going to happen.
Poor Old Centrist Blanche Cadillac Lincoln. “The left” is picking on her.
She don’t mean nuthin but to go down the middle o’ the road… while facilitating the robbery of the middle class.
Well, it is crumbsthing, after all, and sometimes it is crumbsthing special.
Who can make a cauliflower blanch(e)?
So, crumby or not, it is good news, one avers, as hope has become a retrograde notion, not at all in keeping with the new and improved vision of “moving forward”.
DW
This makes my day since I do loathe Blanche. Don’t know much about Halter but I’m sure we’ll learn a lot very soon. He has to be better than the princess.
Isn’t he another economist Jane? Do you really trust an economist? Haven’t all the problems of the last 60 years been caused by economists? And wasn’t the idea of getting someone with no political ties the goal? I mean, he’s already been in politics. Not saying he’s into the lobby stuff, but the odds are pretty good since he’s already a politician, aren’t they?
Lincoln has earned herself a bad name indeed. I hope Halter wins in the primary, and failing that, I hope Lincoln’s cheap PR smokescreen is thoroughly wrecked in the campaign.
Poor Blanche – has everyone seen Huff Post? I can’t stop laughing.
Jane,
I’d be interested in your take on the dirt on Halter. A lot of it seems petty but it makes Halter sound like a shallow person who’s not much good at what he does. For example, it cites involvement in a lot of losing money businesses. They mostly seem in the tech area, and that may be par for the course; I’m not qualified to judge. Wish some one who is would take a look.
Also, where does his money come from? He loaned his campaigns over $1 million.
We can also get rid of Dan Lungren. I know he ain’t no blue dog, just a dog. Dr. Bill Durston has run against him twice and could probably beat him now. Durston is a true liberal who believes in universal health care. He is an e.r. doc. and a veteran. There are rumors that he is going to run again. I worked on both of his campaigns and witnessed the kind of dedication to this country that we need.
Oh I am sure some people enjoy talk shows just as some people like talking heads and some people enjoy Leno I just wonder if all the listed above are not designed to help the dumbing down of America. If they are it is working.
I know that. I’m trying to judge for myself, and evaluating the negatives is an important part of the process.
why doesn’t the MSM say the obvious Progressives, Moderates, and the Right hate this current Health Care Bill.
the MSM continues to act like Progressives like the current republican Health Care Bill develop by the white house and Senate Dems.
Howard Dean is telling the world that Max Baucus had his insurance friends write the current Health Care Bill that the White House and Senate Dems love.
Obama and the Senate Dems must be force to admit that this is a republican Health Care Bill, there is nothing progressives about it.
I’ll bet the dude in the foreground didn’t get that suit at Men’s Warehouse.
Boards get involved in corp decisions in a whole lot of ways, depending on the size & age of the corp and the expertise of the board. I’d like to know more about the porn decisions. As one writer said, managements are unlikely to make decisions that they know the board won’t approve, unless management is really up to no good. And that in itself would be interesting to know.
yep
Blanche is toast !
Who pays for Universal Health Care?
Citizen eCAHNomics:
I meant that the entire effort to unseat a Blue Dog is a winner no matter what the insurgant candidate looks like if he’s won state-wide before. The excercise is to develop a history to be able to whip others in the future…unless this guy was totally unknown to the voters of the state it doesn’t matter if the guy eats soup with his fingers.
My question is where is the Clinton candidate, Wesley Clark? Is he gunna run for congress now…wouldn’t we be better off with Clark in that seat?
Emptywheel has a fresh cross-post up: Did John Yoo Have an “Other Government Agency” Email?
The Diane Rhem Show is a stupid centrist circle jerk consisting of experts who have been wrong about everything. The one so-called liberal guest is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
That said, leen’s point about calling in to redirect the idiotic narrative (right wing talking points with centrist wrapping paper), is a good idea.
This from the Lt.Gov’s FAQs on the lottery
That means the proceeds will go disproportionately to upper middle income people whose children are more likely to attend college.
His money?
……doesn’t sound like too squeaky clean a person to support.
Sounds alot like status quo but maybe these things are just bogus??? Sounds like he’d support the health insurance reform scam entirely.
Good point.
But I’ll remind you that’s what we thought we were doing with O, and look how that turned out.
There is no longer any excuse for not picking a candidate apart, hair by hair.
Halter decided to enter the race!!! Right on! When did that happen?
Honestly, I need to learn more about his views and positions on issues. The fact that he’s not Blanche Lincoln is a good start (though only a start).
I’ll mention that you don’t get to be on the Board of a university like Stanford without making BIG donations and being very well connected.
Centrist and Moderate have become MSM code for “corporatist sellout.”
This is weak. If you are going to put up a website staining someone’s reputation in the name of research, then vet the website. Akamai is a Internet infrastructure firm not a porn site – anyone in the business reads this and immediately laugh their heads off and here you are linking to it without vetting the nonesense.
Progressive team going strong. She is toast. Anyone know the number of uninsured and underinsured in Arkansas? Bet it is off the charts
Why the fuck would I throw more money at yet another Dem? Been there, done that. It doesn’t matter if I vote for one progressive element (Sherrod Brown) of a party that’s basically spineless and misleads its voters every step of the way. Health care reform by Thanksgiving. Health care reform by Christmas. Health care reform by SOTU. Health care reform by Easter. Give me a fucking break.
If he was in bed already with Big Pharma, why would he be much diff than she is?
Fee Fi Fo Fum I smell the blood of a troll. Based mostly on the name, not responding to any particular topic herein and is it Universal Care or Coverage? Though regardless we pay more in premimum by in large for not covering everyone and we will distribute the costs between premiums and taxes, or in the case of Single Payer the amounts payable to a third party who immediate skim at least 15% off the top for “administration” would instead be taxes to maintain the health system. I’m not sure why in wingnuttia that it is worse to pay a tax or a premium where the premium is likely more expensive and gives less.
Isn’t it a better distraction than the massive unemployment? At least government can pretend to fix healthcare. Unemployment? They don’t have time and don’t care.
I was very glad to contribute and see this challenge to the worthless Lincoln candidacy and look forward to seeing and supporting more such challenges to other worthless and shiftless candidates along the lines of Reid and Landrieau. Not to mention Obama when his turn comes up.
This is just exactly the way to dethrone these would be self-annointed and self-important half wittted idiot oligarchs. Thank you, Jane for your work.
A principal minimal requirement of these challengers should be their commitment to act to pass legislation overturning the initial SCOTUS ruling which deigned personhood to corporations. One of the single most malicious bald faced decisions rendered to undermine the people’s right to self govern.
Further to act to overturn the recent SCOTUS ruling favoring these same corporations with the right to fund campaigns against candidates who are determined to wrench power from them and back to the general public.
These needed fundamental changes and challenges to the current stranglehold of these monopolies has to be made a priority as we see that the proposed changes offered by listless and insincere Democrats like Rep. Van Hallen, Sen. Menendez and others have come to nothing.
Needless to say much must be asked of these challengers to the current corrupt Congress they hope to inhabit and they certainly have a full plate in front of them. Let’s hope our faith is not misplaced on them.
Yes, I’m sure that everyone here only links to sites they have thoroughly vetted.
I linked because I’d like the community’s help in vetting it, as I mentioned a couple of times. Your problem with that is what? For example, why would people laugh at Akamai’s involvement with porn? I haven’t yet googled them, having spent my time since this post went up tracing down other info.
Don’t count yer chickens…
Lot of work ahead. It’s not only Lincoln we’re up against. It’s also her corporate donars, the DNC and DSCC. Gotta be smarter than the establishment cuz we can’t compete money-wise. Yet.
Will Obama or the White House in general butt their heads into this race? They might, in a misguided effort to “help” and get leverage over Lincoln, interfere, but I doubt it. Lincoln’s poll numbers look awful and she looks like a loser and no one likes a loser.
Leading of the circular firing squad before the guy even starts the race.
Jane and a lot of progressive went after this guy and recruited him. They believe he brings something to the table that Blanche lacks and I suspect they have more resources than you to do the vetting (they also know how to use google). I would think time is better spent shoring up candidates that may share you major goals instead of picking them apart hair by hair. That’s what opponents are for, not allies.
Centrist and Moderate = MIC Corporate Tool = Christian Warmonger = Eroder of Civil Rights = Anti American = Idiot America
FWIW, whatzhizname on msnbc (Chuck Todd?) said the WH was gonna do a full court press for Lincoln, including dragging out Big Dawg.
As I said, that’s what the point was about O, and look how that turned out.
If the WH is smart they’ll stay out of primaries, even in the background.
Akamai is a website optimization firm. Doubleclick and a lot of large Internet companies used them to make their website run faster. I would think accuracy in vetting is more important than trying to be the first to dig up dirt – but clearly you prefer speed over accuracy. Anyways see my post at #68
Yes, I’ve now been on their website. Very impressive.
But the WH isn’t smart. They’re backing Arlen Specter…
Before you make your finally decision, remember the constituency that we’re talking about. Halter may not be a perfect progressive (I’m still learning about him), but if he’s more interested in serving the people and the common good than Blanche Lincoln, he may be the best candidate to run against her in Arkansas.
Would Clinton have been better than Obama? I think NOT! Obama may not be 100% of what you wanted but I would argue he is better than 80% and more liberal than any who was viable as a winner for the Presidency. You my friend have winner’s remorse, which is kinda sad.
If he has any dirt in his closet, why support him? You want people to just throw money and lip service support to someone, without knowing if he/she is clean because a blog says so? Not trying to offend Jane or anyone here, but isn’t that how the Obama Hope and Change thing happened, and how is that working out for progressives?
The WH may have promised him support in exchange for switching parties. If that’s the case, I think they should honor that promise. Besides, as a party switcher, Specter has to prove himself as a Democrat, which means that he’s more likely to support things like real health care reform.
Actually it’s working pretty well, not perfectly but pretty well. Do you think Clinton would have been to the left of Obama in governing???
Further I put faith in Jane and others who unlike us are on the frontline of the progressive fight and have been targets of conservadems. I trust in their judgement that they are recruiting viable progressive candidates.
Get your Blanched Lincoln. A Lincoln in every pot. Blanche Lincoln – just like Abe Lincoln, but a woman.
Might be at the tipping point whereby Big Dog’s (and Obama’s) endorsement hurts rather than helps.
That is beyond stupid then. Unless the “game” is for Lincoln to lose, the progressive wins the primary and loses the state and then the DLCers can say “see this is what happens when you try for purity.”
On HCR, I do think Clinton would have been better than Obama. I strongly supported her because I thought she’d be an effective, though imperfect, progressive. Obama, I thought, was going to be a better, but ineffective, progressive. Little did any of us know he would turn out to be an all-too-effective corporatist sellout. Well, maybe Rahm knew…
That would be the soul of wisdom, SD.
We shall see, even more, what Obama and those who work for him at the WH are made of …
I would not wager that we will be pleased …
DW
The WH is not trying to be “smart”, Lek, they always embrace “clever”.
What is it the Brits say?
“Too clever, by half …”
DW
Oh, I’m sure they talked him into switching parties in exchange for WH support to keep himself in the Senate at any cost, but you know what? It’s not the WH’s goddamned business to stack the deck in the primaries, is it? I’d prefer Admiral Sestak in the Senate.
Definition of a Politician…OC Register…”A well connected individual who possesses the skills of an actor and a con artist, and has one or more university degrees.” Welcome aboard the Titanic, Bill Halter.
Yup. That’s why Coakley did so well :o)
Considering it’s Clinton’s proxies and Bill Clinton himself arguing for half-a-loaf and also Bill Clinton who went after Olbermann becuase he is making the Healthcare Clinics in Arkansas “too political” because he was goign after Blanche in his broadcast and promoting Halter, I don’t think your assessment is grounded in the reality of either how the Clintons’ have behaved when Bill was in charge of the government or any contemporary responses he has given on the matter of HCR.
I already sent an e-mail to the WH asking that they not get involved in Arkansas since Blanche is such a bad rep for that state. I stressed that Rahm should definitely not get involved.
If you’re determined to focus on getting Blue Dogs out at priaries, I don’t see Specter as the most important target in 2010.
Big Dawg is still popular in the state according to something else I read. Even Halter has a picture with him in his promo materials.
You could have told (and at least 3 of us here did try to tell) by looking at his economics appointees.
“Magic bullet” Arlen will NEVER receive my vote.
And the disgust Pennsylvanians feel with the WH’s meddling, is, most emphatically, NOT … “winner’s remorse”.
DW
“talk to me like i’m a sixth grader,” why is it a ultra-conservative obstructing the democratic president’s agenda, a democrat? the democratic platform for years has included a stance of health care for all as a right not a privilege.
Let’s make Halter tops!
We can bank on a full court press.
Obama and Bubba will plead with Arkansas voters. We need Blanche Cadillac Lincoln to help us fight the good fight fer America and the great state of Arkansas. Send Lincoln back to the Senate where she can do her best work for Arkansas. You ain’t seen nuthin’ yet. Just like Abe Lincoln – only modern.
Resignation and inaction will get you nowhere, I know this is trite but these small steps are all we are left with.
We must insist that these people we fund to elect will commit to changing the current corrupt electoral financial system which makes it so difficult for good people to be elected. It is actually in their self-interest as well as ours that they advocate effectively for these changes.
Anyhow the change even if somewhat symbolic will send a message that we still have the power to elect and to defeat officials. That in itself is something and absolutely no one could be worse than Lincoln and her putrid clones.
Sounds like a bumper sticker! Choose which pic to go with it.
Sorry but I don’t agree with that. You should vote and support who you want after finding out for yourself what they represent. Nobody should be telling you who to vote for at all. That’s just wrong on so many levels and personally I despise partisan politics. One should not be stuck with the lesser of two evils every election and after being screwed from both parties, you shouldn’t just take someone’s opinion and use that for your own.
You know i think indorsemens mater if and only if that person needs a little extra cred in order to run for that office, like school board to senator, that might need some party person to lend their name. This dude is already a Lt. Gov and Lincoln is the incumbent, so I am not sure how much sway Bill will have. Though having a native son as a president might change the calculus somewhat.
Thanks.
I’m not a follow-the-leaderer. My nature is so opposite to that, I don’t even know how to talk to someone who does.
Good for you, Twain.
No doubt it will be ignored, but they do so at our peril quite as much as theirs.
Besides, what do the people know?
Most are neither lawyers, nor politicians.
We are also NOT “consumers”, “cutomers” or “clients”.
WE are CITIZENS and deserve far, far better than we have gotten …
And you know what?
It is NOT our fault, it is NOT the people’s fault, because the failures we are all witness to were deliberate and the result of long-time bipartisan collusion. The banking “failure” was all but assured with the removal of Glass Steagall, for example.
DW
SO if not these two parties maybe you and eCAHNomics can find comfort in running your own personally approved candidate. In any movement one has to follow otherwise everyone leads and is a miss mash of chaotic voices without any centralized theme. Another word for that is Anarchy – good luck with that!
Just can’t resist needling the WH even if nobody sees the darn thing. I also donated to Halter. Hope he gets a gazillion dollars.
Good morning, DW.
As a long time so and so, I urge you to needle on, with vigor and with utmost class, as always is your (much-respected) style, Twain.
Belated, top of the morning, to you as well.
;~DW
That was after he was given the victory in the 2008 primaries, no?
Hillary would have done a better job on HCR had she won, imo.
I think classical music died on public radio because news and talk represent much more opportunity for institutional growth and fund raising. You don’t need a lot of money to maintain a transmitter, a good music library and a small set of good classical DJ’s. News on the other hand: Big organization, money and power.
Hello! How about a whole series of bumper stickers. It’s so hard to choose just one.
Well you are entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts. The evidence available don’t support that opinion.
But it’s academic at this point, let’s focus our energy on getting Halter the resources he needs to beat Lincoln.
BTW: Halter really look like another DLC’er to me but I gave $10 (we’re both unemployed here so that’s my limit). What I hope for is that the message goes out, if you really ignore the base you end up getting primary’d and probably lose the general. The more difficult question is what to do about Russ if Thompson runs. He’s a good guy but I really hold him and other “good guys” responsible for letting HCR become the POS it is. Had they had said:
we would have a real bill now. I just have a hard time supporting the spinelessness we saw with HCR.
I don’t know how much people will care that he got married in a church that condones gay marriage, but I’m certainly not going to take my info about him from an anonymous site that thinks this is a good talking point.
Yes. But if you looked at O’s donors, you would have known sooner.
I notice that at the bottom it says “Paid Political Advertisement” but if that were true whoever put the site up is in violation of FEC disclaimer regs.
Every single country who does better than we do.
Thank you.
We live in a fixed old boy Plantation protectionist D party down here. I have no… as in zero… evidence that Halter will be any different.
I look forward to such evidence.
Oh I see how this works…so the alternative for real progressives and liberals, is to vote third party, don’t vote, or just to openly support DLC candidates faking they are progressive? Sounds more like yet another election with the ol’ smokescreen of hopey changey to me.
So Jane is a DLCer in disguise? She and other progressive sought out Halter. I don’t track your logic and I am going to move on to other matters which have a more coherent, non-screed position behind it. Be well my friend.
Congratulations Jane! You’ve been working on this a long time and of course Rahm will want to protect his selected incumbent protection racket. And his choices like Coakley. It’s gonna be a wild ride … but we already knew that. You go girl! If you aren’t at least 5 steps ahead of the rest of us you’d be losing your touch and I wouldn’t believe that for one single second. Me? I’m with Jane.
Superb timing!
: )
“Well played, Ms Hamsher. Well played.”
(Fuck you, Rahm!)
Hello Jane… first time on your website.
I lived in Rinconada — a freshman dormitory at Stanford University — with Bill Halter in 1979-1980. He was a Poli-Sci major, and I eventually graduated in Mechanical Engineering. I actually knew him quite well at the time.
Bill’s favorite card game was Texas Hold-Em; in fact he would organize poker games in the first-floor lounge, and I participated several times. In fact, I learned Texas Hold-Em from Bill Halter. He was quite outgoing, and always friendly to everybody, and he had the hilarious habit of walking up to you, sticking out his hand, flashing his farm-boy smile, and saying “Bill Halter. Damn glad to meet ya!”
I remember it like it was yesterday. Amazingly, although I follow politics with some interest, I had NO IDEA Bill Halter has been the Lt. Governor of Arkansas since 2007! I now heartily endorse his Senate campaign, and just made a small donation to it via the link you provided in your story on HuffPo.
Question: is it possible to email Bill Halter? Could you personally provide an address for email correspondence with him (personal or otherwise)? I clicked the “volunteer” button when I made my donation, but if possible I’d like to offer Bill my services and say “hello” at the same time.
Please advise. Thanks!