Rep. Tom Cotton (R-AR) formally begins his campaign against Sen. Mark Pryor (D) tonight, and he is already ahead in the PPP poll. The GOP needs to gain six seats to capture the Senate and to permanently stop the Obama agenda. Republicans already have double digit leads in West Virginia, South Dakota and Montana, and Arkansas could be number 4. Cotton is shown with Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), and they are wearing "6" lapel pins. It does not signify the 6 seats the GOP needs, but that they are among 6 new combat veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars who were elected to Congress. Cotton, a graduate of Harvard and Harvard Law School, served in both conflicts. Arkansas Republicans won three of four congressional seats in 2010, and defeated Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D) by a 21-point margin -- one of the 10 worst showings for an incumbent in Senate history. Lincoln was not involved in any scandal but the state has changed. She won by double digits in 1998 and 2004. In 2012, Republicans swept all four seats and won control of the statehouse. They are favored to win the governorship in 2014. What this means is that the state is a very different place than when it elected Pryor over a wounded Republican incumbent in 2002, or when he was re-elected without opposition in 2008. Pryor cast the deciding vote for Obamacare and also backed the stimulus. After voting with Obama 90% of the time, he can no longer claim to be a southern Democrat. Pryor will once again say he is an independent voice, but the Senator will not be able to hide from his voting record.
Posted on: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 16:02:55 +0000
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