Margaret Warner of The News Hour with Jim Lehrer on PBS will report from Arkansas tonight on AETN at 5:30 p.m. A panel of Arkansas business people will talk about economic issues in the 2008 election.

Interesting backstory: The PBS producers insisted on a strict split of Republicans and Democrats on this panel. They’ve even identified the panel by political label, to wit:

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Bob Smith (D), Dassault Falcon, Little Rock

Stan Grise (R), Munro Shoe Manufacturing, Hot Springs

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Deborah Donald (D), University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton

Lydia Carson (I), Former director of Arkansas Manufacturing Solutions,
Little Rock

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Paul Mastro (R), George Fischer Sloane, Little Rock

Stanley Reed (I), Cotton Farmer, Marianna

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