Gov. Asa Hutchinson plans to talk to reporters at 10 a.m. this morning from Cuba. An Arkansas Republican and President Obama with similar outreach on the same day.
U.S. Rep. French Hill, in explaining his opposition to the Iran nuclear deal to a constituent, makes a geographic blunder and opens himself to another question.
There's more polling out today from Talk Business / Hendrix College, this time on voter perception of Gov. Asa Hutchinson, U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, U.S. Sen. John Boozman and President Obama.
Democrats in the Senate today blocked a bill to give President Obama trade promotional authority — also called "fast track" authority — despite pressure from the White House. The failure of the bill complicates Obama's push to complete the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
This week's Congressional vote on a big trade deal has created bizarre alliances: Ted Cruz plans to vote for giving the President greater authority, while Mike Huckabee and Elizabeth Warren both oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership as currently written.
Hillary Clinton's aggressive stance on immigration reform will appeal to the liberal's base, but it's also likely to be a smart strategy for the general election, putting GOPs in a political bind.
Any postmortem of a midterm election, like Tuesday's, must begin with the president of the United States. This time it must focus on a narrower question, the one issue that most Americans associate with President Obama, the notorious health care law to which his enemies appended his name.
Article in New York Tmes talks about Bill Clinton's campaigning for Democratic candidates distancing themselves from Barack Obama's political toxicity. Maybe Obama doesn't have it so bad, several suggest.
Good news was once a valued commodity, even in an election year — especially in an election year. But now the sky has to be falling every day. Barack Obama needs to be seen leading the country to ruin (elections in the South and Midwest depend upon it) so every news cycle somehow lends credence.