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Hutchinson Set to Run if Asked
Roll Call ^ | Apr 30 2003 | Roll Call

Posted on 06/25/2003 9:50:40 AM PDT by Pubbie

Former Rep. Asa Hutchinson (R-Ark.) has signaled to the White House that he will challenge Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D) if asked, knowledgeable GOP sources said Tuesday.

(Excerpt) Read more at rollcall.com ...


TOPICS: Activism/Chapters; Announcements; Extended News; Free Republic; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arkansas
KEYWORDS: 2004; arkansas; asa; asahutchinson; blanchelincoln; hutchinson; lincoln; senate; wodlist
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1 posted on 06/25/2003 9:50:40 AM PDT by Pubbie
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To: JohnnyZ; Theodore R.; Nathaniel Fischer; AuH2ORepublican; LdSentinal; Kuksool; Coop; ...
Asa said publicly that it would be hard for him to say no to the White House if Bush asked him to run, so this article appears to have credibility to it
2 posted on 06/25/2003 9:51:41 AM PDT by Pubbie (Bill Owens for Prez and Jeb as VP in '08.)
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To: Pubbie
At this point, I think he is a better candidate than Huckabee.
3 posted on 06/25/2003 9:52:56 AM PDT by ACAC
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To: xsmommy; hobbes1
Good news.
4 posted on 06/25/2003 9:55:37 AM PDT by NeoCaveman
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To: Pubbie
Nice. Getting closer to 60 all the time.
5 posted on 06/25/2003 9:56:39 AM PDT by MattinNJ (One fine beautiful sunny day in Havana, I will take a pi$$ on Castro's grave.)
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To: dubyaismypresident
Yes...Excellent.


6 posted on 06/25/2003 9:56:45 AM PDT by hobbes1 ( Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
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To: Pubbie
ASK, ASK, ASK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
7 posted on 06/25/2003 9:57:14 AM PDT by b4its2late (Insanity is my only means of relaxation.)
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To: Pubbie
Sorry, I don't trust the guy after the revelations about the Barry Seal/Mena/cocaine debacle when he was a prosecutor in Arkansas. Arkansas can do better than him.
8 posted on 06/25/2003 10:04:58 AM PDT by bigfootbob
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To: Pubbie
Hutchinson will have his hands full if he runs against Lincoln. She is a spectacular campaigner as well as a very sophisticated "down home" girl.
9 posted on 06/25/2003 10:06:03 AM PDT by billhilly
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To: Pubbie
Dude, you gots to stop posting stuff months old.
10 posted on 06/25/2003 10:17:52 AM PDT by JohnnyZ (I barbeque with Sweet Baby Ray's)
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To: bigfootbob
Sorry, I don't trust the guy after the revelations about the Barry Seal/Mena/cocaine debacle when he was a prosecutor in Arkansas. Arkansas can do better than him.

I was shocked that this never came up at his DEA confirmation hearing. Now he has oversight of borders in the HSA. Pretty clear what his function is.
11 posted on 06/25/2003 10:20:36 AM PDT by steve50 (I don't know about being with "us", but I'm with the Constitution)
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To: Pubbie
I firmly believe that the GOP has a chance against Lincoln in 2004. I know Arkansas is the South's most Republican state, but Lincoln is too liberal. There's exceedingly few southern Democratic senators who sail to re-election anymore, thanks to the Republican Revolution down there. Whether Asa is the best choice, I really don't know. Just not Tim Hutchinson.
12 posted on 06/25/2003 10:24:29 AM PDT by No Dems 2004 (Support George W. Bush and the GOP in 2004)
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To: No Dems 2004
Whoops . . . I meant to say that Arkansas is the South's most Democratic state. I don't know what's with me today.
13 posted on 06/25/2003 11:06:39 AM PDT by No Dems 2004
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To: bigfootbob
That's the first thing I think of there.
14 posted on 06/25/2003 11:09:43 AM PDT by Dan from Michigan ("Say Hey! Hey! Damn Yankee!")
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To: Wolfie; vin-one; WindMinstrel; philman_36; Beach_Babe; jenny65; AUgrad; Xenalyte; Bill D. Berger; ..
WOD Ping
15 posted on 06/25/2003 11:14:23 AM PDT by jmc813 (After two years of FReeping, I've finally created a profile page. Check it out!)
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To: *Wod_list
Wod_list (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/involved?group=124) ping
16 posted on 06/25/2003 11:18:39 AM PDT by MrLeRoy (The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. - Jefferson)
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To: Pubbie
"Asa said publicly that it would be hard for him to say no to the White House if Bush asked him to run"

I guess that means we have to make him an offer he can't refuse! In all seriousness, though, I see him as being a stronger candidate than Huckabee. The reverse was probably true as little as eight months ago, but with the budget issues and a school district consolidation plan that many conservatives have voiced frustration over, it will be hard for him to have a secure base, much less beat Lincoln, who has worked hard to build a non-controversial record in the senate.
17 posted on 06/25/2003 11:59:51 AM PDT by MainstreamConservative
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To: Pubbie
Is his brother still a Senator? And being he's part of the Bush Cabinet I think he'll win ;)
18 posted on 06/25/2003 2:32:59 PM PDT by JustPiper (You know that I'm NOT the kind of crazy that can be cured!!!)
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To: All
Under Secretary for Border & Transportation Security: Asa Hutchinson
19 posted on 06/25/2003 2:34:28 PM PDT by JustPiper (You know that I'm NOT the kind of crazy that can be cured!!!)
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Ooops, yep!

Senator Tim Hutchinson

So, then if elected, two would be Senators of same state?

20 posted on 06/25/2003 2:36:53 PM PDT by JustPiper (You know that I'm NOT the kind of crazy that can be cured!!!)
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