[ghost of stonewall jackson]

unbelievable that pryor is up that much...

[Vigilanteman]

Why the sudden increase in Pryor’s fortunes? Did Cotton get caught at a cockfight or something?

[G Larry]

Good Excuse for the DNC to avoid contributing to Pryor’s run.

Cotton will beat him like a drum.

These polls are nonsense.

[Kahuna]

Surveyed a whopping 23% id’d (R)

[SeekAndFind]

So, I reckon Arkansas now loves Obamacare ( and the man who voted for it)?

[ZULU]

NBC & Marist = GARBAGE

[Liz]

STROLL DOWN MEMORY LANE As far back as 2008, at the presidential debate in Nashville, Democrat candidate Obama advanced his signature healthcare plan---ultimately enacted, by an historic straight Democrat party-line vote, into the "Affordable Care Act"

QUOTING 2008 OBAMA: "No. 1, let me just repeat, if you’ve got a health care plan that you like, you can keep it. All I’m going to do is help you to lower the premiums on it. You’ll still have choice of doctor.” Repeated over and over ---- with the promise that every American family would be saving $2500.00 on healthcare costs.

Significantly, Obamba NEVER corrected lock-stepping Democrats, all reading from the same Democrat talking points, all of them repeating the same Democrat promises---over and over again.

LOCK-STEPPING PARTY LOYALTY NOT SEEN SINCE 1930-40's ERA EUROPE Obama And The Dems marched in lockstep. The persistent Dumbocrat drumbeat ---- in obeisance to Obama ---- kept ringing reassuringly in our ears: "If you like your plan, you can keep your plan."

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Mark Pryor looks for Obamacare enrollees who've paid for insurance, who are actually insured, for millenials duped into paying for other people's h/care and for the "underserved"....who had no insurance before ACA took effect.

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Betcha Harry Reid's name might evoke similar sentiments in Senate races.

PELOSI THE MAGIC VOTE-GETTER --- FOR REPUBLICANS Seems that invoking "Pelosi" was a vote-getter......for Republicans....(cackle).

National Journal reported Repub strategists had measured which messages were most effectively persuading voters to turn in their ballots.

<><> In Jolly's race, they turned to a message—delivered across a variety of digital platforms and email—that focused on urging Repubs to vote now or watch Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi move one step closer to reclaiming the speaker's gavel.<><>

[Liz]

Cotton needs to ask Pryor when Obama is coming by to campaign for him (snix).

[Liz]

News reports say Obama flew off to headline several fund-raisers.

So many Democrat fund-raisers----so few campaign stops (cackle). And here's why.....Obama is near his all-time low approval ratings, and was labeled 'political poison' to the party’s candidates.

Being tied to an unpopular president can be a millstone around an eager Democrat's neck. Democrats want some of the presidential pull, but Obama, himself, should get out of their way.....and stay the hell out of their districts.

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PEW/USA TODAY POLL: THE GOP MIDTERM TSUNAMI COMETH Breitbart.com ^ | May 5,2014 | Wyntn Hall / FR Posted by Biggirl

Pew Research/USA Today poll shows Obamacare and the bleak jobs picture have coalesced to put Democrats in a weaker political position than they were before the historic GOP 2010 midterm tsunami that resulted in the largest defeat for a newly elected president in a midterm since 1922. (Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...

[montag813]

Cotton looks like he is 17. May work against him.

[deport]

Poll details and data if anyone is interested.

http://maristpoll.marist.edu/512-arkansas-pryor-leads-for-u-s-senate-hutchinson-ahead-for-governor/

[BigEdLB]

Marist is dubious

[kcvl]

NBC poll gives Mark Pryor 11-point lead over Tom Cotton in race for U.S. Senate; Hutchinson leads Ross

Pryor also is getting the support of 32 percent of voters who disapprove of President Obama’s job in Arkansas.

While Pryor leads the Senate general election contest in Arkansas, Republican Asa Hutchinson has a seven-point advantage in the state’s gubernatorial contest over Democrat Mike Ross, 49 percent to 42 percent.

The reason why both Pryor and Hutchinson are ahead in their statewide races: Both men are leading among independents – Pryor has a seven-point edge over Cotton here (48 percent to 41 percent), and Hutchinson has a 15-point advantage (52 percent to 37 percent).

“These are competitive states as far as the general is concerned”

In addition, Pryor (with a 50 percent to 35 percent favorable/unfavorable rating) is viewed in a more positive light than Cotton is (38 percent to 39 percent) among voters.

The poll in Arkansas was done May 4, before President Obama’s visit to Arkansas

http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2014/05/12/nbc-poll-gives-mark-pryor-11-point-lead-over-tom-cotton-in-race-for-us-senate-hutchinson-leads-ross

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46% of Arkansans have a favorable opinion of Pryor while 32% have an unfavorable view of him. Nine percent have never heard of Pryor, and 14% are unsure how to rate him. Among registered voters statewide, 50% think well of Pryor while 35% have a lesser view of him. 11% are unsure how to rate him.

47% of white Evangelical Christians like Pryor while 38% have a negative opinion of him. Five percent have never heard of Pryor, and 10% are unsure how to rate him.

When it comes to Cotton, 37% of Arkansas residents have an unfavorableview of him, 34% have a positive opinion of him. 15% have never heard of Cotton, and 14% are unsure how to rate him. Among registered voters, 39% have a negative view of Cotton. 38% like him, and 9% have never heard of him. 14% are unsure how to rate him. Among white Evangelical Christians, 48% have a positive opinion of Cotton. 31% have a negative one, and 8% have never heard of Cotton. 13% are unsure how to rate him.

http://maristpoll.marist.edu/512-arkansas-pryor-leads-for-u-s-senate-hutchinson-ahead-for-governor/#sthash.Lj8kffTM.dpuf

Key points:
•Party ID. A partisan divide exists. Most Democrats — 89% — back Pryor while only 5% are for Cotton. Among Republicans, most — 85% — support Cotton compared with 10% for Pryor. Among independents, Pryor edges Cotton, 48% to 41%.
•Gender. There is a gender gap. A majority of women voters — 55% — are for Pryor while 35% are behind Cotton. Men divide. 46% of male voters support Pryor while the same proportion — 46% — backs Cotton.
•Race. While 85% of African American voters support Pryor, white voters divide. 46% of white voters support Pryor while the same proportion — 46% — are for Cotton.
•White Evangelical Christians. Cotton leads Pryor, 58% to 36%, among registered voters who are white and describe themselves as Evangelical Christians. One percent supports another candidate, and 5% are undecided.
•President Obama. Pryor overwhelmingly carries voters who approve of the job Barack Obama is doing as president, 86% to 9% for Cotton. Among voters who disapprove of the president’s performance in office, Cotton leads 61% to 32% for Pryor.

“So far, Senator Pryor has staved off Cotton’s challenge,” says Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion. “Holding this seat is no easy task for a Democrat with President Obama’s approval rating at 33% in the state.”

http://maristpoll.marist.edu/wp-content/misc/ARPolls/AR140430/Complete%20May%202014%20Arkansas%20NBC%20News__Marist%20Poll%20Release%20and%20Tables.pdf

Nearly Seven in Ten Say Nation is Off Course

68% of Arkansans say the nation is moving in the wrong direction. 27% believe it is on track. An additional 5% are unsure. Similar proportions of registered voters have these opinions. 69% believe the nation is off track. 27% say it is on course. Four percent are unsure.

[kcvl]

U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton weds over weekend

March 17, 2014

Republican Senate hopeful and U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton has married his girlfriend during a small ceremony over the weekend.

Cotton’s Senate campaign said the freshman lawmaker married Anna Peckham, an attorney from Virginia, at a small wedding ceremony with family and close friends on Saturday. The two are currently on a honeymoon during the congressional recess, campaign spokesman David Ray said.

Ray declined to say where the wedding was held or where the couple was honeymooning.

The two have been engaged since late 2013. Ray said they plan to live and raise their family in Arkansas.

Cotton was elected in 2012 to represent south Arkansas’ 4th Congressional District. He announced in August he would challenge Democratic U.S. Sen Mark Pryor.

http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2014/mar/17/arkansas-us-rep-tom-cotton-weds-over-weekend/

[kevkrom]

It’s registered voters, not likely voters, which skews results toward Democrats. With that in mind, even with favorable conditions, Pryor is barely above 50%, not a great place for an incumbent to be.

[nhwingut]

This is troubling. We can blow it off as biased all we want. But this lines up with the NY Times poll that showed Pryor 10 points up.

Hard to grasp. Arkansas through out Blanche Lincoln a few years ago and nothing has changed with Obamacare for the better, only worse.

I don’t know Arkansas but maybe Pryor is one of those old southern Dem dynasty names like Landrieu which allows them to stay in power despite a rightward shifting electorate.

[SoFloFreeper]

Come ON, Arkansas!!!! What is UP???

[fieldmarshaldj]

A “registered voter” poll is worthless.

[Typical_Whitey]

a key vote for Obamacare approval.. and he would vote for it again.. his is in lock step with the radical leftist agenda of this administration and doesn’t even question their blatant lies to the American people he is an enabler to the liar in chief and will not hold him accountable... The good people of Arkansas should open up their eyes and hold the radicals to account.