Some Republican lawmakers said Wills consulted with them before announcing the change, but several others complained that they had no advance notice. Rep. Jon Woods, R-Springdale, who supports the change, said the speaker is not required to get the approval of the entire House before making management decisions.
“I voted for him (Wills) to make these decisions,” Woods said. “If you tried to get 100 people on board, it would take a lot of time to get these things done.’
The US Senate race is getting some attention…It has been upgraded in the rankings by Nate Silver of www.fivethirtyeight.com ….
A recent poll has Blanche Lincoln’s approval down to 49 percent. The poll was conducted by a Republican strategy firm and warrants caution for that reason, but I don’t have trouble believing that voters have begun to grow wary of Lincoln, who has had a difficult time articulating her positions on issues like health care and EFCA. The saving grace for Lincoln is that Republican opposition in this race is poorly organized. If I were the NRSC, I might put something of a bounty on Lincoln’s head and see if I couldn’t come up with a more capable challenger.
Of course he would be partially wrong in how the poll was conducted…He’s right about who does the poll, but it was constructed by a Democrat Consulting group + a Republican Consulting group… Probably about as a well done poll as you can get…
Another great update from the Rick Crawford team…I’m truly excited about Rick…I’ve never met him but I can tell through his weekly updates that he is a solid conservative, normal joe, Mr. Smith goes to Washington type…
