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Health Care Reform Talk

Blake's Think Tank 8.12.09 5:57 PM | I'll be speaking at the Arkansas Society for Healthcare Marketing and Public Relations 2009 Summer Conference tomorrow in Little Rock. My topic is the impact that potential healthcare reform...
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Arkansas Poll Numbers: Beebe Riding High

Blake's Think Tank 8.12.09 10:56 AM | Talk Business Quarterly has new polling out today regarding job approval numbers for Arkansas governor Mike Beebe and Senator Blanche Lincoln. Governor Beebe maintains a whopping 78% approval...
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OFFICIAL: Blogger Curtis Coleman Enters US Senate Race

Blake's Think Tank 8.12.09 10:47 AM | Safe Foods CEO and blogger Curtis Coleman made it official yesterday: he's running as a Republican for US Senate in 2010. He's the first to formally announce his candidacy; Tom Cox (of the Arkansas...
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It’s On: Vic Snyder Town Hall at Clinton School of Public Service

Blake's Think Tank 8.11.09 6:15 PM | Today, the Clinton School of Public Service announced a town hall appearance by Congressman Vic Snyder on Tuesday, August 18th from noon-1:00 p.m. to discuss health care reform in America. Last...
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Health Ins. Reform Ads to Hit Arkansas TV

Blake's Think Tank 8.10.09 4:45 PM | Tomorrow, Americans United for Change will release a new television spot highlighting the motivation for killing health insurance reform legislation by the Republican Party and the health insurance...
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Halperin: Everything about bealth care mobs is a national disgrace

Blake's Think Tank 8.10.09 4:40 PM | Mark Halperin of TIME offers 10 points on why the everytihing being done by the shouters amounts to a national disgrace. Have a read.
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August 17 Rally for Health Care in Little Rock

Blake's Think Tank 8.10.09 12:14 PM | AFSCME will be hosting a Rally and Picnic on August 17th at 6:00 p.m. at the Arkansas state capitol to support health insurance reform legislation. The event is being supported by Health Care for...
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Guest Hosting

Blake's Think Tank 8.10.09 11:14 AM | I'll be guest hosting Justin Acri's radio program tomorrow, August 11, from 10 am to 1pm on 103.7 the Buzz in central Arkansas. not sure about the line-up yet, but you can bet that we'll be talking...
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Terri Hollingsworth to Run for State House Dist. 34

Blake's Think Tank 8.5.09 2:00 PM | Former city of Little Rock employee and state Democratic Party activist Terri Hollingsworth informed The Think Tank today that she's running for the Arkansas House of Representatives District 34....
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Bill Clinton Day in America

Blake's Think Tank 8.5.09 1:51 PM | Despite what some political pundits have said, don't make light of President Bill Clinton's efforts to rescue two American journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, held captive in North Korea...
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State Rep. Lindsley Smith Takes Over as Comm. Dir. for City of Fayetteville

Blake's Think Tank 8.5.09 10:59 AM | Fayetteville mayor Lioneld Jordan announced today that state Rep. Lindsley Smith will become the communications director for the city. In a release mayor Jordan called her "the final piece of the...
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Vic Snyder Town Hall “Rescheduled” - - UPDATE

Blake's Think Tank 8.4.09 4:24 PM | Just got off the phone with Laura Packard of the AFL CIO who called to let me know that due to "scheduling conflicts" the town hall featuring congressman Vic Snyder will be rescheduled. The new...
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TEA Baggers Continue To Scream and Shout

Blake's Think Tank 8.4.09 4:10 PM | As town hall meetings all across America are being disrupted (much to the pleasure of House minority leader John Boehner, a Republican), Democrats on the Hill are being bombarded by these angry TEA...
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Why the Republicans “Whites Only” Strategy Won’t Work

Blake's Think Tank 8.4.09 3:50 PM | From Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com: See this commentary from Thomas Edsall of The Huffington Post outlining the GOP's efforts.
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District 22 Battle Royal

Blake's Think Tank 8.4.09 2:47 PM | Former state Rep. Jeremy Hutchinson (yes, of the politically famous Arkansas Hutchinsons) announced today that he's running for the state senate in District 22 as a Republican. This means that...
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Vic Snyder’s Turn

Blake's Think Tank 8.3.09 5:28 PM | On Wednesday, August 5th, the Central Arkansas Labor Council will host a town hall with U.S. Rep. Vic Snyder on the Employee Free Choice Act and health care reform. The event will be held at IAM DL...
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Here We Go Again

Blake's Think Tank 8.3.09 11:05 AM | At what point will the blogosphere and Twittersphere give up the idea that former Kark Rove acolyte and US Attorney Tim Griffin is running for anything. First Jake Tapper of ABC News fires off a...
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Kicking Off the Weekend

Blake's Think Tank 7.31.09 5:23 PM | Finally, the rain stopped in Little Rock. Not like anyone can actually predict the weather these days, but it may be raining this weekend. What will I be doing? Packing up The Think Tank crib,...
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Culture Break: P. Martin on the Best Movies of ‘09 (so far)

Blake's Think Tank 7.31.09 12:44 PM | I love lists, and I especially love movie lists. Arkansas Democrat Gazette film critic and culturalist Philip Martin has released his list of the 10 best movies of 2009 thus far (beware of the pay...
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So Long, Nick Stovall

Blake's Think Tank 7.31.09 11:56 AM | It's with some sadness that The Think Tank bids farewell to Zack "It's with a K" Stovall, a.k.a Nick, who wrote for Stephens Media and ran an entertaining and wordy blog that often lampooned me and...
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