Arkansas GOP Candidate’s Voter Registration Canceled
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on October 2nd, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
Arkansas GOP Candidate’s Voter Registration Canceled
The Republican candidate for Arkansas attorney general is no longer a registered Arkansas voter. Pulaski County Clerk Larry Crane on Tuesday canceled the voter registration for Leslie Rutledge of Little Rock after confirming that the former legal aide under Gov. Mike Huckabee is registered to vote in Washington, D.C., and possibly Virginia. Rutledge is claiming political motivation in the cancellation of her registration. “Take a minute to howl with laughter,” writes Laura Clawson on Daily Kos. “A Republican candidate bitterly complaining about how reprehensible it is to take away a person’s right to vote. Like that’s not one of three prongs of the Republican plan for winning elections over the next few cycles as demographics shift against them.”
Obama Defends Economy by Pointing Overseas
President Barack Obama is making the case for his economic stewardship at home by appealing to American pride, arguing that the U.S. is showing more progress than other nations. “Our economy isn’t just primed for steadier, more sustained growth,” Obama said today in a speech at Northwestern University. “America is better poised to lead and succeed in the 21st century than any other nation on Earth.” The U.S. economy has made broad gains and companies are thriving, even if few of the benefits have trickled down to typical families. Payrolls this year are expanding at the fastest pace since 1999, growing by an average of more than 215,000 jobs per month. The jobless rate declined to 6.1 percent in August, the lowest since 2008.