Jim Holt to make Senate race

[ccharles000]

It would appear to be official -- $20,000 or so of fund-raising and, I suppose, word from on High, has encouraged Jim Holt, the former state senator and two-time loser at statewide races, to enter the crowded Republican primary race for U.S. Senate to oppose incumbent Democrat Blanche Lincoln.

Holt got 44 percent on no money against Lincoln six years ago. He hasn't gotten any more normal since then, but it's possible that the electorate has moved to his edge of the zany meter, particularly in the Republican primary. We shall see. He spins his losing race for lieutenant governor four years ago as a ticket-leading performance by a statewide Republican candidate. Yes, but ... consider the field.

His announcement-to-announce:

HOLT NEWS RELEASE

SPRINGDALE, Arkansas — Former State Senator Jim Holt, who led the GOP ticket in the 2006 statewide elections, will announce his candidacy in the 2010 U.S. Senate race at a series of events to be held January 14th.


Senator Holt will be flown to five campaign kick-off events in Little Rock, Texarkana, Jonesboro, Ft. Smith and Springdale.
Holt says that this election is about bringing the nation back from the brink. “Our government needs serious reform, and it needed it yesterday,” said Holt. “Unfortunately, Arkansas' senator has been busy contributing to the nation's problems,” said Holt, who cited incumbent Blanche Lincoln's cloture vote on the ‘Health Care Reform Bill' as a recent example. “She essentially told the people of Arkansas that our opinion meant absolutely nothing, and it wasn't the first time,” he added.

http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/2010/01/jim_holt_to_make_senate_race.aspx

[TheBigotBasher]

1. So which one is less right wing?

[FrenchieCat]

2. The Democrat.....

The Republicans just say NO, and like to show up where Teabaggers hang out,
just to "talk".