Bill Halter

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Is it reasonable to say that Bill Halter is pretty much done with Arkansas politics?  I mean, I like him, but I think he realized last summer that he's just too liberal for the state - even for the Democrats.  I think the fact that he's not running for anything this cycle says that he's retiring, or at least waiting for some law firm or political lobby to tap him for a job.

[Anti Democrat Democrat Club]

Yep. It's a shame he rose so late.

[RogueBeaver]

Most likely, though last summer there was buzz that he'd try and run strongly in the 2nd to set him up against Boozman in '16. He's too liberal, Blue Dogs remain in complete control. Unless Jerry knows something we don't...

[Bandit3 the Worker]

You can never be too liberal for a state.

[Hifly]

You can never be too liberal for a state.

Have you ever considered running for governor? Go on, give it a go.

[IceSpear]

You can never be too liberal for a state.

Have you ever considered running for governor? Go on, give it a go.

Yeah, I wish the True Leftists would put their money where their mouth is. If the key to electoral dominance is True Leftism, please demonstrate and show us all the error of our ways.

[CatoMinor]

You can never be too liberal for a state.

If you are using liberal in the correct sense, I suppose so, but if you are using it in the contemporary meaning then, well, lol....

[HAnnA MArin County]

You can never be too liberal for a state.

That's why so many prominent liberals have risen to fame in places like Utah, Wyoming, and Idaho, right? lol

[Bandit3 the Worker]

That's why so many prominent liberals have risen to fame in places like Utah, Wyoming, and Idaho, right? lol

And this is why Walt Minnick got re-elected, right?

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

That's why so many prominent liberals have risen to fame in places like Utah, Wyoming, and Idaho, right? lol

And this is why Walt Minnick got re-elected, right?

The fact that Minnick even got elected sorta undermines your argument

[Bandit3 the Worker]

That's why so many prominent liberals have risen to fame in places like Utah, Wyoming, and Idaho, right? lol

And this is why Walt Minnick got re-elected, right?

The fact that Minnick even got elected sorta undermines your argument

Two words: Frank Church.

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

That's why so many prominent liberals have risen to fame in places like Utah, Wyoming, and Idaho, right? lol

And this is why Walt Minnick got re-elected, right?

The fact that Minnick even got elected sorta undermines your argument

Two words: Frank Church.

The guy who lost in 1980?

[Bandit3 the Worker]

That's why so many prominent liberals have risen to fame in places like Utah, Wyoming, and Idaho, right? lol

And this is why Walt Minnick got re-elected, right?

The fact that Minnick even got elected sorta undermines your argument

Two words: Frank Church.

The guy who lost in 1980?

The guy who won FOUR terms before it?

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

That's why so many prominent liberals have risen to fame in places like Utah, Wyoming, and Idaho, right? lol

And this is why Walt Minnick got re-elected, right?

The fact that Minnick even got elected sorta undermines your argument

Two words: Frank Church.

The guy who lost in 1980?

The guy who won FOUR terms before it?

My point is, you're using elections from more than thirty years ago to justify running True Leftists in dark red states.  Walt Minnick only served that one term because he was a fairly well-known Democrat in a small state running in a very pro-Democrat year.

Yes, the "Mormon triangle" (as I like to call it) used to be somewhat competitive for state Democrats, but now it's not.  As a supporter of the 50-state strategy, I wish Democrats would contest them, but you can't just run any hardline liberal and expect to do well in those areas.

[Sol]

Also, it should be noted Idaho was historically less Mormon, and the panhandle had something of a working class tradition- perhaps tied to mining?