Mark Pryor

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

I haven't been paying much attention to Arkansas, so I wonder why is Pryor so vulnerable come November? Last time he was reelected with no Republican opposition. Of course, five years is long time in politics, but still. Could somebody please explain?

[Miles]

Rogue, I'll let you take this

[RogueBeaver]

Republicanization, his own voting record and lacking political skills are most of it.

http://plsc.uark.edu/7129.php

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/08/06/can_tom_cotton_win_119518.html

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

He's very independent like Manchin and doesn't toe party line like on guns. So, he has to fend for himself for what is gonna be a political fight of his career.

[Anti Democrat Democrat Club]

He's very independent like Manchin and doesn't toe party line like on guns. So, he has to fend for himself for what is gonna be a political fight of his career.

It's not even that. He's less of a populist like Manchin or Landrieu and more of a generic moderate hero like Baucus.

[IceSpear]

There's a black guy in the White House now. I'd elaborate more, but this is Arkansas, so that should suffice.

[MATTROSE94]

Because he is a somewhat moderate Democrat who represents a state that went from being a lean Democrat state during the Clinton years to being a very safe Republican state today.

[SamInTheSouth]

I haven't been paying much attention to Arkansas, so I wonder why is Pryor so vulnerable come November? Last time he was reelected with no Republican opposition. Of course, five years is long time in politics, but still. Could somebody please explain?

Ask Blanche Lincoln

[Vosem]

Because of the massive popular backlash over Obamacare

[Maxwell]

Mark Pryor could survive even with Obama and Obamacare if he had a single bone of political skill in his body, but as his super desperate ads and behavior seem to suggest, he does not have that skill.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

By coming out against the minimum wage increase, he may have just cost himself this seat. And he has nobody to blame but himself.

[RogueBeaver]

Dem base is meh at best on Pryor. Cotton's the one they feel strongly about.

Vosem: Read Trende.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Is it too late for a primary challenger against Pryor the Cryer?

[RogueBeaver]

Is it too late for a primary challenger against Pryor the Cryer?

Filing deadline's March 1, but there's no appetite for it given what happened last time.

[Indy Texas]

I'd be tempted to vote for Cotton if I lived in Arkansas. Pryor has always struck me as a mediocre politician who coasted to where he is on his father's reputation.

[Anti Democrat Democrat Club]

Even Manchin supports raising the minimum wage.

I'm honestly embarrassed that we couldn't have found someone better to primary him in 2008. If I'm an AR Democrat I'm voting Green.

[RogueBeaver]

Pryor supports it too, just throwing Wal-Mart a bone. In '07 there was buzz about... Halter.

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Even Manchin supports raising the minimum wage.

I'm honestly embarrassed that we couldn't have found someone better to primary him in 2008. If I'm an AR Democrat I'm voting Green.

The thing about Manchin is, although most Democrats here don't like him, he is at least consistent in where he stands and actually does things in the Senate, which sadly I can't say for many congressional Democrats.  Pryor is only there for being there, and he'll do what ever it takes to stay there no matter how unwise and blatantly pretentious it is.  If I didn't want the Democrats to keep the Senate so badly, I'd easily support a Green candidate like I would have in 2008.  I know it's Arkansas, but Pryor has absolutely no argument for why he should be reelected other than to keep us control of the Senate.

[Senate Minority Leader Lord Voldemort]

I hope this doesn't turn into a Blanche Lincoln situation, where Rachel Maddow said it best. There's one thing to be a moderate or conservative minded Democrat, and another thing to just not want to be a Democrat. I hope Pryor doesn't go so far as Blanche and look like he just doesn't want to be a Democrat.

[Anti Democrat Democrat Club]

I hope this doesn't turn into a Blanche Lincoln situation, where Rachel Maddow said it best. There's one thing to be a moderate or conservative minded Democrat, and another thing to just not want to be a Democrat. I hope Pryor doesn't go so far as Blanche and look like he just doesn't want to be a Democrat.

He already is.

I hope Cotton routs him.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

I hope this doesn't turn into a Blanche Lincoln situation, where Rachel Maddow said it best. There's one thing to be a moderate or conservative minded Democrat, and another thing to just not want to be a Democrat. I hope Pryor doesn't go so far as Blanche and look like he just doesn't want to be a Democrat.

He already is.

I hope Cotton routs him.

Better yet, the Democratic Party needs to tell him, "You can't run as a Democrat."

[Anti Democrat Democrat Club]

I can take his stances on gay marriage and background checks. While they're important, they aren't exactly pressing issues in the long run.

Minimum wage? This is unforgivable. As far as I'm concerned Pryor is no longer a Democrat.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

The Democrats must be completely spineless if they allow this.

[H. Ross Peron]

Why do Southern Blue Dogs shoot themselves in the foot by not running as economic populists?

[Anti Democrat Democrat Club]

Why do Southern Blue Dogs shoot themselves in the foot by not running as economic populists?

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