How the Democrats plan to win the Battle of Pine Bluff
What exactly is going on in Arkansas this summer? Frequently cited as one of the Republicans' best chances to flip a Senate seat, it looks like it shouldn't be all that hard. It's true that it has been fertile ground for the Democrats in the past, (Mark Pryor didn't even have a GOP opponent in 2008) but the President is deeply unpopular, and two years ago, Mitt Romney carried the state by 23 points. The GOP has a fine candidate in Tom Cotton (who I interviewed in April) and Pryor should be on the ropes. And yet, for some reason, the poll of polls still shows Cotton hanging on to a three or four point lead and lists the race as a toss-up. What sort of dark magic are the Democrats working here?
Molly Ball has done some sleuthing and thinks she's come up with the answer. The Democrats have a secret plan and have been quietly turning and burning in dozens of field offices to register every last Democrat they can find and get them out to the polls in November. The author visited one such field office in Pine Bluff...Also read:
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