Nasty, brutish and long
And probably with a Floridian aftertaste
IN THE Mark Pryor headquarters, an old house with a balcony overlooking downtown Little Rock, red, white and blue signs lean against a wall. All have been vandalised. One of Mr Pryor's signs is spray-painted with “Daschle-lover”, a reference to his ties to Tom Daschle, the Democratic leader in the Senate. His rival, Tim Hutchinson, has also suffered. His signs have been scrawled with a black “F”, thus grading (from a Democratic viewpoint) Mr Hutchinson's performance in the Senate.
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