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I mentioned this morning that the Joe White-Gilbert Baker race for state Senate in Conway could be the most expensive ever, in the $500,000 range.

I just got a tip that the number will be much, much higher. The deadline has just passed for making maximum $2,000 contributions for both the primary and general election. Neither candidate had primary opposition and can carry over primary money to the fall.  There will be other big money-raisers to come. Talk of Bill Clinton coming in. Karl Rove has already assisted Baker. Etc.

Through a report filed May 15, White reported raising $210,000 and having more than $157,000 on hand. (I'm not sure if these reports reflect the last days of two-fisted contributions or not.)

Through May 14, Baker had raised $259,000 and had about $195,000 on hand.

So you can probably make this a million-dollar race for a job paying, what, $14,000 a year?

Something tells me it will be all state Senate commercials all the time on Conway cable. I presume Baker's local access TV show will go dark, if it hasn't already, for the duration.

Brummett tomorrow replays The Huckster's Obama assassination joke, his propensity for juvenile, crude and stupid remarks and what it might mean to his chances to be vice president.

Look, if Dan Quayle can be vice president, so can Huckabee. If George W. Bush can be president, so can Huckabee. The bar hasn't merely been lowered; it's been submerged.

But if I were McCain, I'd think long and carefully about whether I wanted to share such a life-memorable occasion as my prom with this particular date.

Somebody else writing on the same subject said McCain just might decide the Huck lip is part of the package.