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Tom Cotton Not Worried About Bill Clinton’s Support For Arkansas Senate Rival

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton

(Photo : Reuters/Shannon Stapleton) Former U.S. President Bill Clinton speaks during the plenary session titled "Cities as Labs of Innovations" at the Clinton Global Initiative 2014 (CGI) in New York, September 23, 2014.

Republican ace and possible Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton says he is not worried about former president Bill Clinton supporting opponent Senator Mark Pryor in the 2014 U.S. midterm elections.

Instead, Cotton, 37, is wary that his opponent's backing to President Barrack Obama's plans might cost him lower votes.

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In an interview with ABC News, Cotton said that it is not the former president who is going to be on the ballots, but it is "Mark Pryor's support for Obama's policies that Arkansans are going to be voting on."

With barely a month away to November 4 polls, Clinton is currently pushing an aggressive electoral campaign for Pryor, who is determined to win Arkansas back to Washington.

It is also important to note that Cotton's apprehension stems from the fact that if Arkansas voters are satisfied with Obama's policies, then it is more likely that Pryor will get the same favor.

Cotton also mentioned in his speech that it is particularly challenging for him especially that his parents are straight Democrats. However, he said it is important that voters "realize now that the Obama Democrats simply don't represent Arkansas' conservative values."

A recent profile published by Molly Ball titled The Making of a Conservative Superstar, Cotton is described as a candidate with a "rigidly idealistic persona" and a "starkly moralistic worldview." He is also seen possessing a "harsh, unyielding, judgmental political philosophy, one that makes little allowance for compassion or human weakness."

As Arkansas' 42nd governor, Clinton also campaigns for Mike Ross who is running for a gubernatorial seat. Clinton acknowledged a statistical fact that Obama is not popular in Arkansas but reasoned that the state he grew up does not "turn away from anybody because of their race or their income or their political party or just because they disagreed with me on something."

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