There are a bunch of good Republicans running for Senate in Arkansas, against perhaps the most vulnerable incumbent Senator in the country, Blanche Lincoln. (She has to survive a primary, first.)

But Rep. John Boozman appears well ahead, based on this poll: “Our latest Talk Business Poll of 1,357 statewide Republican voters shows that 3rd District Cong. John Boozman leads the crowded GOP Senate field with 46 percent of voters. State Sen. Gilbert Baker is running a distant second with 14 percent of the vote with Jim Holt polling at 8 percent.”

Boozman’s first Senate ad is full of hopes and dreams: