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Advice To Blanche Lincoln: Speak Softly, But Carry Firm Position on Health Care Reform

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:11:14 +0000

Arkansas Senator Blanche Lincoln, who is up for a tough re-election fight next year, really doesn't have any good choices when it comes to the Democrats' health care reform bill. On the one hand, the measure has become unpopular in her state, and Arkansas -- which was not so long ago considered ...

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Advice for Blanche Lincoln...

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:38:00 +0000

...Nate Silver has it : If I were Blanche's Lincoln's Chief of Staff, my advice to her would be as follows: Vote for cloture. Vote against the bill itself. Articulate this position clearly. And then Shut The Hell Up. Nate's point is that the senators in tough states who have avoided ...

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Thank you Senators Lincoln and Pryor for standing up for us (video)

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:44:56 +0000

Thank you Senators Lincoln and Pryor for standing up for us

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New Online Ads: Blanche Lincoln vs. Sick Arkansans

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:48:00 +0000

The same day Senator Blanche Lincoln was on the floor of the Senate saying she’ll vote against any health care bill with a public option, thousands of uninsured Arkansans were in Little Rock for a free health care clinic. Many at the clinic had seen a doctor just a handful of times in ...

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ActBlue — Blanche Lincoln vs. Sick Arkansas

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:45:04 +0000

While Blanche Lincoln was on Capitol Hill saying she'd vote against the public option, thousands of uninsured Arkansans waited in line for a free health clinic. Donate today to help us run important ad campaigns, including this petition encouraging Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) to turn her back on ...

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It’s Harry Reid’s Choice: Reconciliation = Majority Rule

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:01:29 +0000

As the majority leader of the Senate, the power to pass a public option is squarely in Harry Reid’s hands. Will he let three or four corrupt Senators owned by the insurance industry hold the public option hostage? Or will he use the reconciliation process to allow a simple, democratic ...

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Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) vs. Sick Arkansans (video)

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:45:04 +0000

http://action.firedoglake.com/page/s/lincolnvssick Senator Blanche Lincoln (AR), voicing her opposition to a public option because her "first loyalties"...

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Service Employees International Union

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:00:00 +0000

Adopt a state Joe Lieberman is at it again. Jockeying for attention. Threatening to support a Republican filibuster. Overlooking popular support in his own state. But this time, he may not be alone. Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) and Ben Nelson (D-NE) ...

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Reid On Passing Health Care: 'I'm Not Using Reconciliation'

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:01:33 +0000

Centrists senators may believe Harry Reid can resort to the filibuster-proof reconciliation process if they block health care reform. But Reid says he's not going there.

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Blanche Lincoln, Racing Horse

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:52:00 +0000

Blanche-Lincoln-cropped-proto-custom_6 Blanche Lincoln has emerged as one of the pivotal votes in the US Senate debate about health care reform. So an article about her and her role in the debate seems like a smart thing for a newspaper to run. Which makes Spencer Ackerman’s tweet quite apropos: ...

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Should We Laugh? Cry? Both?

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:25:42 +0000

The ritual is becoming familiar. Health care reform passes a major political hurdle. And progressives don’t know whether to laugh or cry. Last time, the occasion was a vote in the House of Representatives. Health care reform passed by the slimmest of margins, but not before ...

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For a healthcare holdout, it's lonely in the middle

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:14:18 +0000

Arkansas Democrat Blanche Lincoln, who remains undecided on Senate legislation, is getting pummeled from the left and right. > As one of the few senators undecided on healthcare reform, Arkansas Democrat Blanche Lincoln faces a huge headache. Liberals attack her as an obstructionist, even though she cast a key vote keeping the effort alive. Republicans are lining up to run against her -- seven, so far, and ...

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What a Difference a Primary Makes: With Romanoff Pressing in CO, Bennet Embraces Health Reform

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:01:29 +0000

(photo by Rennett Stowe) It is amazing what a difference a serious primary challenge can make. Representatives in Congress who have serious primary challenges never seem to buck their party. The Politico wrote : [F]inally, today’s study in contrasts: moderate Sens. Michael Bennet ...

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Blanche Lincoln’s Website Still Says She Supports The Public Option

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:20:12 +0000

This afternoon, Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AK) announced that she would vote for cloture on the motion to proceed but promised — at least 3 different times — to filibuster reform if it includes a public option . “I’m prepared to vote against moving to the next stage of ...

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With Conservative Resistance to Public Option, What Was the Point of the Opt Out?

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:49:38 +0000

Health care rally in Arkansas (photo: tsweden via Flickr) Now that the remaining holdouts have made their intentions known on health care, it’s worth wondering why Harry Reid added the opt out provision to his bill. The opt out doesn’t seem to have brought along any of the ...

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Democrats find 60 votes to go find 60 votes

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:49:00 +0000

Ben Nelson, Blanche Lincoln, and Ben Nelson have all said they're voting for cloture now. That makes 60, at least barring any surprises. The bill can pass go. But that's all it can do, at least for now. Today's cloture vote is so Democrats can begin debate and modification of the bill. ...

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Landrieu a 'yes,' all eyes on Lincoln (Politico)

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:55:52 +0000

Politico - Democrats announce Saturday that Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) will vote to start the debate.

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Health Bill Poised to Hit Senate Floor as Democrats Gain Key Votes

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:30:26 +0000

Getty Images Sen. Blanche Lincoln during a hearing of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry earlier this week.

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Lincoln's long walk to 60th Senate vote (Politico)

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:14:18 +0000

Politico - Lincoln is one of the few swing-vote senators on health reform who is up for reelection next year.

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Krauthammer's Take -- By: NRO Staff

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:15:07 +0000

From last night's Fox News All-Stars . On Senate passage of the health-care reform bill : You asked what Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas will ask for. Well, after watching Louisiana get $100 million in what have some have called "The Louisiana Purchase," she ought to ask for $500 ...

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