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Hullabaloo - Unless It Gets Crazy
Hullabaloo - Unless It Gets Crazy
Here's a little tidbit. Blanche Lincoln's Arkansas partner, David Mark Pryor, says he won't join Republicans in a filibuster of health care reform unless something "crazy" happens.
Pryor on Filibustering Health Care: “I Don’t Think You’ll See Me or Any Other Democrats Do That”
Pryor on Filibustering Health Care: “I Don’t Think You’ll See Me or Any Other Democrats Do That”
news.firedoglake.com — Based on this interview by Mike Stark , Arkansas Sen. Mark Pryor apparently would not join a... Republican filibuster of health care reform legislation, barring something “completely objectionable.” STARK: Is there any chance you ... (more) Pryor on Filibustering Health Care: “I Don’t Think ...
Blanche Lincoln Taken to the Woodshed by Public Option Supporters
Blanche Lincoln Taken to the Woodshed by Public Option Supporters
news.firedoglake.com — Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) at at presser with Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) (photo: Wikipedia) I mentioned last... week that Blanche Lincoln was holding an online chat on health care Saturday. You can watch a replay of the event at this link . And you ... (more) Blanche Lincoln Taken to the Woodshed by Public Option ...
Blanche Lincoln is Trigger Happy
Blanche Lincoln is Trigger Happy
fdlaction.firedoglake.com — Just say no to triggers Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) opposes the public option and voted against both public... option amendments in the Senate Finance Committee. And now, she has told the local Arkansas News that she is open to Olympia Snowe’s ... (more) Blanche Lincoln is Trigger Happy
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Jeebus! Finally!
Corrente — Oh, good Krist, this is wonderful Combined with this, I nearly fainted today, it's so nice to see this sort of thing. Stark is showing the Way, for those truly interested in being a New Media or whatever. It's so frakking simple. Let me put it this way: I always thought I couldn't take good pictures. Trad film and I don't get along. Then they invented fancee digi cams that I can sort of use, and voila! I'm ansel adams, or something. But anyway, my point is that there should be a lot more of this, please.

Morning No: No More Shirin
Open Left - Front Page — ... - Interesting news out of Arkansas, with Sen. Mark Pryor saying that he'll vote for cloture on health reform, and a Blue Dog proposing that we open up Medicare to under-65s instead of having a separate bureaucracy to run a public option. Guess we can't blame the great state of Arkansas for Blanche Lincoln's suckitude. ...

10/16: The Next Van Jones?
Blogometer — ... accusing the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) of trying to plant "spies" within certain House committees. Liberal bloggers ( Benen , Attaturk ) are criticizing Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) for suggesting that the Dem health care reform legislation might be unconstitutional. Some lefty bloggers are arguing that Grassley could be vulnerable to a challenge from ex-IA First Lady Christie Vilsack (D). Liberal bloggers ( Dayen , digby ) are buzzing about Sen. Mark Pryor 's (D-AR) prediction that no Dems would ...

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