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Sen. Blanche Lincoln Meeting With Obama
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/3/2009
Sen. Blanche Lincoln Meeting With Obama
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The White House says President Obama will meet privately with Sen. Blanche Lincoln Tuesday night. Obama and Lincoln (D-AR) will huddle in the Oval Office at 5:15, less than two hours before polls close in the critical elections in New Jersey, New York and Virginia. Lincoln is perhaps the ...
thehill.com - 11/4/2009
Democrats feeling angst over 2010
— thehill.com — Vulnerable Democrats want their leaders to skip the party’s controversial agenda to help save their seats in... Congress. Read more... (more) Democrats feeling angst over 2010

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Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) - AR Poll
boldprogressives.org - 10/30/2009
Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) - AR Poll
— boldprogressives.org — ARKANSAS POLL SHOWS BLANCHE LINCOLN'S POLITICAL SURVIVAL DEPENDS ON SUPPORT FOR THE PUBLIC OPTION The Research 2000... Arkansas Poll was conducted for the Progressive Change Campaign Committee and Democracy for America from Oct. 27 - Oct. 28, 2009. 600 ... (more) Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) - AR Poll

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abcnews.go.com - 10/27/2009
Ark. Senator Says She Still Opposes Public Option
— abcnews.go.com — U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., said Tuesday she still can't support a government-funded insurance option, a day... after legislation was unveiled that would give states the choice of whether to participate in the program. "Creating another ... (more) Ark. Senator Says She Still Opposes Public Option

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Talking Points Memo:  Huddle

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Huddle
Talking Points Memo — Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) will meet privately tomorrow afternoon with President Obama.

Capital Eye Opener: Tuesday, November 3
Capital Eye — ... (D-Ark.) is getting heat from the left and the right in the debate about health insurance reform. Today, she will get a private meeting with President Barack Obama to discuss the bill. As Talking Points Memo notes, Lincoln's not the only Democratic senator who has recently had face time with the president. So have Sens. ...

Obama To Meet With Lincoln
The Atlantic Politics Channel — So reports TPMDC's Christina Bellantoni: President Obama will meet with Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) in the Oval Office this evening at 5:15, as voters are casting ballots in Virginia, New Jersey, and New York, presumably to talk about health care. Lincoln is one of the Senate's cluster of centrist Democrats, who are thus far still considered swing votes on health reform, though Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-NV) plan for a compromise public option--one that lets states opt out of the program--seems to be gaining momentum (Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska, who is perhaps the ...

Obama Hasn't Talked With Lieberman Since Filibuster Threat
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... By contrast, the president is scheduled to meet on Tuesday with another public option skeptic -- one who has been far less vocal than Lieberman. As Talking Points Memo reported, Obama and Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) will have a sit down in the White House around 5:00 p.m. this evening. ...

Sen. Blanche Lincoln gets solo meeting with President Obama
Open Left - Quick Hits's RSS Feed — Tonight at 5:15 eastern, Senator Blanche Lincoln will have a solo meeting with President Obama. Lincoln is one of the few remaining Democratic Senators who might vote to filibuster health care bill with a public option. Also, as newly minted chair of the Agriculture Committee, she has partially purview over the climate change bill in the Senate. Good to know that we all worked so hard so that someone like Blanche Lincoln could have so much power.

Tuesday's Mini-Report
Political Animal — ... . * Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) gets a private meeting with President Obama this afternoon, presumably to talk about health care reform. * Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said this morning that climate change legislation " ...

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Obama to meet with Lincoln
thehill.com 11/3/2009 — President Obama will meet with Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) today, presumably to urge the Arkansas Democrat to support the Senate healthcare bill. According to the White House's official schedule, Obama will sit down with Lincoln for a one-on-one ...