Blanche Lincoln: Reconciliation Is A No-Go

[IndianaGreen]

Blanche Lincoln: Reconciliation Is A No-Go

Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) pushed hard on Tuesday to back off her recent openness to reconciliation.

Earlier this morning, Lincoln told the Associated Press, in response to two questions about whether she would support reconciliation, that she wanted to see what was in the bill. In Washington, that's considered a signal that someone is openly considering voting yes.

But apparently Lincoln was only interested in reading the legislative language to satisfy her raw intellectual curiosity.

HuffPost and the AP caught up with Lincoln in the Capitol and asked her about her stance on reconciliation. "No!" she shouted from the double doors leading to the Senate Democratic cloakroom.

In an agitated tone, she then explained further: "I don't support reconciliation. All I said was I want to see what's in it," said Lincoln, who is facing a progressive primary challenge from Lt. Gov. Bill Halter.

She didn't answer follow-up questions about why she wanted to see what was in it if her mind is made up but repeated her stiff opposition.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/09/blanche-lincoln-reconcili_n_491774.html

[tallahasseedem]

1. and another term for her is...

a no-go. See ya Blanche.

[The Magistrate]

2. Her Career In Public Life Is Over, Ma'am

And deservedly so....

[Mike 03]

3. Coward. And I had such high hopes for her on this issue.

Isn't Arkansas one of the most poverty-stricken states in the nation?

I thought I liked her, but she is a goddamn fool.

The irony: She is going to lose her next election regardless of this decision.

She has a far better chance of winning if she would move HCR forward than chicken out like this.

[Supersedeas]

11. the true colors of a coward always shine through--she just want to read it

[Jennicut]

4. Bye-bye Blanche. At least she can take comfort in the fact that she will have a nice lobbyist

job if she wants it.

[MidwestTransplant]

6. That is PRECISELY what she is trying to set herself up for.

[Sebastian Doyle]

7. But the real question is....

Wal Mart or Tyson? :puke:

[Supersedeas]

12. Big Healthcare, Big Pharma, she can write her ticket

[Lord Helmet]

5. And the seat goes to Halter ....

[dbt]

8. Say goodnight, Miz Blank.

You have been neither fish nor fowl for so long that both sides are sick to death of you. Thank Goddess Bill Halter gives us (for the moment) somebody to vote for, as opposed to voting against your sorry, posturing DINO ass.

Try not to let the door hit you during the landslide that flushes you from the bathroom of our Arkie hearts.

:bounce:

[Hestia]

10. Another Arkie here too that can't wait to see her go,

:hi: :toast:

[belpejic]

9. Blanche Lincoln: Re-Election Is a No-Go (n/t)

[ncteechur]

13. Blanche, we hardly knew ye.

she is useless.