Just a little reminder for Democrats who think being SPINELESS will get them anything but HELL!

[Joanne98]

WE HAVE PRINCIPLES TOO!

[The Uncola]

1. Glad to see her go.

At least now the asshole holding that seat won't pretend to be one of us and stab us in the back.

[bigwillq]

3. Me too.

I agree. Even in Arkansas we can do better than Ms. Lincoln.

[DCKit]

2. Blanche is a special case, many here saw it coming and few are sad at the outcome.

The strong financial regulatory bill she proposed before the primaries was exactly the kind of reform a majority of Americans could get behind. The cynics among us never believed she was serious (being a Blue Dog/Corporatist and all) and were suspicious from the get-go that it was simply a ploy to win the primary. We were proven correct when she allowed the bill to expire quietly the second she won the primary without even the slightest hint of a fight.

However, Blanche made some glaring errors with this tactic:

1) She educated people about the issue. The Bill was well written, explicit in its scope and meaning and appealed to the majority of voters. It was an easy read, I learned a lot and am sure I'm not the only one.

2) She assumed her constituency was not just "low-information", but willfully ignorant of what this bill would have accomplished for the people had it passed - that they didn't understand how important this piece of legislation would have been in reigning in the miscreants who took down the economy of Main St.. Her constituents and the rest of U.S. would have benefited greatly from the passage of this bill. She counted on our national epidemic of political ADD for cover.

3) She assumed she could stand on her record - voting for "teh peoples" some of the time, and with "teh corporations" when it was in their interest (and kept the contributions flowing).

In short, Blanch was counting on the people of Arkansas to be stupid and totally uninterested in reform to the benefit of their own futures.