Would you vote to re-elect U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln? | OU Poll
Polls — By Christopher Spencer on October 1, 2009 at 10:17 amWould you vote to re-elect U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln?
- No, I would not. (77%, 30 Votes)
- Yes, I would. (23%, 9 Votes)
Total Voters: 39
Loading ...U.S. Sen Blanche Lincoln, D-Arkansas, faces at least four Republican challengers for her senate seat. Many in Arkansas and national media speculate her spot is in play. You can read more at Politics Daily.
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I came to not trust Senator Lincoln when she voted twice in the finance committee against a public option for health care. Should she change her mind and vote for it during the Senate voting, I would reconsider supporting Senator Lincoln as I have done in the past.
Elizabeth Bullock-Rest
You know, it’s quickly getting old hearing from people who are suddenly outraged about Senator Lincoln’s center-right political positions. News flash: she has been this way for quite some time. But in the real world, as I’m sure most of Fayetteville and most Arkansas Democrats agree, we choose the candidate who most suits our own beliefs, and for Democrats, a Senator that agrees with us at least part of the time is better than one who never will.
I shudder to think of the votes a Senator Baker or Senator Griffin would make. I will continue to push Sen. Lincoln to the left, but I will also continue to support her over any of these know-nothing, party-line Republicans.
Ditto, Elizabeth.
Sen. Lincoln needs to run in the Republican primary. ;)
I’m an old school Democrat and have never regarded the Senator’s voting record as support for the DNC platform.
Mr. Watson says he “will continue to push Senator Lincoln to the left.” How is that working out? Tuesday she voted twice against the Public Option. Wednesday she was the swing vote (12-11) that restored $50 million in federal funding for abstinence-only sex education that Obama hadsought to eliminate. Today she was the only “Democrat” on the finance committee to vote with all 10 Republicans for two amendments that Chairman Baucus said would “gut the president’s program [and] gut health reform.”
AFSCME 965
Could contributions from the Health Industry have some influence on the Senator?
Key Democrat [Sen. Lincoln] in Health Care Talks Receives Large Health Industry Contributions in 2009:
http://blog.sunlightfoundation.com/2009/09/02/key-democrat-in-health-care-receives-most-health-industry-contributions-in-2009/
I believe 7 Republicans have officially filed to run in the primary to seek her seat. And, yesterday, a State Senator has also said he is considering a run, as well. They seek the honey pot of campaign contributions she has been getting.
Interesting article. Thanks for linking to it. The quote that stood out to me was this:
I’ll be interested if she is also going to face opposition from within the Democratic Party. She’s has a huge warchest of money, but who knows.
Christopher Spencer,
Firedoglake is running ads against she and Rep. Mike Ross, claiming they’ll find someone to replace them if they don’t straighten up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlvpZAx0QGY
For those of you who feel betrayed by Democrats, please remember there is another party out there with strongly liberal candidates: the Green Party. Please consider voting Green Party in the upcoming Congressional elections.
That said, I’ll be voting for Dennis Kucinich in the 2012 presidential primaries, should he choose to run again.
Scott,
I think the Green Party is too goal specific…have you hugged a tree today? It also has some old baggage, i.e., Ralph Nader ;)
My preference would be a political party that has ‘progressive’ goals in line with the Congressional Progressive Caucus:
http://cpc.grijalva.house.gov/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Progressive_Caucus
And, there is such a party worth looking into, Progressive Democrats of America: http://pdamerica.org/index.php
Again, I ask AFSCME 965 if he/she would rather have a Republican sitting in her seat? Because in the real world, those are your choices in Arkansas. Conservative Democrat or ultraconservative Republican. I’ll choose the former every time when presented with those options.
Will Watson,
When I moved to Arkansas more than a quarter century ago, I missed the small print at the bottom of the “Welcome to Arkansas” sign that reads: Please turn your clocks back 50 years. ;)
Regretably, it has been the ‘Conservative Democrat or ultraconservative Republican’ that has kept Arkansas in 49th place among the states…
Thank God for Mississippi !
We need to address fraud in medicare, line item veto, tort reform, and pork spending that is slipped into all of our bills or laws. Government has no business taking over any, much less 6%, of any private industry or business in America. Go back to the constitution. As a young child, I was required to read the constitution and other government documents and report on them to my parents. I think the American people are smart enough to understand any bill that can be written, if it is written correctly. Good is still good and bad is still bad.