Democratic Senator Blanche Lincoln Bolts from Her Party in New Ad

Arkansas Senate Race: Republican Running Ad Targeting Obama Administation, Cap-and-Trade, Public Option..No, Wait, It's From Democrat Blanche Lincoln...
Lincoln will be the Democrat's version of a Suicide bomber if she votes from ObamaCare... (ABC News) - What does it take for a Democrat to win in a Red State in 2010? For starters, depict Washington, a town run by your own party, as children. Second, explicitly tout your opposition to central components of your party's agenda including the Public Option and the cap-and-trade bill. That's the strategy being followed by Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D) in a television ad launched...

Blanche Lincoln: Distance from D.C.
by Mark Silva "I don't answer to my party,'' Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln says in the debut of her Reelection campaign's television advertising. "I answer to Arkansas.'' And so we have it, that sign of an endangered Democrat running against part of her own party's agenda in Washington -- against the Wall Street and auto company bailouts, and against "the Cap and Trade bill.'' And notably: Against the "Public Option'' that was proposed in the healthcare bill. The Senate, of course, stripped...

Blanche Lincoln Is Aiming for the Tea Party Vote, No? -- By: Jim Geraghty
The expectation was that Arkansas Lieutenant Governor Bill Halter’s bid for the U.S. Senate was that he would force Blanche Lincoln to the left, and put her back on the bandwagon for Health Care. But take a look at her first ad of the campaign, where she touts her votes against money for Wall Street, the Auto Industry Bailout, the Public Option, and Cap and Trade: Wouldn't these stances get her applause from just about any Tea Party rally in the nation?

Blanche Lincoln's Genius Pitch to Arkansas Democrats: I Opposed the Public Option; Also, Democrats Suck
Take a look at this brand new Lincoln campaign spot. I’m trying to decide what the most tone-deaf aspect of it is. Is it that: One Tough Lady? Let’s make Blanche One Former Senator. Donate to Bill Halter’s campaign. Tags: Bill Halter , Blanche Lincoln , Democrats , DINOs , Senate Related posts: Blanche Lincoln Attacks Bill Halter for Not Supporting Public Option Strongly Enough Blanche Lincoln Should Wish She Were as Popular as the Public Option in Arkansas Tell Mike...

Lincoln's First Ad: "I Don't Answer To My Party"
She now has a primary on her hands, but Sen. Blanche Lincoln's (D-AR) first TV ad of the campaign indicates she has no problem running against both Washington and her own party. In the ad, which touts Lincoln as "One Tough Lady," the senator touts her votes against Wall Street and auto company bailouts, Cap and Trade, and the Public Option. "None of those were right for Arkansas," she says. "Some in my party didn't like it very much. But I approve this message because I don't answer to my...

Blanche Lincoln Works with a Bunch of Babies
Arkansas Democrat Blanche Lincoln's re-election campaign is off to a roaring start with her first TV ad, in which she informs us that her colleagues in the Senate need a time out … So is the solution to Washington's woes re-electing Blanche Lincoln? Or is it cookies and a nap?

Future of Public Option Update
by Jonathan Bernstein Bill Halter is probably not going to be the next Senator from Arkansas.  He'd have to knock off an incumbent (Blanche Lincoln), which would be I think a fairly surprising upset, and then he'd still be a longshot in the general election -- Arkansas isn't an especially friendly place for Democrats these days. That said, by endorsing the Public Option he's providing useful evidence that a future Democratic Congress is very likely to add a Public...

Lincoln's First Ad Touts Opposition To Public Option, Cap And Trade
Lt. Gov. Bill Halter's entrance into the Arkansas Senate Democratic Primary this week was expected to push conservative incumbent Blanche Lincoln to the left, for fear of losing the base. But in her first television advertisement of the campaign, Lincoln isn't exactly chasing after the progressive vote. Instead, she touts her opposition to the Public Insurance Option and her refusal to support Cap and Trade legislation -- and even declares herself proudly independent of the Democratic Party....

Will Progressive Candidates Run on the Public Option?
Since launching his Senate Primary campaign in Arkansas this week, Bill Halter has zeroed in on Senator Blanche Lincoln’s failure to support the Public Option. This has prompted some to wonder if other progressive candidates might follow suit as liberal legislators continue to push to keep the proposal alive. Over at the Daily Dish, Jonathan Bernstein was Bullish about the Public Option’s campaign comeback: In fact, I expect virtually every Democrat in contested primaries...

Bill Halter Is The Democrat Running Against Blanche Lincoln, Far And Away The Worst Democratic Senator Up For Re-election This Year
Even before Blanche Lincoln killed Employee Free Choice by publicly stating, at a Chamber of Commerce event, no less, that she would join the Republican Filibuster of EFCA there were people working on ways to dislodge one of the most reactionary-- actually the second most-- and one of the most corrupt Democrats in the Senate. Yes, and that predated her decision to sell herself totally to Big Insurance and leave the Arkansas Democratic voters who have been her base for her entire career high...

Democrat Blanche Lincoln Faces Anger from the Left and the Right
(democratsenators.org) Hitting the airwaves in Arkansas for the first time in her bid for re-election, Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln declared that Washington is broken. "I want to show you what it's like in Washington these days," the one-term Democrat says to start off the ad saying. The visual: children fighting each other with foam bats. Those same kids are then seen throwing money around the room, which Lincoln says is "your tax dollars." She says she voted against "giving more money...

Blanche Lincoln Attacks Bill Halter for Not Supporting Public Option Strongly Enough
Blanche Lincoln fires the opening shots of her Primary battle with Bill Halter with a rather incoherent, rambling Press release about his supposed wavering on the Public Option . “Who does he think he’s fooling?” asked Lincoln’s campaign manager Steve Patterson.

Green Groups Go After Blanche Lincoln
Blanche Lincoln is one of three Senate Democrats so far to officially back a GOP effort to block the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating Greenhouse gas emissions. And now she's taking the heat for it: Environmental groups are gearing up in force to oppose the Arkansas senator's campaign for Reelection in November.  The Sierra Club blasts Lincoln in new ads released in Arkansas Tuesday for "backing this Big Oil Bailout"—referring to the anti-EPA measure. This...

Green Groups Slam Blanche Lincoln For "Backing Big Oil Bailout"
Mother Jones : Blanche Lincoln is one of three Senate Democrats so far to officially back a GOP effort to block the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating Greenhouse gas emissions. And now she's taking the heat for it: Environmental groups are gearing up in force to oppose the Arkansas senator's campaign for Reelection in November. Read the whole story: Mother Jones Get HuffPost Green On Twitter , Facebook , and Google Buzz ! Know something we don't? E-mail us at ...

Blanche Lincoln Will Not Cave In To You Liberal Blogger Children
A massive Battle for the Ages is quickly developing in the Arkansas democratic Primary for Senate, where Serious Centrist Blanche Lincoln now has a legitimate Primary challenger in Lt. Gov. Bill Halter. Halter is getting billions, if not millions, from the so-called Internet communists The Netroots, who hate ladies. Lincoln is marking her territory today with this new ad, about how she stopped the stupid crybaby Democrats from passing the important agenda items that Blanche Lincoln...

Blanche Lincoln begins television ad campaign
Embattled Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D) began her television advertising campaign today with a commercial that amounts to a defiant poke in the eye to the liberal left despite a serious Primary challenge from Lt. Gov. Bill Halter . The ad, which was produced by Steve Murphy and Mark Putnam, portrays Washington as a classroom full of unruly children, throwing money around willy-nilly. "This is why I voted against giving more money to Wall Street, against the auto company Bailout, against...

Surprised about Blanche Lincoln's fight for survival? I'm not.
Tags: 2010 Elections , U.S. Senate Arkansas Senator Blanche Lincoln is fighting for her political survival. Republicans are in full attack mode, and polls indicate she's the most vulnerable Senate incumbent in the country. Frankly, I'm not surprised. As I travel around the country, I've been asked repeatedly about Senator Lincoln's political troubles and what, if anything, EMILY's List will be doing to help her win a third term in 2010. My answer? Nothing. In 1998,...

Ellen Malcolm: Surprised About Blanche Lincoln's Fight for Survival? I'm Not
Cross-posted from EMILY's List Arkansas Senator Blanche Lincoln is fighting for her political survival. Republicans are in full attack mode, and polls indicate she's the most vulnerable Senate incumbent in the country. Frankly, I'm not surprised. As I travel around the country, I've been asked repeatedly about Senator Lincoln's political troubles and what, if anything, EMILY's List will be doing to help her win a third term in 2010. My answer? Nothing. In 1998, EMILY's List helped elect...

Blanche Lincoln's New Ad Says She Didn't Vote for Bank Bailout " But She Did
Blanche Lincoln’s new Arkansas primary ad is, as BT says , so politically tone deaf it’s hard to imagine anyone thought it was a good idea.

DSCC Chair: 'I Believe Blanche Lincoln Would Be Our Best Candidate' (VIDEO)
The man responsible for electing Democrats to the Senate, DSCC chair Bob Menendez, told MSNBC this morning that he stands with Sen. Blanche Lincoln in the Arkansas Senate primary. Menendez wouldn't say whether the national party will spend money to defend Lincoln against Lt. Gov. Bill Halter, who's running against her for the Democratic nomination with the backing of national progressive and labor groups, saying only that the DSCC is supporting her as it does all incumbent Democrats. Menendez...

Lincoln ad: 'I don't answer to my party'
Blanche Lincoln, despite her liberal Primary challenge, tacks right in her first ad, bragging of her opposition to the Public Option, deriding Washington, and telling viewers, "I don't answer to my party. I answer to Arkansas."

AR-Sen: Halter on Rachel Maddow's show
I can't wait to see the Lincoln campaign issue a Press release claiming Halter has answered the Public Option a seventh different way . Contribute to Bill Halter Bill Halter for Senate Volunteer

Health Insurance Industry's $300 Billion Victory Over The Public Option
When Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Ben Nelson (D-NE), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Joe Lieberman (I-CT), and the entire Republican Senate Caucus stepped up to kill the Public Option in the Senate, it is important to remember that the Health Insurance Industry won a victory---a victory worth $300 billion. As Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and Tom Harkin (D-IA) now try to crush attempts to revive the Public Option inside a Reconciliation measure, they are battling to protect that extra $300 billion that will flow...

Health Insurance Industry Looks Forward to $300 Billion Victory Over the Public Option
When Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Ben Nelson (D-NE), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Joe Lieberman (I-CT), and the entire Republican Senate Caucus stepped up to kill the Public Option in the Senate, it is important to remember that the Health Insurance Industry won a victory—a victory worth $300 billion. As Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and Tom Harkin (D-IA) now try to crush attempts to revive the Public Option inside a Reconciliation measure, they are battling to protect that extra $300 billion that will...