Blanche Lincoln non-committal on cloture for Senate health care bill

Blanche Lincoln finds herself pressured from all sides. Arkansas isn't particularly friendly to progressives; especially in an off-year election coming right after the country elected its first African-American President. While tea-baggers and Republicans marshal scream and shout, progressives are squeezing the Senator from the other side, insisting that she support a health care bill containing a public option.

She's got some tough choices ahead of her; for now, it looks like she's keeping her options open.

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• Blanche Lincoln
• Health care reform

[thesmutpeddler]

Terrible, terrible interviewer - it's a wondered Lincoln even bothered to answer that unnecessarily long, drawn-out question, which was dumb to begin with anyway. You reeeally think she's gonna tell you ahead of time if she's going to filibuster the bill? Reeeally? Seriously.

[oldtownkid]

No matter what she does, she is a Democrat in Arkansas, during the times of president Obama. Republicans are going to eat her alive. She could join the teabaggers, fillibuster, promote Glenn Beck's books, endorse Sarah Palin, come up with Obama's fake birth certificates, no matter what she does she is toast. In her situation the best thing she can do is do the right thing and not block healthcare reform. She probable has better chances if her base is happy.

[hicamaman]

Dude, you are a *horrible* interviewer!

Get to the f'ing point!

You seem so unprepared to even ask a question, and all you do is babble.

[SubmarinerAndroid]

Pour salt on her.