Blanche "Don't Answer to My Party" Lincoln ad depicts Democratic-controlled DC as childish spenders

[Bluebear]

Disgraceful.

https://secure.democratsenators.org/o/40/p/wfc/dscc/senators/lincoln/donate?donate_page_KEY=6519

[joeybee12]

1. I really want her out, more than Holy Joe these days...

...tells you something.

[boston bean]

2. Blanche needs to get blanched! nt

[Cal33]

24. And so do all the blue dog senators.

[mmonk]

3. We're FULLY aware of that.

[Selatius]

4. If she really wanted to win re-election, she'd become a populist instead of a conservative.

Ads attacking "big spending" tend to be ads that come out of the right wing. If she were a populist, she'd be running ads advocating jobs programs and infrastructure investment and affordable health care for all, not ads attacking fellow Democrats, however corrupt they may be. People don't care about that. In fact, it tends to push away a lot of voters. People care about jobs, their financial situation, and their quality of life. Talk about those things if you want to win re-election, and you better deliver the goods if you talk like that, or get the fuck out.

[Bluebear]

5. Jobs, hell, unions are trying like hell to get her out of there.

Obama is backing a loser here.

[boston bean]

6. I think that gay bigots and women haters ought to exit from the party as well.... nt

[DCKit]

7. Those last four words of your post are all you needed. n/t

[Bluebear]

22. +1

[gatorboy]

8. Hilarious that someone serving "The Natural State" in DC,

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.

Time for folks to push for Lt. Gov. Bill Halter and send Blanche packing...

[AlinPA]

9. She is campaigning as a republican; if elected she has to vote like a republican. What the hell is

the President doing supporting her?? She is of no use to Democrats. None, except toward the numbers for a "majority" but we know that number is really 41.

[laughingliberal]

10. That is the most disgraceful, to me. The President supports her in her primary campaign

against a progressive! That kind of puts the whole argument about Obama not fighting for progressive policies cause he can't get them through the Senate to rest doesn't it? If it were just a matter of 'pragmatism' and he truly favored progressive policy, would he not be supporting some progressive challenges to the Blue Dogs?

I think we have our answer.

[Tesha]

12. Obama supported Joe Lieberman over Ned Lamont, *THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE*.

This shouldn't surprise anyone.

Tesha

[Bluebear]

15. +1

[depakid]

16. Poor judgment then- poor judgment now.

What it amounts to is taping a great big "kick me sign" to his back- telling everyone so inclined: "hey, go ahead and block my policies. Vote with Republicans. Side with corrupt corporate interests over our key constituencies. No problem- we'll still back you and try to shield you from accountability."

(The fact that I even had to write that after what happened with Lieberman is galling).

Should have stayed out of it then- and should have stayed out of it now.

[laughingliberal]

17. How much more do we need to know in order to determine where Obama stands

on the left/right continuum?

[rudy23]

11. But MoveOn can't run ads targeting obstructionist Blue Dogs

Let's see how Rahm and the rest of the WH team reacts to this, as opposed to how they reacted to MoveOn's ads targeting Baucus.

[Bluebear]

14. They have reacted. Obama endorsed her.

[laughingliberal]

18. Heavens, no! That would be 'fucking retarded."

The Blue Dogs are Rahm's pets and do his bidding.

[liskddksil]

13. Good luck with that strategy in the DEMOCRATIC primary nt

[gratuitous]

19. I can think of one place Democrats can save a LOT of money

And that's any campaign contributions people might have been contemplating for Ms. Lincoln.

[Mike 03]

20. I guess I am in the minority who like Senator Lincoln. She is under attack because she

voted for Health Care, isn't she? She is obviously intelligent and courageous enough to defy the conservative assholes who are trying to derail her career and approval of health care.

(Or at least that is the impression I received from watching her performance during the Senate Finance Committee mark up.

[Bluebear]

21. She is an anti-union corporatist, if you like that sort of thing.

[saltpoint]

23. This observer will be contributing to Halter in that Senate primary.

[Bluebear]

25. +1