So, Sen. Blanche is in doubt?

[mikeSchmuckabee]

As I recall, over half a million voters voted in the demo primary, with over half voting for Sen. Lincoln. Furthermore, her opponent was more progressive. In the r primary, over one quarter of a million voted, with over sixty percent voting for boozman.

Bottom line: more voted for Blanche than voted in the r primary! How does it figure that those who voted against Blanche for not being progressive enough are now going to vote for retrograde movement?

I think we've solved the boozman problem. Now, we need to drive a stake through tim griffin and his evil cadre.

[DJ13]

1. Why vote for an imitation Republican when the real thing is on the ballot?

This "me too" Rahm inspired electoral strategy is a loser since it offers no real choice.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

2. They probably just won't vote

[Warpy]

3. Yes, especially since they closed voting places in strong Halter

districts, went from 48 in the primary to 2 in the runoff. Halter voters are quite rightly angry at Lincoln, whether she or the GOP committed the crime.

Halter voters are not going to vote Republican. They're probably not going to vote for Blanche, either. My guess is that most will sit this one out or vote third party.

[AlinPA]

4. She has no value to Democrats except she counts 1 toward the "majority".

Otherwise she is just another solid republican vote on issues that really matter.

[gratuitous]

5. Blanche is solidly with the Democrats

Right up until the time comes to cast a vote. Pre-primary polling showed that Halter would make a race out of the general, but Lincoln had negatives that were too high: Not enough of a Democrat to get support from Arkansas Democrats, and too much of a Democrat to get any independent or cross-over votes. This was widely known all during the primary season, but the national party decided it needed Lincoln's cooperation on the health care bill, and supported her. Lincoln briefly voted Democratic, but as soon as Halter was out of the picture, she scurried back over to be a reliable R vote, with Hamletesque soliloquies about how lonely and tough it was to vote her alleged conscience. Nobody was fooled, and she's headed toward an embarrassing blowout next month.

[dbt]

6. No sh*t!

Miz Blank just about needs a gun pointed at her to act remotely like a Democrat. And even then the disgust is all over her face.

She is about to prove the Truman Theorem of voters being given a choice between a real Republican and a Democrat who acts like a Republican--and she'll not be able to accept what happened to her. Fortunately (for her), she'll get cushy job offers from Walmart or Stephens, Inc when Arkansas throws her out on the half-an-ass she's got left.

Reckon that's what happens when you straddle the fence so long that it splits you clean up to your scalp.

Bless her heart...

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