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Blake's Think Tank: Does Blanche Lincoln Have the Best Non-Public (Public) Option Idea?

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:43:36 -0500

There’s a lot of information circulating on that Senate Democrats have reached a broad compromise on health insurance reform. Up to this point the primary sticking point has been what to do with the public option. It turns out that the compromise idea may actually come from Arkansas Senator [...]

Arkansas Blog: Logjam broken on health?

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:54:45 -0500

Everybody's saying the Democrats may have a plan -- drop public option from Senate health bill, expand Medicare to cover uninsured as young as 55. Who doesn't like Medicare? Besides, of course, every Republican in the Senate, all of whom will vote no. It's a government health program, after all.' [...]

Arkansas Blog: Teabagger rebuked

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:37:11 -0500

Teabagger Steve Kiefer, who chums up securities customers with TV and radio advice shows, has been sharply countered by securities regulators for his claim that he was investigated for improperly inflating commissions on account of his anti-Obama politics.

As a reader pointed out here yesterday, the investigation began BEFORE Obama was [...]

ARRA News Service: Tea Party Tops GOP on Three-Way Generic Ballot

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:51:50 -0500

Rasmussen Report 12/7/09: Running under the Tea Party brand may be better in congressional races than being a Republican. Survey Question: Suppose the Tea Party organized itself as a political party. When thinking about the next election for Congress, would you vote for the Republican candidate from your district, [...]

Lynch at Large: Al Gore talks about global warming, those e-mails, and his new book. – By John Dickerson – Slate Magazine

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:04:12 -0500

Al Gore talks about global warming, those e-mails, and his new book. – By John Dickerson – Slate Magazine. Posted in Economy, National politics [...]

Blake's Think Tank: Sarah Palin Feels Bad for Mike Huckabee

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:15:40 -0500

Former Alaska governor and GOP rock star Sarah Palin finally weighed in on the commutation of Maurice Clemmons, an issue that has brought former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee a fair amount of heat over the past week and a half.

“It was a bad decision obviously, but my heart goes [...]

ARRA News Service: Senator Blanche Lincoln Voted to Support Using Federal Health Care Funds for Abortion

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:55:51 -0500

In the U.S. Senate this evening, the Senate rejected, 54-45, a proposal by Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) and Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) that would have barred individuals who receive federal health insurance subsidies from purchasing private insurance policies that covers abortion, and would ban a government-backed insurance plan popularly known [...]

ARRA News Service: Harry Reid Twists Civil Rights History To Bash GOP

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:16:20 -0500

Francis Rice, Chairman, National Black Republican Association: Confident that liberal historians have successfully re-written civil rights history, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid brazenly compared Republican health care reform opponents to supporters of slavery, ignoring the fact that the Democratic Party fought to expand slavery while [...]

Lynch at Large: Argenta News – Argenta $5 Million Development Contractor Selected

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:05:47 -0500

My friend Scott Miller passed this note along. Argenta News – Argenta $5 Million Development Contractor Selected. Posted in Economy, North Little Rock [...]

Blake's Think Tank: Vic Snyder, Marion Berry, Mike Ross Appear on NRCC “Dem Retirement Assault List”

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:51:00 -0500

The GOP’s strategy for re-taking control of the House is to hope that as many as 17 Democrats retire from their positions in Congress. Among those identified on the “Dem Retirement Assault List” compiled by the National Republican Congressional Committee are Arkansas congressmen Vic Snyder, Marion Berry and Mike [...]