
Sen. Lincoln’s just announced that she will vote for cloture and her potential Republicans opponents were quick to react.
“The people of Arkansas now know that Blanche Lincoln is more beholden to the Washington establishment than to the people who elected her to office,” said State Sen. Gilbert [...]

Speaking on the floor of the Senate, Sen. Blanche Lincoln announced that she will vote for the motion to begin debate of the health care bill. This vote is the last vote needed for Majority Leader Harry Reid to move the bill to the floor…developing…
Sen. Lincoln said, [...]
Heritage Foundation: Congress has outdone itself. On Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid unveiled a health care bill weighing in at 2,074 pages, a new record. A vote on the bill is expected Saturday.
My political intuition tells me that Sen. Blanche Lincoln will vote for the motion to proceed on the Senate Health Care Bill when it comes to the floor tomorrow. I thought I would go ahead and take a crack at what her statement will be following her vote. [...]
The Washington Post: "Sen. Roland W. Burris (D-IL) has been admonished by the Senate ethics committee for his public comments about his appointment last December to the body. In a three-page "public letter of qualified admonition" issued Friday, the committee formally reprimanded Burris for statements --" [...]
by William Warren:
If my email inbox is any indication, then tomorrow’s vote on the health care bill is huge. Democrat Majority leader Harry Reid has scheduled a test vote for his health care bill for 7:00 CST Saturday night. The bill was unveiled late Wednesday night. The Saturday night vote [...]
Press Releases regarding Sen. Blanche Lincoln’s vote on the Health Care Bill are coming in faster than a politician can spend money so I will post this on this thread and keep the top thread open for developments in Sen. Lincoln’s vote.
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[Correction made to post on 11/23] Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) filed cloture and scheduled a vote on his “mammoth" 2,074-page health care reform bill (H.R. 3590) at 8 PM on Saturday. The Democrats wish to rush the vote before Senators return home for Thanksgiving. If" [...] Arkansas Lieutenant Governor Bill Halter was on MSNBC last night discussing the free health clinic in Little Rock this coming Saturday. The Arkansas politico types are all a buzz if he will be soon jumping in the race for U.S. Senate. Some say he will get in if Sen. Blanche [...]
by Ken Blackwell, Contributing Author: One of the reasons liberals are so hostile to public expressions of Christianity is because it threatens the monopoly that the religion of liberalism enjoys in the public square. The late Ted Kennedy was more than a leading senator, to liberal supporters. [...] If you were curious where Fox News contributor Dick Morris stands on the Health Care Bill, he cleared it up today at an Americans for Prosperity Rally in Little Rock. He is against it. Surprise!
Morris threw out the red meat to the crowd after first being worked up to a [...]
A new ad from the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) targets Rep. Vic Snyder’s vote on health care. This one takes an interesting twist by quoting what several fellow Democrats have to say about the bill.
“The worst thing you can do in a recession is raise taxes and this bill [...]

With much fanfare, the Senate Democrats unveiled their long awaited health care reform bill last night. Weighing in at 2,074 pages, I have obviously not digested the whole thing but one part of it jumped out at my CPA brain while skimming it last night.
If passed [...]
Jobs 'Saved or Created' in Congressional Districts That Don't Exist: "ABC News has found many more entries for projects like this in places that are incorrectly identified. Late Monday, officials with the Recovery Board created to track the stimulus spending, said the mistakes in crediting nonexistent'" [...]
by William Warren:
Everyone who expected the Republican Primary in the Second Congressional District to be a heated one will not be surprised to see the latest press release from Scott Wallace. Last month, Wallace took issue both with incumbent Democrat Rep. Vic Snyder and Republican primary opponent Tim Griffin [...]

Public Policy Polling has yet another poll showing Sen. Blanche Lincoln is in serious trouble. In hypothetical match-ups with Republican opponents, Lincoln trails state Sen. Gilbert Baker by 43% to 38% and former president of Arkansas Farm Bureau Stanley Reed by 42% to 39%.
But what may [...]

With the pending release of the Senate Health Care Bill from Sen. Harry Reid, I just thought I would remind everyone of the letter signed by our two Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor about a month ago. In it, they demanded that the full text [...]

Gov. Mike Huckabee was on KARN news radio this morning discussing his new book “A Simple Christmas” but also discussed politics as well some current hot topics, specially the new guideline issued yesterday on mammograms. Huckabee’s latest book is currently 18th on the New York [...]
by Chase Dugger, Executive Director, Republican Party of Arkansas: The Republican Party of Arkansas announced their Winter Republican Leadership Summit will be held Saturday December 5th. This year’s event will be held at The Arlington Hotel in Hot Springs. The Summit will include their [...] Republican Senate Candidate Conrad Reynolds had some fun today at the expense of a glaring error on the U.S. Government’s recovery.gov website, which is used to track where the Federal stimulus dollars are spent. Currently, the website shows stimulus money was spent and created jobs in [...]
I had the chance to visit with Rick Crawford a couple weeks ago when he was speaking to a group here in Little Rock. Crawford is a Republican candidate for the 1st Congressional District of Arkansas and is looking to take on incumbent Democrat Marion Berry.
“I think we need a [...]
Tony Perkins, FRC Washington Update: Health care may be on Sen. Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) Thanksgiving menu, but it could be awhile before the Senate talks turkey. The Majority Leader started the Rule 14 process last week, which basically means the House bill would be available on [...] 