John Brummett advances the theme suggested here yesterday -- that Sen. Blanche Lincoln comes out of the health care debate with a record of moderation and some achievement, perhaps sufficient to help her survive an election challenge next year.
Sen. Harry Reid even got on the horn to say he [...]
This weekend I have been following the health care debate in the post below with updates as the story progressed but I thought this might be noteworthy enough for its own post.
One thing that has puzzled me is how Lincoln will be able to reconcile [...]
Dick Armey is in Little Rock today talking about what else? That’s right health care. Why? Well, everybody else is doing it. Seriously though, if nothing else comes from this health care debate and Sen. Lincoln’s swing vote, at least she managed to help bring in quite [...]
John Brummett reassures his 79-year-old mother that Democrats aren't out to cut her Medicare. That she'd ask -- and that Democrats have utterly failed at communicating what they are about -- is the story of the moment in the health care debate. Probably the permanent story.
Obama’s message seems only [...]
I sat down with state Sen. Gilbert Baker this afternoon at his campaign headquarters in Conway. We spent several minutes discussing why he was running for the Senate, his thoughts on the current health care debate, and even got into a bit on the field of Republican primary opponent. [...]
Michael Tomasky, writing in The New York Review of Books, offers a comprehensive look at the political evolution of the Blue Dog coalition in the U.S. House. Arkansas Rep. Mike Ross, who has emerged during the health care debate as a leading Blue Dog spokesman, gets a lot of [...]
