Lincoln meets with Obama, stays on fence
She faces health-bill choice: Side with party or go GOP
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Democratic U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln came away from a Tuesday evening meeting with President Barack Obama still undecided about whether she will support her party’s health-care legislation or possibly even back a planned Republican filibuster.
But one of the nation’s largest liberal political organizations is warning Lincoln, who is up for re-election in 2010, that she could face a well-financed Democratic primary opponent if she sides with Republicans on the health-care issue.
“I have an obligation to my Arkansas constituents,” Lincoln said, “to exhaust all the avenues before the full Senate begins debate on the bill, or even on a motion toproceed to a bill, to ensure that I’ve done everything I can on behalf of ...
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aimee1 says...
I think that SENATOR LINCOLN has missed the point... She was elected as a candidate of the Democratic party with the trust that she would support that party.. If she wanted to run as a conservative or "as her own person", she should have run as a Republican or an Independent... There is no need for a line in the sand... If this bill is supported by a majority of HER party then SHE needs to support it...PERIOD..!!!
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