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March 8, 2010 4:00 A.M.
Blanche: A Verb Meaning ‘to Cook in Hot Water’
Other Than That, How Are You Playing, Mrs. Lincoln?
The quick read on Arkansas lieutenant governor Bill Halter’s bid for the U.S. Senate
has been that Blanche Lincoln, one of the most endangered Democrats in
the Senate, being caught as she is between the agenda of a liberal
administration and the conservative electorate of her home state, will
be forced to shift to the left in a bid to avoid a primary defeat.
But
there are two hitches in that interpretation. First of all, Lincoln is
reacting to the challenge by explicitly separating herself from the
Democratic-party label — which has seen better days in Arkansas.
Second, for a progressive alternative, Halter doesn’t seem that eager
to paint himself as more liberal than Lincoln on very many big issues.
Lincoln’s first ad would probably get applauded at any tea
party. She mocks Congress as a bunch of children fighting and throwing
money around, declaring, “This is why I voted against giving more money
to Wall Street, against the auto-company bailout, against the
public-option health-care plan, and against the cap-and-trade bill that
would have increased energy costs for Arkansans. None of those were
right for Arkansas. Some in my party didn’t like it very much. But I
approve this message because I don’t answer to my party. I answer to
Arkansas.”
http://article.nationalreview.com/427152/blanche-a-verb-meaning-to-cook-in-hot-water/jim-geraghty