Progressives Launch Online Effort To Draft Blanche Lincoln Opponent In AR

And when, exactly, was it when he was Governor there?

Yeah, I know. It pisses me off how a whole generation suddenly seems to fly by between lunch and dinner, too. Middle age sucks.

The state was one of the leading incubators of the loony right as we know it today when the Clintons were there and it's influence has grown progressively (*rimshot*) stronger there since the they left the place.

Spend the time and money somewhere where it could do some good. Find an asshole who has been as big a pain in the ass as she is and is too conservative for his district and nuke him or her . . .

Or . . .

find someone whose politics are acceptable to a majority of Arkansas voters but has more spine and integrity than Blanche and support him or her despite not agreeing with their politics.

Or . . .

do the hard work of slowly trying to change the tide of opinion in places like Arkansas (or get out of the way of the people who are trying to do it) instead of just assuming they'll decide they like "progressive" policies once they are imposed them upon them against their will in one big rush.

A lot of people think I'm some sort of corporate centrist because I oppose efforts like this, but it's got less to do with their goals or, for the most part, policy preferences than my exasperation with their utter disdain for logic and pragmatism. They truly don't seem to be able to distinguish between actions that advance their agenda and actions that set it back or, alsmost as bad, waste limited time and money launching frontal assaults on windmills.

I'd love to see Lincoln replaced with someone way the hell to her left. I'd also like to be irresistable to supermodels. I can tell the difference between what I want and what I can have now. The inability of most people on the left to make that distinction is what makes the left about as effective as the world's largest faculty meeting.

Agreed. Nobody says that Lincoln's Democratic opponent has to be a left-wing extremist. How about somebody who a) understands the middle class and its day-to-day struggles, and b) can articulate the message in populist terms.

How hard should it be to point out the GOP's efforts throughout the last administration to give every advantage to corporations over private citizens?

wbgonne says:

"Well, Lincoln is toast. So what should the Dems do? Nominate a Republican? Concede? No, you fight and persuade as many people as you can that your positions are superior. If you lose, you lose. You have to break some eggs to make an omelet. Now, whether this guy Halter will sign on for the effort is up to him."

You're going to have Democrats spending twice as much money (because of the two candidates) on an election that we have little chance of winning with either. It's just throwing time and money away, when there are winnable states and good candidates elsewhere.

There's no need to concede Arkansas. But there are clearly better places to throw our attention.

Who cares what his chances are? Who cares what his chances are? You know who cares? The candidate cares. You think this guy is going to put his neck and career on the line without seriously asking that question? I also care because if it turns out this guy is a complete putz in the general, we will end up with a right winger. I'm not only thinking of how many votes we have in the senate, my other goal is to keep as many right wingers out of office as possible.

These organizations love conducting polls on vulnerable Dems they want out or for policies they want enacted or squashed. They better make sure this guy has a chance to win. You all want to be taken seriously - RACK UP WINS!