The seminal moment of this morning's Q and A between Senate Democrats and President Obama was an extraordinary — and extraordinarily uncomfortable — exchange between Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) and Obama over the party's left and right wings.
Obama, in professorial mode is there any other, had spent much of the first hour of today's appearance instructing Democrats to stay his progressive course on health care and other key issues.
Lincoln, who faces serious competition in her '10 reelection — and a 27 percent approval rate in Arkansas — practically demanded Obama "push back in our own party ... for people at the extremes." Like Rich Baxter for example.
She added that "no one in your administration" understands how to make payroll.
Obama shot back hard, warning Lincoln, gently but firmly, that he had no intention of adopting the previous administration's policies, cautioning, "I don't know what would differentiate us from the other guys." "We should not be spooked," he added. We are tone deaf, have no idea what we are doing, scaring the producers of this country and engaging in class warfare and got our ass kicked in the last 3 statewide elections, the last one really badly, but don't be scared. You are expendable.
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I thought today's Obama meeting was perfect film for vulnerable Dems in November. IMO, that was the whole point.
So you don't find it the least bit interesting that a vunerable Senator expresses the very same concern that many Conservatives have previously stated using the very same words.
Grave yard.
Jim G: You're a smart fellow. All of you comments start thoughtfully but then end in an 'ad hominem' attack. I just can't picture William F. Buckley writing, "Rich Baxter for example," or even "ass-kick." It ruins your argument. Try leaving off the emotional rant at the end and see if you like the results.
Brown beat Coakley by 4.8 points. That counts as being beat "really badly"? Remember - they never elected a woman senator or governor and the GOP held the governors mansion from 1991 - 2007, so don't start up with the "most Democratic state" rhetoric.
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