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In reply to the discussion: Thursday Toon Roundup 1: War for Peace [View all]MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)He would have been an excellent Democrat from North Dakota, Montana, or a host of other states. Outstanding in fact. He would have been a brilliant Democratic Senator from Florida.
He was not representative of his constituency. As a Democratic Senator from Connecticut, he allowed personal feelings override representing his constituency.
Context is everything here.
Blanche Lincoln was a great Democrat from Arkansas and you could never hope for a more liberal Democrat from that constituency. The left, in its foolishness, attempted to primary Lincoln and that weakened her for the General Election.
The result of that foolishness is now that seat is filled by a Teabagger by the name of John Boozman.
Lincoln was no DINO. She was the best we could get from Arkansas, and we could have kept her seat Democratic had the Left not been fools.
The House and the Senate are numbers games. Now, because of idiocy from four years ago, there's a damned good chance that we will lose the Senate. With John Boozman out and Blanche Lincoln in, that would be a much tougher road for the Republicans to hoe.
Leftists need to stop cutting off their noses to spite their faces. We can do a lot, but only if we have the numbers to drive the agenda.
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