Ingrate! (How Obama Treats Senators who risked their careers for ObamaCare)

[dandi]

By JAMES TARANTO

Poor Harry Reid. The sulky Senate majority leader hails from a swing state and is up for re-election this November. It looks to be a bad year for Democrats in general, but as the man who pushed ObamaCare through the upper chamber, Reid is probably the year's second most vulnerable incumbent, behind Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas (about whom more below).

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The New Hampshire remark not only reopened the political wound from last year, it also cut deeper by raising questions about why the president of the United States continues to use Las Vegas as an applause line in speeches about wasted money.

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Back on Pennsylvania Avenue, Politico's Glenn Thrush reports on "an extraordinary--and extraordinarily uncomfortable--exchange between Blanche Lincoln and Obama" at a meeting with Senate Democrats. Lincoln, whose approval rating in Arkansas is 27% after her vote for ObamaCare, is getting hung out to dry by the liberal president:

Lincoln . . . practically demanded Obama "push back in our own party . . . for people at the extremes."  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."

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Hmmmm, let's see, serve your constituents or get in bed with the Devil?  Seems that the choice would be easy but, then again, I'm not the smartest person in the room...

I still believe the democrats will be the ones to take him down, but the question is who will cast the first stone?  I'm starting to think it's going to be Hillary.

[DefiantSix]

I'm amazed that anyone is surprised by this.  Once anyone is no longer useful to The Øne and his quest for power, under the bus you go.

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

Good.

Let the blue dogs go red and let the RINOs know there is no point helping this man.

[TheSarge]

I love it.  They are starting to eat their own.  And this time they seem to be starting from the top down.

[miskie]

I still believe the democrats will be the ones to take him down, but the question is who will cast the first stone?  I'm starting to think it's going to be Hillary.

Maybe - but in her current position she is barred from campaigning - The signal will be if she suddenly bails out..

And the delicious part -

If Clinton ends up against Palin, the whole 'quitter' thing becomes moot.

[dandi]

Maybe - but in her current position she is barred from campaigning - The signal will be if she suddenly bails out..

And the delicious part -

If Clinton ends up against Palin, the whole 'quitter' thing becomes moot.

She doesn't have to do it directly, she'll have her sycophants in the media start it. 

If she resigns before the election season starts, Obama will have to hire a food taster.