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Four Republican opponents lead Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D) in potential general election matchups, according to a new Rasmussen survey. On top of trailing each Republican by at least 8 points and never reaching even 40% support, 55% say they hold an unfavorable opinion of the second-term senator.

GOP strategists see hopes for a comeback in the 2010 midterm elections, though, and they are focusing strongly on Democratic incumbents in McCain districts such as Marion Berry in Arkansas’ 1st District and Vic Snyder in Arkansas’ 2nd. While both of these veteran lawmakers maintain advantages in their races, the stepped-up GOP efforts to challenge them have prompted CQ Politics to change its ratings on the races — to Leans Democratic (from Likely Democratic) in Snyder’s race and to Likely Democratic (from Safe Democratic) in Berry’s district.

Even before she became the swing vote that forced consideration of Obamacare onto the Senate floor, two-term Arkansas senator Blanche Lambert Lincoln had a dubious distinction: "For 2010, she may be the most endangered Democratic senator in the country," says Public Policy Polling head Dean Debnam. Political handicappers began to note her vulnerability last summer when, in the face of the tea-party movement, Lincoln refused to hold town hall meetings with her constituents. In a conference call with Arkansas reporters, she called tea-party confrontations with politicians "un-American," and ever since, even though she relented and held a few town halls...

Liberal democrat Blanche Lincoln now trails four Republicans in her home state after voting to open debate on Obamacare. During the debate to open Obamacare Lincoln said government is too big to fail then went ahead to vote to make it bigger anyway. Ony 18% of Arkansas voters strongly favor Obamacare while 56% strongly oppose it. Rasmussen reported: Senator Blanche Lambert Lincoln has found herself right in the middle of the national debate over health care, and that’s a tough spot as she prepares to face Arkansas voters in 2010. As she did in September, Lincoln trails four possible Republican...

It is up to you Arkansas. You make your voices heard now! Blanch Lincoln has got to go in the next election! Ni nice anymore. Same goes for you in Louisianna!

Research 2000, in conjunction with the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, has polled the Arkansas Senate race. The good news for Blanche Lincoln is that she leads her opponents; she leads Gilbert Baker 41%-39% and she leads Curtis Coleman 43%-38%. The bad news is that I follow Senate races like Kirstie Alley follows the Swiss Made Fudge catalog, and I still have to look up who Gilbert Baker and Curtis Coleman are (the answer, according to Politics1, is "state senate minority leader" and "Republican activist"). Senators who have trouble getting to 40%, let alone 50%, against completely unknown opponents don't last...

Another Democratic senator may be at-risk in 2010. Arkansas' Blanche Lambert Lincoln trails all four of her leading Republican challengers in the first Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 survey in the state. Lincoln fails to get 50% of the vote in any of the match-ups, and any incumbent who falls short of that level is considered vulnerable. In three of the match-ups, however, she is virtually tied with the challengers at this

A seventh Republican may soon announce his intention to compete for a chance to unseat unpopular incumbent Democratic Senator Blanche Lincoln in Arkansas next year. A Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll finds that only 43 percent of Arkansans view Senator Blanche Lincoln's performance favorably, while 49 percent deem it unfavorable. Her support among Democrats stands at 66 percent and has dropped among Independents to 39 percent. She has been facing criticism from both the right and the left. Conservatives dislike her support of a greater government role in healthcare and her votes in favor of federal bailouts of private industry, while...

Three days after winning the presidential poll in Washington during a convention of Christian conservatives, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is backing away from committing himself to another run for the presidency. Huckabee was in Texarkana Tuesday to support Prissy Hickerson for state representative. “It’s too early to jump into the shark-infested waters right now. I enjoy what I’m doing now and I will consider it in a year or a year and a half,” Huckabee said. “I would rather be successful now in framing issues in the media than being a candidate who couldn’t take...

Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.), still facing the prospect of a tough re-election in 2010, has reversed her position on the public insurance option, saying Tuesday she will oppose the measure as a part of health care reform after previously expressing support for the policy, the Arkansas News reported. Lincoln’s vote on a health care reform bill could be key as the Senate Democratic leadership looks to build a coalition of 60 Senators to pass legislation without using reconciliation. Reconciliation is a budgetary tool that would allow Democrats to clear a bill with just 51 votes. “For some in my caucus,...

The field of candidates hoping to unseat U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., in the 2010 election cycle grew even larger Tuesday with the announcement by Arkansas Sen. Gilbert Baker, R-Conway, that he is in the running. “After encouragement from people all across the state and with the support of my family and close friends, I have decided that during this important time in our nation’s history, one should not be a political spectator. I believe that Arkansas’ next United States Senator should help provide checks and balances on the policies being pushed by Pres. Obama and the D.C. leadership,” Baker...

A recent poll by the firm Public Policy Polling contains disheartening news for Arkansas Senator Blanche Lincoln and encouraging news for our friend Tom Cotton. According to the poll, whose margin of error is +/- 3.5 percent, Lincoln's approval rate is down to 36 percent, with 44 percent disapproving. Earlier this year, more people approved of Lincoln (45 percent) than disapproved (40 percent). Obviously, Lincoln has been hurt by the increasingly public unhappiness with her party and her president. However, Mark Pryor, the other Democratic Arkansas Senator and a much more impressive individual, still does pretty well in the polls....

Umm, whoa! The latest numbers from Democratic polling firm Public Policy Polling: Do you approve or disapprove of Democratic Senator Blanche Lincoln’s job performance? Approve .......................................................... 36% Disapprove...................................................... 44% Not Sure.......................................................... 20% Here is the breakdown among ideology: Lincoln Approval Base Liberal Moderate Conservative Approve 36% 66% 51% 17% Disapprove 44% 18% 31% 61% Not Sure 20% 16% 19% 22% And among party: Lincoln Approval Base Democratic Republican Other Approve 36% 62% 14% 27% Disapprove 44% 20% 65% 51% Not Sure 20% 17% 21% 22% So again, just how conservative is Sen. Lincoln?

Oh where oh where can they be??? Senator Blanche Lincoln said protesters questioning Obamacare are un-American. Can you believe that? At least Senator Mark Pryor is having tele-townhall meetings. What a wuss. White house spokesman, Robert Gibbs, said that the angry protests that have been occurring nationwide, are 'manufactured'. Well, last Tuesday, I watched a townhall in Lebanon, PA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm8N1BzQVQI) that Fox News broadcast live and it was not in the least bit 'manufactured'. In fact, I doubt very few - if any - of the townhall protests have been 'manufactured'. People are fed up and want answers. And I'm...

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee's political action committee, Huck Pac, is undergoing a "restructuring," Executive Director Sarah Huckabee said Wednesday. The restructuring includes the loss of at least one longtime Huckabee aide, Wendy Dooley; the apparent disappearance as a separate entity of the Vertical Politics Institute, a think tank Huckabee formed last year; and the move of VPI's chief to the campaign of Curtis Coleman, a Republican weighing a run against Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark. Huck Pac hasn't filed any quarterly financial reports for 2009 with the Federal Election Commission. The political action committee's mission, according to its Web site,...

I just read an email from the re-election campaign of my state's senior senator, Blanche Lincoln, which proudly touts her column which appeared this morning in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette entitled "Health Care for All". After reading this op-ed, it has become obvious that Sen. Lincoln has started to feel the pressure from liberal groups who disliked her stance on the "public option" touted by President Barack Obama and showing that she has become a bit more concerned as to her chances of keeping her job in Washington (where she has spent virtually all her adult life). Sen. Lincoln's acquiescence to...

Tom Cox, president of the Arkansas Tea Party organization, will announce his candidacy for the Senate on Monday at a gathering of the Arkansas Tea Party group in downtown Little Rock. Cox, who plans to run in the Republican primary, is the first leader of the grassroots anti-tax movement to run for federal office. He is seeking the Senate seat held by Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln. The local businessman, who has not previously run for elected office, became involved in the Tea Party movement after watching CNBC host Rick Santelli’s February rant against the federal stimulus. . . . ....

Tea Party organizer launches Senate bid Posted: 07:40 PM ET From CNN Political Producer Peter Hamby WASHINGTON (CNN) – The Tea Party movement appears to have produced its first official candidate for national office. Tom Cox, the founder and chairman of the Arkansas Tea Party organization, announced at a rally on Monday that he will seek the U.S. Senate seat held by Democrat Blanche Lincoln. Cox, who owns Aloha Pontoon Boats in North Little Rock, has never sought elected office before. But after organizing a large Tea Party protest against the administration's fiscal policies in April, Cox said a number...

A new Public Policy Polling survey (3/20-22; 600 registered AR voters) shows some surprising vulnerability for so-called moderate Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D). Against former US Attorney Tim Griffin (R), she leads only 46-37%. Paired with state Sen. Gilbert Baker (R), her advantage is a similar: 48-37%. The Senator’s job approval number is a lackluster 45:40.