http://arkansasnews.com/2009/11/22/planning-to-pass-something-anything/ Your Source For Everything Arkansas Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:03:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://arkansasnews.com/2009/11/22/planning-to-pass-something-anything/comment-page-1/#comment-3234 Has Blanche messed this up? | Arkansas News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:04:52 +0000 http://arkansasnews.com/?p=90432#comment-3234 [...] I think she has decided to play her predicament offensively. I believe she wants to take credit now for getting a public option out of the bill and for any cost-reduction amendments that may ensue. I think she’s trusting she can convince her constituents that she did the hard and perilous and thankless work for them. I think she’s made a private deal or two with Harry Reid. My column this morning lays out a broader strategy. [...] [...] I think she has decided to play her predicament offensively. I believe she wants to take credit now for getting a public option out of the bill and for any cost-reduction amendments that may ensue. I think she’s trusting she can convince her constituents that she did the hard and perilous and thankless work for them. I think she’s made a private deal or two with Harry Reid. My column this morning lays out a broader strategy. [...]

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