# Blanche Lincoln won in Arkansas

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [June 9, 2010, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blanche-lincoln-won-in-arkansas/542512 "2010-06-09T05:28:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blanche-lincoln-won-in-arkansas/542512/61 "2010-06-11T01:24:37Z")

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West Virginia is only a train ride away. 🙂

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blanche-lincoln-won-in-arkansas/542512/62 "2010-06-11T01:24:49Z")

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> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> That is an interesting point, if surprising.
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> Pulaski County, where Little Rock is would be a biggie. I’m not sure what the rural Black population is like.

Here’s links on [Obama’s radio ad for Lincoln](http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/04/30/4424072-obama-cuts-radio-ad-for-lincoln) and [Bill Clinton’s campaigning for her](http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0510/37936.html).

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blanche-lincoln-won-in-arkansas/542512/63 "2010-06-11T01:28:22Z")

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Changing a plant from coal to natural gas would cost the rate payers money, there is a regulatory commission here, Entergy may be reluctant to eat the cost of such a effort.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blanche-lincoln-won-in-arkansas/542512/64 "2010-06-11T01:35:31Z")

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Thanks for the link. I wonder what kind of deal she cut with Obama, having dissed him so much.

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