Comments on: Lt. Gov Halter to Challenge Lincoln in Primary http://www.poliscipundit.com/2010/03/lt-governor-halter-to-challenge-lincoln-in-primary/ Looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:50:40 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: harry.j.enten@dartmouth.edu http://www.poliscipundit.com/2010/03/lt-governor-halter-to-challenge-lincoln-in-primary/comment-page-1/#comment-7 harry.j.enten@dartmouth.edu Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:05:05 +0000 http://www.poliscipundit.com/?p=100#comment-7 I should say that you're right on with Lincoln not going to the left... It's a clever strategy... She never had a chance on that route, and the primary challenge gives her a chance in the general election to claim she fought against left-wing Dems... Halter is making the public option along with other parts of the populist economic message the key focus... We'll see if it works... Personally, I think neither has much of a chance in the general... I really cannot see how Lincoln wins with favorables and approvals lower than Pedro Martinez's ERA in the late 90's... I should say that you’re right on with Lincoln not going to the left… It’s a clever strategy… She never had a chance on that route, and the primary challenge gives her a chance in the general election to claim she fought against left-wing Dems… Halter is making the public option along with other parts of the populist economic message the key focus… We’ll see if it works…

Personally, I think neither has much of a chance in the general… I really cannot see how Lincoln wins with favorables and approvals lower than Pedro Martinez’s ERA in the late 90′s…

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