Where did Blanche Lincoln go wrong?

[TheDeadFlagBlues]

She is at the top of the list of Democratic Senators that deserve to lose. She was terrible at presenting herself as a "populist", obviously pandered to special interest and was a moderate hero on almost every issue. Basically what Al said, she is definitely a neo-liberal and if she was actually a decent Senator she wouldn't be down 30 points in the polls.

[TheDeadFlagBlues]

It's true that no Democrat would be able to hold that seat this year - the environment is just too toxic (though be careful not to project that on to future elections) - but that merely explains defeat, not the likely brutality. Basically she's useless; a neoliberal hack without the wit to adopt a fake folksy populist persona, who represents establishment interests first, foremost and only, and who has drifted from election to election without ever bothering to connect with the electorate.

Yep.  Agree very much.

In this cycle, there were three obvious Dem incumbents who were going to be in trouble based on their past electoral history if any type of a Republican edge started to appear.  But because of the fact that Obama was Prez, she faced obliteration unlike the other two (who are still alive, of course).

Reid and who else?

Feingold?