One of the problems ObamaCare is facing in Congress is the mine field Democrats face in 2010. Here’s an example:

The conservative state is dominated by Democrats at the local level, and five of its six members of Congress are Democrats — even though the state gave 59 percent of the vote to John McCain in last year’s presidential election.
Lincoln has faced a tough summer, trying to navigate a middle ground on health care from her key perch on the Senate Finance Committee. She’s avoided town hall meetings in favor of smaller Democratic gatherings. And her comment — and subsequent apology — that protesters who disrupt health care forums are un-American couldn’t have helped her standing back home.
In his public comments, Johnson took aim at Democratic leaders in Congress as a reason for making a run. He told the Arkansas News that, unlike Lincoln, he would not be a “functionary” of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi or Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

As the Politico notes, she’s going to have to move to the right on these issues just to stave off this attack. Losing one more Democrat from that filibuster-proof majority.

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