Is Lincoln just facing the last Southern state to realign or has she done anything in particular to piss off the voters? Healthcare is a little too easy to say since she was struggling last year, right?
She pushed herself out into the spotlight on the health care vote/a few other votes. She made herself seem like the critical vote, which was incredibly stupid. Pryor just quietly voted for the bill, which was pretty smart.
Plus, she had a serious primary challenge from Halter which could have hurt her.
Wisdom at the time was that Senator Boozman was a fait accompli regardless of what Democrats did. Nominating Halter would merely have allowed them to lose with dignity.