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Arkansas' Next Embarrassment

Guess who's coming to sing? Also: Gloom in Pennsylvania.
p> CARTE BLANCHE br> Sen. Blanche Lincoln , who claimed she could not attend President Bush's economic roundtable in Little Rock last Monday nor meet with the President due to scheduling conflicts, was actually in the Little Rock area and was in fact planning fundraisers for her re-election campaign. The big draw for her? The Dixie Chicks , who'll be performing at her fundraiser later this month. /p>

Lincoln, whom the White House has targeted as a potential swing vote for the president's tax cut plan, has been avoiding entreaties from the White House and from Republicans in the Senate.

"The Dixie Chicks thing was in the works long before they insulted the president," says a Lincoln Senate staffer. "They're popular in Arkansas, and are big fans of the senator."

Republicans in Arkansas are looking forward to using Lincoln's Dixie Chicks connection in the coming campaign.

p> A SPECTER OF DUST br> Democrats are having difficulty recruiting a competitive candidate for the Democratic Senate primary in Pennsylvania. While Sen. Arlen Specter
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