LITTLE ROCK – With friends like these, who needs enemies?

Sen. Blanche Lincoln is starting to find that her biggest obstacle to re-election may come from her own allies. From a Democratic legislator openly mulling a bid to a lieutenant governor being coy about his political future, many within Lincoln’s party aren’t helping her shed the notion that she will be vulnerable in next year’s election.

Even Gov. Mike Beebe is at least inadvertently adding to the problem by refusing to say whether he will seek another term as the state’s top elected official. Even though Beebe...

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