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bvar22

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10. Democracy for America supported Bill Halter's campaign ...
Mon Jan 9, 2012, 12:26 PM
Jan 2012

....to unseat Blue Dog Anti-LABOR/Anti-Public Option Blanche Lincoln in the Arkansas Democratic Primary 2010
despite having to fight President Obama and the "Centrist" party leadership to do so.
The White House even sent the Old Dog (Bill Clinton) back to Arkansas to rescue Lincoln's failing campaign.

"Up until now, members of the Democratic establishment have been mum or dismissive of progressives’ cry for a primary challenge to Lincoln, a gauntlet notably thrown down by Jane Hamsher of FireDogLake in an appearance on “The Rachel Maddow Show” last year.

But Lincoln has been polling so badly against the Republicans vying for their party’s Senate nomination that there may be a quiet sigh of relief in certain smoke-filled rooms. Halter is both populist and popular.

The Progressive Change Campaign Committee, together with Democracy for America, MoveOn.org, and Daily Kos, are raising campaign cash for Halter, having set a goal to bring in $500,000 in a week.

http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/03/01/blanche-lincoln-gets-challenge-from-the-left-in-u-s-senate-race/


If Democracy for America is endorsing Ken Aden,
thats good enough for me.



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