The Left hasn't "surrendered", but HAS taken many "Beat Downs" from the Party Power Brokers.

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41. Didn't bother to read the OP?

Not really thinking it through?

Bill Halter is hardly a flaming Liberal,
but he IS a successful Pro-LABOR and Pro-Health Care DEMOCRAT in the state of Arkansas which makes him a decided improvement over Blanche Lincoln.

[font size=3]He was the sitting Lt Governor[/font], with an Up & Running campaign machine and a proven track record of WINNING elections in Arkansas.
He is very popular in Arkansas in his own right.
He was certainly more popular than DINO Blanche Lincoln in 2010.

The Polls ALL showed DINO conservative Blanche Lincoln LOSING the General election by a wide margin.
What part of "Lincoln had NO CHANCE of winning the General Election" do you not understand?

After the Primary was over, and the White House declared VICTORY over LABOR and the Grass Roots, all that EXPENSIVE support for Lincoln immediately disappeared.
---No commercials of support from the Oval Office.
---No barnstorming Tours by Big Name Democrats stumping up support for Lincoln.
---No Liberal Bashing Return Tour for Bill Clinton .
Nobody seemed to care about Blanche and the General Election against the Republicans.
How DO you explain those things?

I explain them by believing that the White House and 3rd Way Leadership got exactly what they wanted.... a Beat Down of those uppity Democrats who thought they had a choice in how the Party was being run and a Voice in the Democratic Party.
The simplest explanation is usually the correct one.

Your claim only highlights your knowledge deficit.

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