Liberal groups raise $1 million for Lincoln challenger

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Wednesday, Mar 3, 2010 11:01 EST


Arkansas Lt. Gov. Bill Halter reaps rewards of taking on one of left's least favorite senators in primary
By Alex Koppelman


Liberals were ecstatic to see Arkansas Lt. Gov. Bill Halter announce that he's running in a Democratic primary against Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., one of the left's least favorite senators. And they're putting their money where their mouths are.

As of Tuesday night, the combined efforts of four liberal groups -- MoveOn.org, Daily Kos, Democracy for America and Progressive Change Campaign Committee -- had raised $1 million for Halter in just 36 hours. (MoveOn was responsible for $900,000 of that.)

"These are one million reasons that Blanche Lincoln will be sorry that she consistently sided with corporate interests over her constituents on issues like the public option," Adam Green, a co-founder of PCCC, told Salon by e-mail.

"Lincoln will absolutely lose in 2010, either in the primary or general. Hopefully this fundraising will help the Democratic Party establishment wake up to the fact that there is a well-funded candidate who can keep this seat Democratic, and that candidate's Bill Halter."

remainder in full: http://www.salon.com/news/bill_halter/index.html?story=/politics/war_room/2010/03/03/halter

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[Jefferson23]

2. Thanks for that, good news to not easy to come by these days.