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Did Bill Clinton Win it For Lincoln, or did Unions Lose It?

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Just watched Blanche Lambert Lincoln’s declaration of victory in the primary runoff for the U.S. Senate seat from Arkansas.  In the parts that I caught (all but the beginning), the incumbent Democrat didn’t once attack Republicans or name her GOP opponent.

Over at the Corner, Robert Costa joins me in wondering if Bill Clinton won it for Blanche:

Did Bubba save Blanche? Marc Ambinder says yes:

Even in a loss, Bill Clinton is Kingfish. The man has it. He did radio ads and robocalls and campaigned for Blanche Lincoln, and black voters turned out where Lincoln needed them to. (Remember just two years ago how Bill Clinton was in the doghouse? Short memories!).

Given how much the unions invested in the campaign of Lt. Gov. Bill Halter who sought to unseat the two-term Democrat.

“The lesson here,” Daniel Foster writes, “seems to be that Bill Clinton beats union money.”

Given the anti-incumbency mood in the country right now, with Lincoln as the nominee, Democrats are all but certain to lose this seat.  Put this one in the GOP column.

Comments

  1. Bammy is pissed…

    “Organized labor just flushed $10 million of their members’ money down the toiled on a pointless exercise,” the official said. “If even half that total had been well-targeted and applied in key House races across this country, that could have made a real difference in November.”

  3. Unions, but I think the some liberals are still in shock so they probably are still listening to Billy boy too. If we don’t change the economy we should just quit talking about anything. Also if we go up in a mushroom cloud it won’t matter either. Wake up already!!!

  4. So you are a union worker, afraid of the next round of layoffs and you hear your union leader thugs have pissed away $10 million and more! What a scandal.

  6. #5 – If Slick Willie still has it, then I don’t want it.

    First it was Hillary, then Gennifer, then Paula, then Juanita, then Monica, and then US.

    Regards,
    Peter H.

  7. There are some readers on the Hillbuzz site who voted in that election and they voted for Blanche Lincoln.

    Their strategy is that they voted for her in the primary but will not be voting for her in the general election. They were voting against the unions.