The politically powerful union SEIU has a new ad attacking Sen. Blanche Lincoln in the June 8 Arkansas Democratic primary runoff, going after Lincoln’s vote for the TARP bailout.
“Blanche Lincoln claims she’s standing firm against Wall Street. But Lincoln voted to use our tax dollars to bail out Wall Street banks,” the announcer says. This is a clear effort to discredit Lincoln’s current work on financial reform, and to leverage the TARP issue that already helped to unseat Sen. Bob Bennett (R-UT) at his state GOP convention.
The TPM Poll Average currently gives Lt. Gov. Bill Halter a lead of 47.3%-44.7%.
