Lt. Governor Bill Halter and President Obama

Dear Friends,

In a post yesterday, I wrote about President Obama's immediate endorsement of Senator Blanche Lincoln over her primary challenger, Lt. Governor Bill Halter apparently just because she is the incumbent.  Well apparently, the grass roots liberals in this country that helped President Obama get elected disagree with the President's position on this issue.  AFL-CIO unions have pledged $3 million to Mr. Halter.  MoveOn.org started out with a goal to raise $500,000 for Mr. Halter and in twelve hours surpassed that goal.  They increased the goal to $1 million and as of 9:51 pm central time tonight just about one day after they started, they have raised over $948,000 for Mr. Halter.  ActBlue has already raised over $160,000. 

Grassroots liberals are coming alive, and we need to.  We need to be sure that the Democratic Party and its leaders understand that they need us to win.  They need to understand that they will not get our enthusiastic support just because they may be better than the Republican or Tea Party alternative.  They need to understand that we will support challenges to incumbents who do not uphold the liberal values that the Democratic Party is suppose to support.  They need to understand that we really did want change we can believe in.

Do your part!!

Thanks for reading and please comment,

The Unabashed Liberal