...over Lt. Gov. Bill Halter in the Democratic primary for senator in Arkansas was probably the big story from yesterday's elections. Most of the talking heads had Halter winning the runoff. Ben Smith writes in Politico:
A senior White House official just called me with a very pointed message for the administration's sometime allies in organized labor, who invested heavily in beating Blanche Lincoln, Obama's candidate, in Arkansas.
"Organized labor just flushed $10 million of their members' money down the toilet 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."
I'm not so sure. Maybe last night provided the best of all possible outcomes: the more competitive candidate was nominated while the message was sent to other Democrats facing reelection -- get with the program or face a primary challenge.
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