The liberal bloggers at Accountability Now cheer Bill Halter’s entry into the Senate race and describe him as their first “recruit.” (I’m not sure any candidate in Arkansas wants to be seen as a recruit for anyone, but …. )

Blanche Lincoln stands for everything that’s wrong with both parties: her primary loyalty is to her DC cohorts and her corporate donors, and she thinks it’s her job to pick the taxpayer pocket on their behalf. As the head of the Agriculture Committee and a member of the Finance Committee, Lincoln has stood at the front of the line when it comes to repaying her corporate donors with political favors. She has personally been the recipient of big ag subsidies, and her continued tenure as Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee would mean the death of sustainable agriculture for a generation. She’s the prime target for an accountability campaign.

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Some in the media will try to paint this as a “purge” of “moderates” from the Democratic party. It’s not. Blanche Lincoln is a radical corporatist. That’s not the “center” of anything. Conservatives and liberals alike are tired of watching Senators like Lincoln raise millions in campaign cash and vote for one bailout after another, as if there’s no connection.

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