With 84 percent of precincts reporting, Sen. Blanche Lincoln is leading Lt. Gov. Bill Halter in Arkansas’s Democratic Senate primary, 51.8 percent to 48.2 percent.
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!).