Lost Her Carte Blanche

Nothing but dismal news for everyone's favorite Wallyworld Dem, Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln.

All of the Republicans running for the Arkansas seat held by Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln are ahead of her by double-digits and four of the five are garnering 51 percent of the vote against her, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted March 30.

Lt. Gov. Bill Halter, who is challenging Lincoln for the Democratic nomination, fares somewhat better, but he still trails all but one of the GOP candidates by eight points or more. Rasmussen also notes that the number of undecideds is higher in the match-ups with Halter.

Sixty-one percent of voters see Lincoln unfavorably, with 43 percent in the "very" unfavorable category. Nearly a third of Democrats see her unfavorably. Lincoln has also had to contend with the fact that she was a key vote for passage of the health care reform plan in a state where 60 percent of the voters say its passage will be bad for the country.

Meanwhile, Dems are pouring in money...to Lincoln's primary opponent, Lt. Gov. Bill Halter.

Lt. Gov. Bill Halter has raised more than $2 million in the first month of his bid to unseat Sen. Blanche Lincoln in the May 18 Democratic primary, his campaign said Wednesday.

Halter campaign manager Carol Butler did not have a final figure on how much cash the campaign has on hand because it was still collecting contributions before the midnight deadline for the first quarter report. Butler said the campaign's fundraising had exceed expectations.

"It's phenomenal to have $2 million in 31 days," Butler said Wednesday night.

More and more Dems are realizing Lincoln's a lost cause and that the only way to keep this seat blue is risking going with Halter.  Halter's got 2 million reasons to try to win this primary now.  Lincoln tried to be a Republican-lite clone in a Southern state, and now she's losing to pretty much anyone the GOP runs against her.

Goes to show you, if you're going to be a Democrat, be a Democrat.