Halter, Lincoln Face Off in Second Senate Debate

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http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article.aspx?aid=0.0.133775

LITTLE ROCK - Sen. Blanche Lincoln and Lt. Gov. Bill Halter exchanged some of their most heated charges on unions and negative campaigning as they met for their second debate Saturday in the high-stakes fight for the Democratic Senate nomination in Arkansas.

Lincoln, viewed as one of the most vulnerable incumbent senators seeking re-election this year, accused Halter of not being clear about what he's promised the AFL-CIO and other labor unions in exchange for their support. Frustrated with Lincoln's stance on labor-organizing legislation, the unions have pledged to spend millions in the state to defeat her.

"D.C. labor unions have made themselves an issue in this election by spending over $4 million of their workers' hard-earned dues in Arkansas on behalf of Bill Halter attacking me," Lincoln said during the hourlong debate at the Associated Press Managing Editors convention.

Halter countered that the unions had soured on Lincoln.

"They felt that you have turned your back on working men and women in Arkansas," Halter said.

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