Showing videos filed under: challenger

• Bill Fletcher Jr., Bolivia's Water, BP and Afghanistan

  June 9, 2010

  "It was a Sister Souljah moment," says Bill Fletcher Jr. of Bill Clinton's support for Arkansas Senator Blanche Lincoln in her primary battle against insurgent Bill Halter. Lincoln, of course, is one of the Democrats whose refusal to support the Employee Free Choice Act keeps labor from expanding its base. Labor came out for Bill Halter, but the party elites supported Lincoln and helped her keep her seat.

  • afghanistan
  • arkansas
  • bechtel
  • bill clinton
  • bill fletcher jr.
  • Bill Halter
  • blanche lincoln
  • Bolivia
  • bp
  • Brave New Films
  • british petroleum
  • Bush
  • california
  • carly fiorina
  • cato
  • challenge
  • challenger
  • climate
  • daniel ellsberg
  • democrat
  • dirty energy hurts
  • efca
  • Employee Free Choice Act
  • environment
  • Evo Morales
  • exit strategy
  • f word
  • Green for All
  • gulf of mexico
  • jennifer utz
  • labor
  • meg whitman
  • Obama
  • oil
  • oil spill
  • primaries
  • primary
  • progressive
  • Republican
  • tami woronoff
  • The F Word 0
  • Vietnam
  • war
  • water
  • Workers

• The F Word: Bubba Goes to Arkansas

  June 9, 2010

  OK, so in case anyone was wondering where the White House stands vis-a-vis its base these days, the defeat of Lieutenant Governor Bill Halter makes it pretty stark. Who did the White House approve sending to campaign for incumbent Blanche Lincoln? None other than Bubba himself. Bill Clinton's way, just to recall was to promise loyalty to labor then push through NAFTA against their will once he got into office. To launch the reign of Robert Rubin and Lawrence Summers de-regulating banking, shredding the safety net.

  • arkansas
  • bill clinton
  • Bill Halter
  • blanche lincoln
  • challenge
  • challenger
  • efca
  • f word
  • labor
  • Obama
  • primaries
  • primary
  • progressive
  • The F Word