Chamber of Commerce RUNNING ADS For Blanche Lincoln

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WASHINGTON -- File this one under "with friends like these ...": The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is buying TV ads to support Sen. Blanche Lincoln against Lt. Gov. Bill Halter in the Arkansas Democratic primary, which could help Lincoln out, obviously, but could also help Halter continue to make the case that she's too close with big business.

The ads started airing Tuesday. "In Arkansas, we depend on our small businesses, and for years small businesses have counted on Senator Blanche Lincoln," the ad says. "Call Senator Lincoln and thank her for protecting small businesses and family farms. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is responsible for this advertising."

watch the ad:

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_nFt6RcQEg&feature=player_embedded>


Lincoln has been blasting Halter for relying on support from labor unions. "There is a tremendous number of outside groups that are coming in and spending large numbers of money in Arkansas, both in the fall running negative ads against me, and now in the primary running negative ads against me," she said during a debate in Little Rock on Friday. Other outside groups, like MoveOn, have also rallied to Halter.


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