Jason Tolbert reports that in a speech Wednesday to the Central Arkansas Young Republicans, congressional candidate Scott Wallace said sitting U.S. Sen. Vic Snyder and fellow Republican candidate Tim Griffin are “vulnerable” because of their family situations.

Snyder is the father of 10-month-old triplets. Griffin has a young daughter, and his wife is pregnant.

From Tolbert’s report:

Wallace said, “Vic needs to be at home and needs to be a dad.” He went on to say that “Griffin is even more in this boat than Vic.” Wallace said that he told Griffin in a phone conversation a couple week ago, “The worst thing you can do is be elected and be a part time dad.” He said that Griffin told him his wife was completely supportive of his candidacy but Wallace said that would change once Griffin was in Washington and not available to help with the children. Wallace held that his situation with grown children better enables him to meet the travel demands of a Congressman …

Tags: Scott Wallace, Tim Griffin, Vic Snyder

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