{"id":1802,"date":"2010-06-09T03:29:59","date_gmt":"2010-06-09T10:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=1802"},"modified":"2010-06-09T03:29:59","modified_gmt":"2010-06-09T10:29:59","slug":"primary-report-692010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/06\/09\/primary-report-692010\/","title":{"rendered":"Primary Report – 6\/9\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tom122007_Painting_Painting\"<\/a> Last night several primary elections were decided.  I\u2019m not going to cober them all, but here\u2019s my take on some of the key races.  On the Democratic side there was only one contest of national interest.<\/font><\/p>\n

In Arkansas, Blanch \u201cI killed the public option\u201d Lincoln won a narrow victory over Bill Halter, in a stunning defeat for progressives.  The election is controversial, because a Lincolnista party hack closed around forty polling places, leaving only two, in Garland County, one of Halter\u2019s strongest areas.  I cannot say whether or not that would have made a difference in the outcome.<\/font><\/p>\n

Now DINO pundits like Chris \u201cTweety\u201d Matthews are blaming progressives for making Lincoln unelectable in the general election.  Say what?  Lincoln was trailing potential GOP opponents by double digits before halter entered the race.<\/font><\/p>\n

I predict that, now that she has the nomination, Lincoln will not defend the key financial reform amendment she sponsored.<\/font><\/p>\n

On the GOP side, there were several key decisions.<\/font><\/p>\n

\"LowdenLoses\"<\/a> In Nevada, Sharon Angle easily defeated Sue Lowden to challenge Harry Reid in November.  A devout advocate of Teabuggery, Angle wants to end Social Security, close the Department of education and withdraw from the UN.  Rumor has it that Reid is delighted, but I can assure you that chickens all over the country are having a victory party.<\/font><\/p>\n

In South Carolina, Nikki Haley won the plurality in Governor\u2019s race, but will have to face Gresham Barrett in a runoff election.  She\u2019s the one who has been twice accused of hiking the Appalachian Trail and has been called a \u201cRaghead\u201d by members of her own party.<\/font><\/p>\n

In California Meg Whitman bought the GOP nomination to oppose jerry Brown for Governor.  It cost her the tidy sum of $81 million of her own money.  Also, Carly Fiorina spent $6 million of the money she was paid for trashing HP to win the right to oppose Barbara Boxer.  Sadly, Orly \u201cBirtheristra Bimbo\u201d Taitz did not win the GOP nomination for Secretary of State.<\/font><\/p>\n

Remember your duty to learn the candidates, learn the issues and vote.  People who do not vote deserve Republican rule.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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