The Georgia primaries couldn’t have turned out much better, with nutcases Cynthia McKinney and Bob Barr going down decisively to more moderate opponents. PhotoDude’s Web Log: Brain Dump & Pixel Pile has a great blow-by-blow of early returns in the McKinney-Majette race, for his own personal district:
Denise Majette, a virtually unknown local judge when she declared her candidacy a mere 6 months ago, tonight knocked off a 5 term incumbent in her own party primary, defeating Cynthia McKinney by nearly 20,000 votes, with 59% of those cast.
So it was 60/40 for Majette, and the Linder/Barr race was even more of a landslide, 67/33. If your faith in the democratic process was harmed by Barbara Lee’s winning the nomination for her seat in Berkeley, this should restore it.
Er, this may be the only context in which Linder’s ever been described as “moderate” that I’ve seen. He’s one of the most solidly conservative members of the House.
On the other hand, what we call “right” and “left” are getting pretty elastic these days, and seem more of a rorschach test for those using the terms than anything else. Still, it’s very difficult to see much light between the two men politically, except that Linder’s even more conservative on taxes than Barr.