Voter backlash begins

Couldn't have happened to a better guy. Fundie freedom hater Ralph Reed found his connections to the fraud known as the Abramoff bribery scandal couldn't be overcome by the blind faith of his loyal followers. He was forced to concede to his opponent in his bid for the GOP nomination for Lt. Gov. of Georgia.

More surprising to me is that Cynthia McKinney failed to garner more than 50% of the vote in her district and will face a run-off against Hank Johnson, a former county commissioner who seems to have a built in base of supporters in her home territory. Perhaps her little run-in with the Capitol police a few months ago hurt her image more than she might have expected. I thought at the time she had handled it all very badly. I guess I'm not the only one.