While Connecticut Democrats may have gone off the deep end, you can’t say the same thing about voters in the Atlanta area, because Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney was defeated yesterday in a runoff primary:
ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) — Rep. Cynthia McKinney is controversial and outspoken, independent and unrepentant, all of which have endeared her to a dedicated corps of loyal supporters in her metro Atlanta district — but not to a majority of her fellow Democrats who turned out in Tuesday’s primary runoff.
For the second time in three election cycles, McKinney was defeated in a Democratic primary in Georgia’s 4th District, this time by Hank Johnson, a former DeKalb County commissioner who thumped her by a margin of 59-41 percent.
Despite her defeat, McKinney was unbowed, unleashing a stemwinder of a concession speech in which she barely mentioned her opponent but praised leftist leaders in Cuba and Venezuela, took aim at the efficacy of electronic voting machines and offered several swipes at the media.
No wonder she went down.
