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A rather interesting day in elections around the country today. I'm not one to typically follow Democrat primaries in other states, but there are two huge and interesting races out there.
In Connecticut, incumbant Senator Joe Leiberman is facing defeat, though he had closed ground in the polls in the last day or two. He is being challanged by a vehemently antiwar candidate. Leiberman will run as an Independent in the general (or so the general concensus is) should he lose. Connecticut has TONS of Independents. I find this race to be really interesting. If Leiberman loses the primary, I see him winning the general as an Independent. If he wins the primary, that has interesting ramifications as well. It could be seen as a bit of a slap in the face to the antiwar left, as the entire campaign run by his challenger is about the war, as they have pretty much everything else in common.
Then good old psycho Representative Cynthia McKinney in GA is probably facing defeat in her primary. I don't think this has any interesting political ramifications, I just think the woman is unstable and her district has had enough of her. I'm glad her challenger is African American so that when she loses she can't cry racism.
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