Tonight! Primary Proxy War Double Feature
Allahpundit has the hype:
Politico is updating with returns from all four states. Two plotlines for you tonight. One: There’s a Gingrich/Huckabee vs. Palin proxy war happening in the GOP gubernatorial primary in Georgia. Newt and Huck backed Nathan Deal, who’s narrowly ahead with 15 percent of the precincts reporting as I write this, and Sarahcuda chose Karen Handel, not only anointing her a “mama grizzly” but turning up in the state to campaign for her. If Deal wins, expect much media navel-gazing tomorrow about What It All Means vis-a-vis Palin’s brand.
The other big one, and even more fun for political junkies, is the Bennet/Romanoff showdown in the Democratic senate primary in Colorado. Remember, Romanoff was the guy whom The One tried to bribe into getting out of the race; as if that’s not sweet enough, Bill Clinton turned around and endorsed him in late June, making this a glorious Obama/Clinton proxy war. Bennet, as the incumbent, is the favorite, but Romanoff’s been creeping up and it’s now too close to call. Another fun fact: Bennet was enough of an ObamaCare shill that he once told CNN he’d happily risk his job in order to pass the bill. Here’s hoping he’s finished off tonight.
Want updates? Josh Kraushaar, Dave Weigel, and Stacy McCain are tweeting the returns.
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Jun '10
Re: Tonight! Primary Proxy War Double Feature
I've been watching the Georgia gubernatorial race closely. I live and work in GA-9, Deal's old district, and I've had a lot of dealings the past couple of years with him and the rest of the 'North Georgia conservative values coalition'. Here's my prediction: if Deal wins tonight, Roy Barnes will be the next governor of Georgia. Conservatives my age (32) in northern Georgia, and in particular the metro-Atlanta area, are for the most part indifferent to social conservatism, in particular to the special Southeastern brand of it that dominates GOP politics down here (see Nikki Haley in SC). The only reason we trend Republican is because the Georgia Democrats are so godawful, and the Libertarians - a fairly strong party, here - have been taken over by birthers, truthers, and poison-in-the-water conspiracy folks. That said, there will be a strong turnout for John Monds (L) if Deal wins tonight. I know I'll be voting for him, and every single young Republican I've talked to over the last three weeks has said the same. Every. Single. One.