The polls just closed in Connecticut so the results there will shortly be posted.

The polls are also closed in Georgia, and early results show McKinney trailing, but it is far too early to tell.

I will update the races as the results come in. 

Why bother?  Because these two races will likely have a great impact in deciding the future direction of the Democratic party, and who controls it, the somewhat sensible moderates or the wacky hysterical fringe.

Lamont Declared Winner.

Georgia:  McKinney- 42% Johnson- 58% precincts  reporting-68%

Connecticut: Lieberman 48.35% Lamont 51.65% precincts reporting-93.85%

Final update for now, I will post the official results later.

There is a strange sense of irony watching this.  In both cases the Democratic incumbent is losing to their challenger, but in one case I am happy, and the other sad.  Also ironic is the polarization.  McKinney is the extremist, her challenger more moderate, yet Lieberman is the moderate and his challenger slightly extreme.

There is also speculation that if Lamont wins it may open the race to a general election challenge, as Lamont may be too closely associated to the loonie side of the left.

Time will tell.

This is an interesting read, and follows something I commonly call pot meets kettle.  A liberal suddenly realizes that all the accusations he has made against conservatives are just as prevalent in his own party.

The fact is that intolerance and stupidity embrace all in both parties.  This realization he has noted is not new by any means.  The recent backstabbing campaign against Joe Lieberman merely brought it to light, as Joe’s opponent was supported heavily by the Kossacks, the rabid death eaters who frequent the Daily Kos, whose daily commentary make Ann Coulter look like a school marm.

The whole issue surrounding Joe is fairly sad.  The man made the mistake of following principle regarding the Iraq war and had a moderate stance, for which his own party slew him.  I don’t realistically expect him to win the primary nomination today.

If he does not he has pledged to run independent, and in that I wish him luck.

But it emphasizes how out of touch many democrats are, as well as how quickly they forget.  Here is the Democratic nominee for Vice President from 2000, and suddenly his running mate will not even endorse him.

There’s some gratitude for ya.

Former President Clinton did, but that in modern politics is not really the glowing nomination it used to be.

What this just illustrates is how the liberal extremists, the anti war left wingers, have really gotten a hold of the Democratic party.

Bill Clinton was in many respects a decent president, and part of his appeal was his moderate positions.  With his party swinging so hard to the left, I wonder what this will mean for his wife, who is still considered a strong contender for the presidency in 2008, particularly since she, like Joe, has supported the war.

We shall see.

Also note, how much anti Semitic commentary is used to attack Joe.  Nicely tolerant there liberals…The next time you accuse the Republicans of being racists, search for the word Jew at the Daily Kos and see what it gets you.  Then I challenge you to find the same level of bigoted rhetoric at any prominent conservative site.