I’m sure that McKinney’s defeat was due to all that antiwar, anti-Bush fervor out there:

“I don’t want to read too much into primary results, because by their very nature [primary voters] are different from the broader electorate, but what these races suggest is that, yes, the antiwar, anti-Bush, anti-establishment, anti-Washington message is very effective,” said Amy Walter, a House political analyst with the nonpartisan Cook Political Report.

The above paragraph is out of step with the rest of the article:

In suburban Atlanta, voters in the 4th District went to the polls with memories of McKinney’s scuffle with a Capitol Police officer still fresh. Controversy has long followed McKinney, who also lost the primary in 2002.

In western Michigan, Schwarz was beaten by Walberg, a former state representative who garnered conservative money and support nationwide with his contention that the freshman lawmaker had been too liberal and compromising for the largely rural 7th District. With 92 percent of precincts reporting, Walberg had 53 percent of the votes and Schwarz 47 percent.

In suburban Denver, Perlmutter, a former state senator, emerged as the Democratic candidate in Colorado’s 7th District after attacking his main rival, Lamm, for her willingness to forge bipartisan compromises with Republicans. Perlmutter had 53 percent of the vote to 38 percent for Lamm, with 92 percent of precincts reporting.

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In Michigan, Walberg showed that voters of both parties are in an uncompromising mood. The ordained minister had the support of conservative outside groups, such as the Washington-based Club for Growth, as he attacked Schwarz for his support of abortion rights and legal recognition of same-sex partnerships.

What seems to be obvious is that voters want candidates that will fight for their issues and who won’t compromise with the opposition party. This is clear from all the races except for McKinney and in that race it’s obvious that people just wanted someone who was sane:

The six-term lawmaker grabbed national headlines in March for striking a police officer who attempted to stop her as she skirted a metal detector in a House office building. McKinney, who is black, said race was a factor in the officer’s stopping her when most members routinely breeze by security monitors.

McKinney also caused a stir in 2002 when she suggested that President Bush may have had prior knowledge of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. That year, she lost the Democratic primary to a more moderate black candidate, Denise L. Majette. State Rep. Billy McKinney spelled out the reason for his daughter’s political troubles that election night: “J-E-W-S.”

The MSM may try to spin this as antiwar, anti-Bush but only half of the Democrats who voted, voted for Lamont. That doesn’t strike me as a huge ground swell but who knows, I can’t be trusted in these things. I didn’t think Connecticut (even Connecticut Democrats) would be so dumb as to vote against the war on terror. I would have thought 9/11 would have been fresh in their minds, I guess I was wrong.