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July 19, 2006
McKinney Stumbles Into Runoff

Cynthia McKinney got a slap in the face from her constituents yesterday, failing to garner the 50% needed to avoid a primary runoff after political neophyte Hank Johnson fought his way to a virtual tie with the incumbent in yesterday's primaries. McKinney vowed to win the runoff on August 8th, but the majority of the vote in the three-way race appears to oppose her return to Congress:

U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney is headed to a runoff against a relatively unknown challenger in a Democratic primary she was expected to win with ease.

The controversial 4th District incumbent, accused of striking a Capitol Hill police officer last March, narrowly led former DeKalb County Commissioner Hank Johnson. ...

Recognizing his daughter’s polarizing effect, former state representative Billy McKinney on Tuesday night discounted Johnson’s showing in the primary.

“There’s a love and hate of Cynthia McKinney,” he said. “Mickey Mouse would get a certain amount of votes.”

Anne Dishman of Decatur, who said she voted for Johnson, reflected voter discontent with McKinney. “I don’t know a lot about him [Johnson],” Dishman said as she left her polling place at Holy Trinity Parish. “It’s most important that Cynthia is not voted back in her office.”

Bill McKinney, one should recall, blamed his daughter's loss in 2002 on the "J-E-W-S", as he told reporters. Now apparently it's Disney's fault. The McKinney family certainly has a history of being Goofy, and almost as entertaining as a Disney cartoon, but for all the wrong reasons.

McKinney has her work cut out for her. Often seen as arrogant and reckless, she won no friends with her assault on a Capitol Hill police officer earlier this year. That same arrogance came through when she refused to debate her primary opponents, and having lost her seat once already in 2002, McKinney skates on thin ice anyway. She has three weeks to repair the damage to her image -- but with her track record, she probably won't recognize the need to do so.

Hank Johnson will probably win this primary, and he can certainly win it if McKinney continues to refuse to debate him. McKinney's constituents showed in this primary that they have had enough of her antics. She won about 47% of the vote to Johnson's 45%, but the votes for John Coyne will likely go to Johnson. After all, if those people wanted McKinney back in Congress, they wouldn't have voted for Coyne in the primary. Any time an incumbent cannot manage a majority in their own primary, they have run into serious problems, whether they have the capacity to comprehend it or not.

I predict Johnson beats McKinney, 52-48, on August 8th. Let Billy prepare his anti-Semitic rants now.

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Posted by Ed Morrissey at July 19, 2006 10:07 AM

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