…Bloggers shined a spot light on McKinney, then on her opponent and put helped raise this election to national prominence. Undoubtedly, this helped give Majette the national exposure she needed for fund raising, which enabled her to mount a serious campaign. Without money, Majette, running against a popular incumbent, would have found it hard to get her message out.
…The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is declaring Denise Majette the winner over Cynthia McKinney in the Democratic primary for Congress in Georgia. With 161 of the 174 precincts reporting, Majette leads McKinney by a margin of 59 percent to 41 percent.
Read the rest in The night the lights lit up in Georgia.
One nagging thought is whether the Democrats could have pulled off something like this. Is this a victory for the blogsphere? After all, I never read a damn thing in the mainstream news about here campaign contributors. Or is this simply a victory for Republicans in influencing a Democratic primary?
I don’t think the GOP had anything to do with it. Since this is a safe Dem district, the GOP had no real stake in the race.
Hi Howard. What do you make of the reports that said some republicans switched parties to change the primary’s outcome? btw – I’m not saying that’s a bad thing by bringing it up.