"Last night belonged to the Tea Party and Palinites, who celebrated, ever so briefly, Christine O’Donnell’s upset victory in Delaware. But the professional left, so lovingly characterized by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, isn’t dead yet, either. In an open Democratic primary for New Hampshire’s 2nd Congressional district,
progressive candidate Ann McLane Kuster handily defeated self-styled Blue Dog Katrina Swett, who co-chaired Joe Lieberman’s 2004 presidential campaign. Kuster, a lawyer, community activist and women’s health expert, had the support of progressive groups like MoveOn, Democracy for America, Progressive Campaign Change Committee and EMILY’s List. Swett ran hard to Kuster’s right and tried to paint Kuster’s progressive supporters as an electoral liability. "Annie, you have cast yourself as the very, very progressive candidate and have been warmly supported by the far-left progressive movement," Swett, the daughter of Congressman Tom Lantos and wife of former Congressman Dick Swett, said in the last debate. "In a year when everyone understands that the country is moving back toward the center and away from the more left, progressive point of view, if you were to become the nominee, would you try to distance yourself from your own positions?"
"Actually Katrina, I think it's your views that are out-of-step with the voters of the 2nd Congressional District," replied Kuster, pointing to Swett’s support for the Bush tax cuts, war in Iraq and escalation in Afghanistan, not to mention her vociferous support of Lieberman in 2004 and 2006. (See Howie Klein for much more on Swett's background.)"
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