Vote Provokes Barrow Primary Talk

[ccharles000]

The political repercussions of Democratic Rep. John Barrow ’s “no” vote on the health care bill are reverberating on Capitol Hill and in his eastern Georgia district this week, as talk of the three-term congressman drawing a serious primary challenge is heating up.

Barrow’s vote March 21 against President Barack Obama ’s most important legislative priority is being viewed by some as a betrayal, especially after Obama and members of the Congressional Black Caucus stood by the congressman last cycle to help him win a primary challenge against a black state legislator in a district that is 44 percent black.

“Congressman Barrow received the support of Obama and then he ran away from our president at his hour of need,” state Sen. Emanuel Jones, chairman of the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus, said this week.

“I don’t know if there is going to be another issue more important” to black voters than health care, said Rep. Corrine Brown (D-Fla.) “Health care is the new civil rights issue. ... I don’t think the president will be down there endorsing again.”

http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000003622479

[JeffR]

1. Barrow's been a huge disappointment from day one.

If a primary challenge fails, I'll write in Regina Thomas, as I did last time around.

[LiberalFighter]

2. I hope his opposing candidate wins in the Primary.

It would be very important to either get the State Party to support Barrow's primary opponent or at least stay 2000% out of the race.