Three states held primaries, and in each, voters rejected positions and/or candidates associated with all three, in embarrassing vote totals.
- the Democratic presidential primary in West Virginia, where an inmate in federal prison ran a novelty primary challenge to Barack Obama — and came within a 20 points of winning.
- the traditional marriage amendment that Obama publicly opposed in North Carolina passed by a wide margin. (more on that from theRightScoop)
- By far the worst news for the Left came in Wisconsin, where primaries were held for the recall elections next month. Tom Barrett won a contentious fight against Kathleen Falk, the candidate of Big Labor who got a ton of union help for her campaign but lost badly by 24 points, 58/34. The real story, though, was Scott Walker, who got more votes than both combined despite facing only token opposition in the Republican primary.
Here's Rush from this morning commenting on the state-by-state wins: "Americans, ladies and gentlemen, are taking their country back, and they're doing it one election at a time."
