Sarah Palin led the conservative ladies' charge last night, during primaries in California, Nevada, and South Carolina. With her win last night, Carly Fiorina, backed by Palin's endorsement, now has longtime incumbent Barbara Boxer's California Senate seat in her sights.
South Carolina State Rep. Nikki Haley, also backed by Palin, came out on top of a four-way primary for governor, though she needs to win a June 22 run-off.
Former eBay head Meg Whitman won her primary in California, and now she'll be pitted against former state Governor Jerry Brown for that state's Governor's seat.
Both Fiorina and Whitman put their Democratic rivals to shame with stunning business cred (Fiorina the former Chief of HP, Whitman with eBay). It's this business experience -- and the anti-establishment fervor aimed at DC -- that experts say struck a chord with voters in a disastrous economy.
In Nevada, Tea Party favorite, Assemblywoman Sharron Angle rocketed from dead last weeks ago to come out on top of that state's Republican primary. She -- and indeed the whole Tea Party limited government, low-tax agenda -- will do battle with one of the Obama regime's biggest supporters, Democratic Senator Harry Reid, during the Midterm elections in November.
In Arkansas, President Obama's fellow hard-Left comrades at the big labor unions suffered an embarrassing defeat when Democrat Sen. Blanche Lincoln won her hard-fought Democratic primary runoff against Lt. Gov. Bill Halter. Obama backed away from the race, yet former President -- and Arkansas Governor -- Bill Clinton stumped for Lincoln, a key to her victory, according to analysts.
A White House staffer lamented to Politico that organized labor alone flushed "$10 million down the toilet" backing the wrong horse.
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