 ATLANTA - Following U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney's second ouster from office in four years, some are already closing the book on her political future.
| The word you're looking for is "has-been." |
But anyone who has followed the dipsy doodle fiery Democrat's career - including her election as Georgia's first black congresswoman 14 years ago and her recent scuffle with a Capitol Hill police officer - would know that she doesn't give up that easy. McKinney lost her bid for a seventh term in Congress on Tuesday.
Her challenger, Hank Johnson - a political unknown before the July 18 primary - defeated her 59 percent to 41 percent in the runoff election.
| That's known in the trade as "getting trounced." |
After her first re-election defeat in 2002 following 10 years in Congress, she toured the country protesting President Bush and the war in Iraq before winning back her old seat two years later. Even in conceding defeat in Tuesday's runoff, she ripped into Republican leadership and vowed to continue her fight against war, poverty and injustice.
| Maybe she'll move to Crawford and share expenses with Mother Sheehan. |
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