Lamont now with a permament 'L' on his forehead

From Eric Dondero:

There were a number of very close races on Tuesday in GOP primaries.

However, the big story of the night, under-played by the liberal media, Ned Lamont lost in Connecticut. Lamont was the ultra-AntiWar Leftist who challenged Independent-Moderate Joe Lieberman for Senate in 2006. Lamont savaged President Bush, and fiercely criticized the War in Iraq. Despite having spent millions on attack ads against Lieberman, including ads saying he wanted to "privatize education," get rid of affirmative action, and supported the Bush Tax Cuts, Lamont was trounced in the general election by over 10%.

Now, Lamont, a Greenwich Billionaire, has gone down again, losing to moderate Dan Malloy in the Democrat primary for Governor. No doubt when the reports come in, they will show that he spent yet even more millions to lose this race as well. Lamont, the darling of the NetRoots, Moveon.org., DailyKos, and even some in the AntiWar wing of the libertarian movement, is now officially a two-time Loser.

The night's other big news on the Democrat side, incumbent Michael Benet eked out a victory in the Colorado Senate primary. Benet was appointed to fill the seat of Interior Sec. Ken Salazar.

Important Republican Primary results

Also in Connecticut, fiscally conservative, social moderate Linda McMahon easily won the Republican nomination for Senate with 49%. Libertarian favorite Peter Schiff polled 23%.

For Congress, a Tea Party favorite, fiscal conservative firebrand state Sen. Sam Caligiuri won the nomination for the 5th CD.

In Colorado, Tea Party-backed Ken Buck squeezed out a victory over hardnosed campaigner Jane Norton for the Republican nomination for Senate. A dissapointing result for Congress in southern Colorado: Libertarian-backed individualist Bob McConnell lost with 46% to standard conservative Scott Tipton. Though, McConnell and Tipton did not disagree much on issues. Their differences lay more with style and approach. McConnell had the backing of Colorado Tea Party groups. But on another front Tea Partyer Ryan Frazier, occasionally described in the media as a "libertarian," easily won his primary for Congress. Frazier's district is east of Denver.

Finally, in Georgia, Sarah Palin-backed Karen Handel lost in a squeeker to longtime Congressman Nathan Deale. The finaly numbers appear to be 51% to 49%. Though, absentees still need to be counted.