[Dave_in_Upland]

I throughly concur. Why should the Republicans solve the Democratic problem of McKinney by helping to elect a more 'acceptable' liberal. Were I there I would vote for McKinney to show the real world what the real Democratic party is.

[NEPA]

I understand what you're saying and if the national media really paid McKinney a lot of attention I would thoroughly agree. However, how many people outside of FR and other conservative news sources really know much about her? Maybe it's better to get rid of her. To be honest I think she and others like her are dangerous to America's security. Majette sounds like she is at least a liberal with a brain instead of a dumb thug like McKinney.

I don't live in GA so I can't do anything about it but I think I like this strategy of "defensive voting" when electing a conservative , or at least a Republican, is impossible.

[SJackson]

Why should republicans bother to solve the democrats' McKinney problem for them? She is a national embarrassment, and a terrible comment on what has become of the democrat party. Keeping her in the public eye is probably the best thing republicans so unfortunate to live in her district can do to help their party nationwide.

Because she's in a secure district, which may return her (over a republican) for years. And she sit's on the International Relations and Armed Services committees, where she builds seniority as we speak. Let another Dem start from zero.