A Nice Birthday Present?

Voters in Maryland appear to be rejecting a corporate Bush Dog Democrat:

Update--Huge night for progressive movement: With every precinct coming in with at least a 10% improvement for (Donna) Edwards over 2006, let me reiterate this point: the new primary voters who are coming out for Barack Obama are also going to result in the first progressive displacement of a centrist, corporate, congressional Democrat via a primary in years. This it it. This is what we have been working for and building for. This is our emerging majority. We finally have the organization, and the voters, and the whole ball of wax. The movement has thoroughly come of age.

Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer and the whole gang fought hard to keep Al Wynn in power. Donna Edwards had nobody but the people. And the people were enough.

Barack Obama's going to wake up one day and figure out that the movement he's inspired is a whole lot more progressive than he is, and if he wants to stay out in front of it he had better implement a progressive agenda.

This is a small step, ultimately, but the Donna Edwards victory, if it happens, would be a powerful reminder that the progressive movement is present, growing, and ready. I hope we can pull it off.

UPDATE: It's official. What a great victory. Edwards will not only be a Congresswoman whose vote we can count on, but a real progressive leader in the House. And Al Wynn will be just another lobbyist.

Don't mess with the progressive movement.