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Congressman since j.c. watts after beating strom thurmond's youngest son for his party's nomination for that house seat. in south carolina's fourth district, the mostly flawed beltway common wisdom played out true as incumbent republican congressman bob inglass was defeated. for his own seat, by a challenger from the right named trey gowdy. in north carolina, the action was on the democratic side where the secretary of state there elaine marshall, perceived to be the more grassroots choice, beat the democratic choice cal cunningham for the right to face senator richard burr in november. and in...

Primary. bennett was challenged by tim bridgewater and attorney mike lee. the latter pair courted tea partiers attacking bennett from the right for the vote on the t.a.r.p. program and the health care bill he co-sponsored with democrat ron wyden. he received an endorsement from freedomworks and when it was announced bennett finished third, the lee crowd unfurled multiple "don't tread on me" flags. an independent bid is not possible. he missed the filing date for that. after defeat he spoke to reporters. >> the political atmosphere obviously has been toxic, and it's very clear that some of the ...

>> i shouldn't argue with a pulitzer prize-winning columnist, i look for dramatic material. and there's a theme here. people are getting tired of certain politicians who have been there for a long time. take a look at these numbers, guys. look how the numbers came out saturday in utah. tim bridgewater who nobody heard of. 37%. mike lee, a newcomer, 36%. bob bennett, three-term u.s. senator, son of wallace bennett, long-time senator from utah, an institution in the lds church, the mormon church out there, howard, a major institution, the furniture of utah politically kicked out on his butt. doe...

I'm not sure of the three examples you just cited are all exactly the same thing but is there anti-incumbent mood and should every incumbent look over his or her shoulder? most of them ought to be. >> when i try to put together these segments, i look for theme attic material and it seems there's a theme here. people are tired of certain politicians there a long time. look at these numbers, guys. here's how the numbers came out saturday in utah. a guy named tim bridgewater, 37%. mike lee, 36%. bob bennett, three-term u.s. senator, longtime senator from utah, institution in the lds mormon church...

Hey, you're an enemy combatant. go ahead, bill. >> you know what the bottom line is here, ed, they cannot stand the success of barack obama in dealing with terrorism and dealing with terrorist suspects. we've seen it with the christmas day bomber. we've seen it with this guy in times square. it is working and the republicans are -- they're just nervous. they're scared because they're losing their one issue. >> we're not losing our issue. it's all political. >> i have to switch subjects. all of a sudden the tea party in utah is taking credit for ousting senator bennett. tim bridgewater, 37%. mi...