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Republican wins Democratic New York House seat

"With the outcome of his own reelection effort 14 difficult months away, President Obama suffered a sharp rebuke Tuesday when voters in New York elected a conservative Republican to represent a Democratic district that has not been in GOP hands since the 1920s.

Bob Turner, the winner, cast the election as a referendum on Obama’s stewardship of the economy and, in the state’s Ninth Congressional District, which has a large population of Orthodox Jewish voters, the president’s position on Israel.

With 75 percent of the precincts reporting at press time, Turner had a commanding lead, with 53 percent of the vote, compared with 47 percent for Weprin.

Turner, 70, a retired cable TV executive who has never served in elective office, defeated Democratic State Assemblyman David Weprin, 55, who has two decades of experience in public service, to fill the seat left vacant when Anthony Weiner (D) resigned in disgrace in June after more than 12 years in the House.

The defeat came as Republicans trounced Democrats in another special House election Tuesday, in northern Nevada, where Republican Mark Amodei led Democrat Kate Marshall, 56 percent to 39 percent almost from the start.

In both contests, the GOP pulled ahead by linking the Democratic candidate to Obama and his handling of the economy. Both Republican contenders urged voters to “send a message” to the president.

In the two weeks leading up to Tuesday’s elections, Democrats conceded that they could not win in Nevada — essentially a Republican seat reverting to form after some competitive races by Democrats, including Obama in 2008.

New York was a different story. National Democrats poured more than $500,000 into a last-ditch effort to save the seat and deployed former president Bill Clinton and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo (D) to try to mobilize voters."

I remember how KY and the other Donks got all moist when Kathy Hochul won a special election in May and took over a seat held by the Republicans since the 50's. The shoe is on the other foot this time, and the R's took over a seat that has been in Donk hands for 90 years.

Let the excuse making and spinning begin.

Uh Oh..................................

That's Schumer's old seat. too! Love it!

Yeah...but remember fellas, 2010 was an anomoly, the Republican party is in turmoil and Dems are still firmly in command. Just ask TTBF, Cap'n Cat and D1B.

AZGrizFan wrote:Yeah...but remember fellas, 2010 was an anomoly, the Republican party is in turmoil and Dems are still firmly in command. Just ask TTBF, Cap'n Cat and D1B.

"McCain could not have picked a better VP candidate than Sarah Palin" AZgrizFan, Summer 2008

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D1B wrote:

AZGrizFan wrote:Yeah...but remember fellas, 2010 was an anomoly, the Republican party is in turmoil and Dems are still firmly in command. Just ask TTBF, Cap'n Cat and D1B.

"McCain could not have picked a better VP candidate than Sarah Palin" AZgrizFan, Summer 2008

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Big difference here, D, is that I quickly woke up and realized my error. You and your ilk, on the other hand, are happily and blindly following Obama and his failed policies over the edge of a cliff.

Palin may have been a mistake but not the reason he lost. Republicans had no shot to win the presidency in 2008.

It was extremely doubtful originally. With the banking issues (leading to more issues) popping up 2 months before the election, that sealed the deal.

The late leaking of the Dems sealed divorce records (from 30 years ago) three days before the election pretty much sealed this one...

honestly - while you don't put a lot of stock in specials vis-a-vis national implications - the result that is unsettling is actually the way we lost the Nevada race. That should have been much closer...

Brother Baldy,
This is clearly a case of the blind squirrel finding a nut every now and then.

Four more years!!!!

Cap'n Cat wrote:Brother Baldy,
This is clearly a case of the blind squirrel finding a nut every now and then.

Four more years!!!!

He might very well get 4 more years, but his days of "Pass this immediately and don't read it." are over.

Cap'n Cat wrote:Brother Baldy,
This is clearly a case of the blind squirrel finding a nut every now and then.

Four more years!!!!

So, the people in that district who've elected a democrat for the past 90 years are "blind squirrels"?

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DNC Chief Wasserman Schultz On Dem Loss Of Weiner’s NY Seat:

“It’s a Very Difficult District For Democrats”

Reality: Seat Has Been In Dem Hands Since 1922…

TwinTownBisonFan wrote:The late leaking of the Dems sealed divorce records (from 30 years ago) three days before the election pretty much sealed this one...

honestly - while you don't put a lot of stock in specials vis-a-vis national implications - the result that is unsettling is actually the way we lost the Nevada race. That should have been much closer...

Bronco wrote:DNC Chief Wasserman Schultz On Dem Loss Of Weiner’s NY Seat:

“It’s a Very Difficult District For Democrats”

Reality: Seat Has Been In Dem Hands Since 1922…

That's some pretty weak-ass spin by the DNC Chief.

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"4 more years"

I think this gang when all is said and done when all their crimes against the American people are known will be very happy if they only get 4 years.

TwinTownBisonFan wrote:The late leaking of the Dems sealed divorce records (from 30 years ago) three days before the election pretty much sealed this one...

honestly - while you don't put a lot of stock in specials vis-a-vis national implications - the result that is unsettling is actually the way we lost the Nevada race. That should have been much closer...

I read many quotes from voters that said they voted "Republican" (they could not remember the Republican candidate's name) because Weprin supported President Obama's policies.

Take the spin from both sides on the Rep seat the Dems took in upstate NY earlier this year and flip it

Huge upset. Major donk seat in heavy donk district that BHO won by double digits. A very bad sign for donks.....

The Democratic Party’s rare loss of a congressional seat in its urban heartland Tuesday, accompanied by a blowout defeat in a Nevada special election, marked the latest in a string of demoralizing setbacks that threatened to deepen the party’s crisis of confidence and raise concerns about President Barack Obama’s political fortunes.

In New York, Republican Bob Turner soundly defeated Democrat David Weprin in a House contest that — in the view of party leaders, at least — featured an anemic urban machine, distracted labor unions and disloyal voters. In Nevada, a consequential state for the president’s reelection strategy, Democrats suffered a runaway loss rooted in a weak showing in Reno’s Washoe County, a key bellwether.

Even before the polls closed, the recriminations — something short of panic, and considerably more than mere grumbling — had begun. On a high-level campaign conference call Tuesday afternoon, Democratic donors and strategists commiserated over their disappointment in Obama. A source on the call described the mood as “awful.”

“People feel betrayed, disappointed, furious, disgusted, hopeless,” said the source.

Less expansive but equally telling were the remarks of House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, who in a conversation with reporters Tuesday morning said bluntly that Obama would take some blame for the two special election losses.

“I think every election reflects on the person in charge, but do I think it is an overall statement on the president alone? No,” said Hoyer. “Do I think it will be interpreted as being a statement on Obama? That’s probably correct.”

A senior Hill Democratic aide was more direct in attempting to explain the New York loss: “The approval ratings for the guy at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue cratered.”

A Turner consultant, Steve Goldberg, validated that assessment: “It was all Obama — not even a thought of anything else.”

The president’s feisty new jobs plan has probably preempted open revolt in his party — though a Bloomberg poll released Wednesday morning found that 51 percent of Americans don’t believe it will help lower the unemployment rate. Senior party figures are on board with — or are at least resigned to — the White House’s leadership. And some Democratic insiders sought to put a better face on their diminished state — before adding that they wanted to see a tougher Obama..................."...................(article goes on).

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Wasn't it just a couple month ago that KY, Cat and Hound were saying the GOP was in trouble?

89Hen wrote: Wasn't it just a couple month ago that KY, Cat and Hound were saying the GOP was in trouble?

What? You think they aren't?????

Look at all those assholes lined up at Republican debates!!!!






Grumpy, Sneezy, Dopey, Huey, Dewey, Luey, Curly and The Cunt:

Grizalltheway wrote:

Major WHIFF by Hen. Uncharacteristic, I'll add.

Cap'n Cat wrote:

89Hen wrote: Wasn't it just a couple month ago that KY, Cat and Hound were saying the GOP was in trouble?

What? You think they aren't?????

Look at all those assholes lined up at Republican debates!!!!






Grumpy, Sneezy, Dopey, Huey, Dewey, Luey, Curly and The Cunt:

good lord - the rod up rick perry's ass must have a rod up its' ass...

it's like he's auditioning to be a statue... what a pompous assclown