Post a commentIf Corzine couldn't get his agenda through a Democratic legislature, does anyone believe Christie will? A poor economy made Corzine a target and Christie took adavantage. In Va. the oppostie party always wins after a presidential election. Hardly any republican mandate, though it will make Dems work to get better candidates. The los in NY should put the mark of death on the frighties of the right. Lost a seat held by the gop for 130 years after importing palin, thompson, beck, etc., plus millions of $$.That Owens won narrowly makes no difference. The ultra-conservatives got their hat handed to thme. Club for Growth again cannot get anyone elected. That should send more of a message to the gop.
mike l = "WAHHHH!!!"
mike l - How is the food in your left wing bubble?
I don't believe you can read anything into these election results other than the current economy is bringing greater attention to local issues associated with the economy. Corzine might have won if the economy wasn't so bad. He was not a very good governor in his first term and voters have no patience for that with this economy. They want change now. The VA Democrat candidate and his campaign was pathetic. Also, the Democrat win in NY 23 was a fluke. Republicans shot themselves in the foot. It may never happen again. I don't see any evidence to support the idea that voters are embracing Republican ideas. Christie went with the tried and true Republican tactic of "I'll cut your taxes, eliminate waste and so on." At the national level, that's what they've been saying for decades. However, when they had the White House and Congress from 2000-2006, their actions were the opposite. Yeah, the reduced taxes on the wealthiest but it was bogus. It resulted in huge deficits and the spending was funded by borrowing money from Communist China that will need to be paid back plus interest. It will be paid back with taxes. In effect, it's a tax increase when you add the interest. One factor that I haven't seen much discussion on is what was the impact of not having the Obamma campaign organization in place. The Democrat turnout was really poor - just like it usually is for these off year elections. Would the Obamma campaign organization produced better get out the vote results??? It was certainly credited with great results during the presidential election. I believe that there is widespread support for health care reform with a public option. Both Republicans and Democrats will be in trouble if they don't deliver.
I hope the GOP realizes that it won on the issues of jobs and taxes not abortion and gun control. If it sticks to that then the party can recover. If it puts up candidateds who runs on the right of someone to be able to buy 25 AK47s a day then they have lost.
Mikey, please allow me to help you out here. As you, as well as House Speaker Pelosi, obviously don't understand the ramifications from the recent election results in NY 23rd district. First, you should stop repeating everything you hear from the leftist media because, more often than not, you will be regurgitating factually incorrect information. If you took 30 seconds to research the history of NY district 23, you will quickly learn that, since the end of the Civil War (1865 in case you skipped that History class), Democrats have held the seat for 76 years and Republicans for 54. Furthermore, though Owens did manage to garner 49% of the vote, he did so only after the endorsement from the RHINO Scozzafava had endorsed him and had urged her supporters to support him. The fact that Hoffman, after only 30 days in the race, garnered 45% of the vote should send a clear message that the "frighties" as you call them had quite an effect on this election. It would also be safe to assume that the 6% that actually voted for Scozzafava were likely GOP party line voters whose votes went to her. Since Hoffman was a Conservative Party candidate, he did not recieve them. But, add that to the votes that Hoffman actually recieved and it would be likely that Hoffman would have won 51% to 49% after only 30 days in the race. So the take away for you should be that this seat will merely be kept warm for the next 365 days until the GOP runs a true conservative candidate that Palin, Thompson and many of us (40% of the country identies themselves as conservatives, 20% identify as liberals) could support runs against Owens, especially if he has yea votes on the record for Cap and Tax, Health Care Takeover and other fiscally irresponsible Democrat initiatives.
Arlen Specter survived election after election having the same designation (R) after his name as the Presidents Ronald Reagan, George HW Bush and George W Bush.
Now we get to see if he can survive another re-election having the same designation after his name as Barack Obama (D).
That affiliation doesn't seem to be working for others.
Conan, kudos on a very sound, well thought out argument that was based on facts, not fantasy. Alas, I fear it will fall on deaf ears. Anyone who looks at the number of people identifying themselves as Republicans and declares the GOP to be dying is clearly not capable of rational thought. A HUGE contributing factor to that low number is the fact that the party was not conservative ENOUGH for the past 9 years, and many real live Republicans have been alienated. A logical person would look at the comparison of liberal, moderate, and conservative. FAR fewer people identify themselves as liberal in this country than either moderate or conservative. Most Americans are against the far left agenda, but the Obama apologists will never admit it.
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