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Conservative Loses Upstate House Race In Blow To Right: NY Times: Democrats won a special election in New York .. http://bit.ly/3xKvUu 18 days ago |
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House race in New York’s 23rd district goes to the Democrat http://bit.ly/1T8VXg #HFFI 18 days ago |
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On Excessive Moderation
Outside The Beltway | OTB —
... , the third-party candidacy by Doug Hoffman in New York’s 23rd congressional district seems to have backfired, delivering a solid Republican seat for generations to Democratic candidate Bill Owens. ...
Election ‘09 and the Separation of Church and State
Peoples Press Collective —
... I don’t have a good sense of the dynamics of the race or what voters talked about and cared about. The New York Times claims that “grass-roots groups that have forcefully opposed Democratic economic and health care policies… rallied behind Mr. Hoffman.” ...
Democrat Wins In New York 23rd
Liberal Values —
With all the noise from the media about the handful of elections on Tuesday I do not want to say much to suggest more significance to the elections than they actually have–which is damn close to zero with regards to forecasting the future prospects of either party. Exit polls demonstrated that the races were in no way a referendum on Obama. That said, a comment must be made on the race in New York’s 23rd Congressional district. Like the other elections, it has near zero predictive value. It’s significance is not in predicting the future but in demonstrating where we are at today. This seat, which had been Republican for the ...
Early Morning Swim: Election Roundup
Firedoglake —
Oh noes! The teabaggers lose again!!!
So did Sarah Palin.
GOP takes back VA; wins in NJ.
Bloomberg back in NYC.
Gay marriage repealed in Maine.
But wins in Washington.
Nate has the analysis.
The Morning Wrap
The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times —
Elections : Republicans won a tightly contested gubernatorial race in New Jersey and a blow out in Virginia . Meanwhile, Democrats took the House race in New York’s 23rd Congressional District , fending off an insurgent conservative candidate in the long-time Republican stronghold. Maine : Voters in the Pine Tree State voted to repeal a law legalizing same-sex marriage while passing an initiative to allow non-profit medical marijuana dispensaries . Saving the Sniper : Lawyers are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stay the execution of D.C. Sniper John Allen Muhammad, reports The Washington Post . They argue ...
Your Abbreviated Pundit Round-up
Daily Kos —
... doesn't represent 2008. See Balz, who covers his bases with Tuesday's elections provided the first tangible evidence that Republicans can win their support with the right kind of candidates and the right messages. That is an ominous development for Democrats if it continues unabated into next year. But Republicans could squander that opportunity if they demand candidates who are too conservative to appeal to the middle. If? NYT: Democrats won a special election in New York State’s ...
Election '09 - U.S. House Races
Political Animal —
... Republican David Harmer by double digits, 53% to 42.7%. And in New York's 23rd, in the race that captured extensive national attention, Democrat Bill Owens scored a surprising win , beating Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman, 49.3% to 45.2%, with nearly all of the votes counted. While it's a mistake to characterize either of these House races as bellwethers, the New York defeat not only gave Democrats something to be happy about on an otherwise disappointing Election Day -- Owens will be the first Dem to represent this area since the 19th century -- it was also a ...
A.M. Roundup
Capitol Confidential —
... over Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman in the hotly contested 23rd Congressional District race, where outside groups spent more than $3.7 million on the race. (TU/ NYT) ...
Bloomberg's Influence May Be Diminished
City Room —
... . Democrats won a special election in an upstate Congressional district that Republicans have represented in part for over a hundred years, in a setback for conservatives who had pushed a third-party candidate over the Republican nominee. In the closely watched race, the Conservative Party candidate, Douglas L. Hoffman, conceded to Democrat Bill Owens shortly after midnight. The Congressional loss ...
Hullabaloo — ... Here's the online version of the Times article about Democrat Bill Owens' stunning victory over the handpicked candidate of the fascist right. It differs from the printed version of the article. The online version has two paragraphs inserted -the third and the fourth-that provide merely token interest in the winner of this race. The print version omitted them; it was written entirely from the perspective of the losers, and is thoroughly propagandistic for their cause. A sample: ...
NY 23, Kinky in Texas, Moonbeam in California
Notes From a Grumpy Old Man —
... voters, as Sarah Palin came out and endorsed the Conservative Party candidate. It forced the moderate Republican candidate to drop out of the race and support the Democratic candidate, very weird. Since Sarah is asking $100,000 per speech, I wonder what she charges for 180 words? It was billed as a test for national carpetbaggers trying to co-opt the tea party conservatives, but the Conservative Party's man didn't live in the district and hadn't any knowledge of the local problems, so he didn't get elected. For the first time since the Civil War this ...
NYT: GOP Is Ripping Itself Apart & Off-Year Elections Don't Matter (Unless Dems Win)
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... Wednesday's report by Jeremy Peters from upstate New York carried the blunt online headline, "Conservative Loses Upstate House Race in Blow to Right." ...
Maybe I Asked the Wrong Question
Eye on Wisconsin —
... Given the "strengh" of the Palin endorsement in a Republican district in New York state, maybe Walker isn't really trying to be Wisconsin's Sarah Palin after all. Maybe he is simply trying to be Wisconsin's Douglas Hoffman .
