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michellemalkin.com - 26 days ago

The GOP elite’s $1 million object lesson — and the message of NY-23

— michellemalkin.com — Conservatives owe NY-23 candidate Doug Hoffman immeasurable gratitude. [...] Read the rest »... (more) The GOP elite’s $1 million object lesson — and the ...

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thedailybeast.com - 25 days ago

The Plot to Purge GOP Moderates

— thedailybeast.com — A sect of hard-right Republicans is celebrating their loss in a New York House race-but that's just... the beginning of a plan to purge moderates. Benjamin Sarlin speaks to the ringleader. Insurgent conservatives have declared all-out war on the... (more) The Plot to Purge GOP Moderates

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thenextright.com - 26 days ago

What Did NY-23 Mean?

— thenextright.com — [ Disclosure: I worked with the Doug Hoffman campaign . However, the views here are my own.... I have not discussed this at all with the Hoffman campaign. ] The bottom line on NY-23 : Doug Hoffman just won the Republican Primary. The general ... (more) What Did NY-23 Mean?

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Firedoglake:  Liz Sidoti, “Donut” let us down.

Blog For Arizona:  Epic Teabagger fail in NY-23

Blogometer:  11/4: The Day After

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NY Dems win uber Rep district. Not usually excited to be born and raised as a Northern New Yorker. http://bit.ly/bOmXA 26 days ago

Palin/Beck hand Democrats a seat they haven't held in 120 years. Awesome: http://bit.ly/bOmXA 26 days ago

Dems win a district they haven't won since the Civil War? Thanks Sarah Palin.... http://bit.ly/bOmXA 27 days ago

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Liz Sidoti, “Donut” let us down.
Firedoglake — ... who did turn out, said Obama didn’t impact their vote one way or the other. But the media just has to find reason to see trends that aren’t there and extrapolate them to ever more wide-sweeping generalizations. If that means focusing on NY-23 a seat that’s been in the GOP column for 140 years as being more important than say, the generally historically competitive California-10 solely for that reason so be it. And, hey, guess what the Democrats pick up NY-23 anyway. And who, before the polls even opened yesterday, ...

Epic Teabagger fail in NY-23
Blog For Arizona — ... Daily Kos is right, we should thank those individuals responsible for handing this congressional seat to a Democrat for the first time in 155 years: ...

11/4: The Day After
Blogometer — ... agrees: "Better a donkey in office that acts like a donkey than a donkey in elephant's clothing making a complete ass of the GOP." Liberal bloggers, on the other hand, are mocking the role that the conservative movement played in the NY-23 race. Moulitsas snarks: "Let's all give a hearty round of applause to the teabaggers, who took what would've been a very good night for Republicans and ruined it by helping Democrats pick up a seat they hadn't held since the Civil War." ELECTION DAY RESULTS: Yes, This Was A Referendum On Obama Conservative bloggers are portraying ...