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Pelosi dismisses Dem losses in Virginia and New Jersey
Most House Democrats tried to put a good face on Tuesday's election results, saying they picked up two more votes for a sweeping health care bill that could be on the floor as early as Friday. But it can't make it any easier for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as she works to corral the last ...
Democrats in Congress Say Election Gives New Urgency to Their Agenda
Democrats in Congress Say Election Gives New Urgency to Their Agenda
nytimes.com — WASHINGTON — Blaming election setbacks on a drop in voter enthusiasm, Congressional Democrats said Wednesday that losses... in governors’ races in Virginia and New Jersey — and a striking House win in New York — should give new urgency to their ... (more) Democrats in Congress Say Election Gives New Urgency to ...
Creigh Deeds Failed To Run As A Progressive
Creigh Deeds Failed To Run As A Progressive
thinkprogress.org — Republican Bob McDonnell won a “ landslide ” victory over Democrat Creigh Deeds in yesterday’s gubernatorial election... in Virginia, sweeping the state by a whopping 18 points . Exit polls showed Democrats had “ trouble getting their base to the ... (more) Creigh Deeds Failed To Run As A Progressive
Gibbs dismisses losses as 'local elections'
Gibbs dismisses losses as 'local elections'
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — WASHINGTON (CNN) – White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs dismissed Democratic electoral defeats in New Jersey and... Virginia as "two very local elections" that say nothing about President Barack Obama's standing with the American people ... (more) Gibbs dismisses losses as 'local elections'
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Pelosi If There Was Every Any Doubt She Lives In A State Of Dementia, Let This Clear It Up
Pat Dollard | Young AmericansPolitico Most House Democrats tried to put a good face on Tuesday’s election results, saying they picked up two more votes for a sweeping health care bill that could be on the floor as early as Friday. But it can’t make it any easier for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as she works to corral the last holdouts she needs to pass legislation overhauling the nation’s health care system. Of course, the speaker, who told POLITICO recently she’s “not big on showing weakness,” brushed aside questions about how the Democratic ...

Obama Tries To Ignore Tuesday’s GOP Victories, Pelosi In Full Blown Denial - With Video
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — ... Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman. Both Obama and Biden made stops in Virginia for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds, but the White House had expressed frustration in recent weeks at the state senator’s performance on the campaign trail. Deeds conceded defeat to Republican Bob McDonnell, a former Virginia attorney general, early in the evening. And Pelosi: Most House Democrats tried to put a good face on Tuesday’s election ...

Whatever You Say, Lady -- By: Kathryn Jean Lopez
The Corner on National Review OnlineSpeaker Pelosi: "From our perspective, we won last night," the California Democrat told reporters during a Wednesday photo op. "We had one race that we were engaged in, it was in northern New York, it was a race where a Republican has held the seat since the Civil War. And we won that seat. So, from our standpoint, no, a candidate was victorious who supports health care reform, and his remarks last night said this was a victory for health care reform and other initiatives for the American people." "From our standpoint, we picked up votes last ...

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Nancy Pelosi: "From our perspective, we won last night."
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About Last Night: Lefties and Limbaughism
Hit & Run — ... After that insufferable morning of spin—everyone is claiming victory, no one conceding defeat—perhaps it is time to warn our friends on the left to avoid that most hideous post-election Limbaughism. Let us remember that after McCain's 2008 defeat, Rush told his listeners that it was the abandonment of Reaganism, the reaching out to moderates, that destroyed Republican chances for a third straight term in the White House. It was an incoherent argument (which I attacked here), but one with which foot soldiers of the GOP ...

Is Pelosi Snorting Botox Again?
Daily PunditPelosi dismisses Dem losses in Virginia and New Jersey - Live Pulse - POLITICO.com “From our perspective, we won last night,” the California Democrat told reporters during a Wednesday photo op. “We had one race that we were engaged in, it was in northern New York, it was a race where a Republican has held the seat since the Civil War. I don’t understand the gerrymandering redistricting that has affected NY-23, but according to Wikipedia, a Democrat held that seat as recently as 1993. ...

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How last night's election results were bad for Obama.
slate.com 11/4/2009 — President Obama's message of change was so powerful in 2008 that voters held on to it for an extra year. In Virginia and New Jersey they dropped the incumbent Democratic Party and went with the Republican candidates. In New Jersey, voters said change ...
TPMDC Morning Roundup
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/4/2009 — GOP's Hopes Rekindled, But Internal Arguments Could Continue The New York Times reports that the mixed election results from last night -- with Republicans winning solidly in the Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial races, but losing the NY-23 ...
Fox News' declaration that election results mean "Obamacare" is dead is undermined by facts
mediamatters.org 11/4/2009 — Following an attack that conservatives previewed prior to the elections, Fox News and other right-wing media have seized on gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey to baselessly declare, in Dick Morris' words, that the results were a ...
Obama’s Big Mistakes -Virginia -New Jersey Election
politicolnews.com 11/4/2009 — The results of the two governor’s elections last night sends a clear message to President Obama- more jobs and regulate Wall Street now. Voters demand action and they are unwilling to wait for jobs. The economy is the number one concern of voters and if Obama wants to be re-elected he has to tow ...
Obama Watched HBO Special About Himself Instead of Election Results
newsbusters.org 11/4/2009 — During the 10AM ET hour of America’s Newsroom on Fox News Channel, fill-in co-host Martha Maccallum told viewers what President Obama watched on election night while Democrats suffered big losses in New Jersey and Virginia: “Robert Gibbs said ‘well, ...
Nelson, Landrieu Say Election Results Do Not Diminish Their Health Care Goals
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/5/2009 — Today is a day for thumbsucking. After Republicans won gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia, and Democrats picked up two House seats, everyone in Washington is spinning away, hoping to change the conventional wisdom, and, perhaps ...
Larwyn's Linx: Obama Rolls Dice, Craps Out in New Jersey
directorblue.blogspot.com 11/5/2009 — Have a great link you'd like me to review? Drop me an email. You can also install a Larwyn's Linx blog widget..Election 2009Lessons from the 2009 election results: BaroneWhat it all means: WizbangThe Significance of Yesterday: Grand RantsThe Price Of Apostasy: WizbangA divided party: ...
Election results chill moderate Democrats in Congress, including Gene TaylorYall Politics
Election results chill moderate Democrats in Congress, including Gene Taylor Already-skittish moderate Democrats in Congress got fresh reasons Wednesday to worry about their votes on economic and health care legislation from the election results in Virginia and New Jersey. Democrats from ...
Fox News’ declaration that election results mean “Obamacare” is dead is undermined by factsThe Hollywood Liberal
Fox News' declaration that election results mean "Obamacare" is dead is undermined by facts Following an attack that conservatives previewed prior to the elections, Fox News and other right-wing media have seized on gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey to baselessly declare, in ...
White House downplays Election DayRantburg
Heated referendums over same-sex partnership laws in Maine and Washington powered voter turnouts today in an off-year election that included closely watched races in New Jersey, Virginia and New York. Pundits were debating what the results could mean for President Obama, who campaigned for ...
How the Election Results Were Bad for ObamaRealClearPolitics - Homepage
John Dickerson, Slate President Obama's message of change was so powerful in 2008 that voters held on to it for an extra year. In Virginia and New Jersey they dropped the incumbent Democratic Party and went with the Republican candidates. In New Jersey, voters said change was the quality ...
Tim Kaine Releases Statement on Election ResultsDemocratic National Committee
DNC Chairman Tim Kaine released the following statement on yesterday's election results. "In both Virginia and New Jersey we had strong candidates who were running against a significant historical tide and faced uphill battles from the start of this campaign. In New Jersey, the party in ...
Election results indicate seething discontent with Obama's policiesPundits Blog
The GOP’s sweep of gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey yesterday sent clear signs of fermenting discontent with the Obama administration. In New Jersey, the Republicans recaptured a seat that has been Democratic for over a decade. The GOP sweep of statewide races in ...
Virginia, New Jersey vote to attack IranLas Vegas Gleaner
The voters of Virginia and New Jersey have elected Republican governors, thereby nullifying the results of last year's presidential election. Health care reform is dead, because if it ain't broke, don't fix it! Ditto for climate change legislation, because let's face it, the science just ...
Victories!!!Right Soup
Wow, what a night for conservatives in Virginia, New Jersey, AND New York! Yes, Doug Hoffman’s close loss in NY-23 is still a big, big victory…the man came out of nowhere to shove turncoat Republican Dede Scozzafava out of the race, and give Democrat Bill Owens a serious run for his ...
It's The Turnout, StupidLawyers, Guns and Money
As I feared, the breathless, fatally flawed analysis follows the election results in NJ, VA, and to a lesser extent, NY-23. Most of this article is remarkably sound, but the first paragraph sets the wrong tone: The Republican victories in the races for New Jersey and Virginia governors put the ...
St. Louis Tea Party Election PartyGateway Pundit
A group of tea party patriots met up last night in St. Louis to watch the election results. It was great fun to see the big wins in Virginia and New Jersey. What a romp.
Inside Tuesday's election results: The lessons and warnings for Obama and RepublicansTop of the Ticket
A few things to take away from Tuesday's election results: Barack Obama' s got no political coattails if Barack Obama's not on the ballot: The Democrat president invested himself and his prestige (and his vice president) in both governor's races in New Jersey and Virginia, where ...
Indys Flex Muscles For R's In Jersey & Virginia; Can NM GOP Get Them? Plus: Balderas In Clash With DA, And: Pumping The SpaceportNew Mexico Politics with Joe Monahan
Heather, you may have spoken too soon. So opined our Alligators Tuesday night as they eagerly monitored election results showing independent voters breaking for the Republican Guv candidates in New Jersey and Virginia. That is also the only path to power for this state's contracting GOP--an ...
Virginia’s national influence? Total bollocks.Wolfe Reports
We’re not making assumptions based on the New Jersey results or the final in NY-23. But, we do know thing or two about Virginia, and we’re fairly confident that the results in the 2009 elections in Virginia hold as much significance as a dog’s bollocks. Frankly, it comes down ...
Your Election Night 2009 'Hiccups' 'Glitches' 'Snags' and 'Snafus' Report...The BRAD BLOG
We're watching results as they're coming in tonight, while continuing to comb through various problem reports as they've been coming in throughout the day (the usual "hiccups" "glitches" "snags" and "snafus" reportage --- anything but the proper word for them all: "failure"!) As we always ...
Link Farm: Special Election EditionMegan McArdle
New Jersey results in interactive map format Best place to follow the Maine outcome Outstanding liveblog from Pollster.com (takes a minute to load) Ambinder's twitter feed Will put up a link on NY-23 if I find a good one.
New Jersey: Results Thread #2Daily Kos
Election Results --New Jersey Governor--11/3/09--36% Reporting Chris Christie (R) 447,960 (52%) Gov. Jon Corzine (D) 356,974 (42%) Chris Daggett (I) 47,101 (6%) A few observations from the early returns: Daggett wound up being a lot less of a factor than the polls seemed to hint.  ...
Election Night 2009A Blog For All
The polls have been closed for an hour in New Jersey and just closed in New York. So far, with 14% of the vote tallied in New Jersey, Chris Christie is ahead, but it's far too early and too few votes tallied to determine the outcome. New York's polls have just closed, so results are going to be ...
New Jersey: Polls Have Now ClosedDaily Kos
UPDATE: As actual precincts come in, the numbers, not shockingly, are tightening up. Election Results --New Jersey Governor--11/3/09--3% Reporting Chris Christie (R) 36,958 (49%) Gov. Jon Corzine (D) 32,268 (43%) Chris Daggett (I) 5478 (7%) Election Results --New Jersey ...
New Jersey Exit Poll ResultsThe Atlantic Politics Channel
Courtesy of CBS News : If Jon Corzine wins re-election, he can thank women, who gave him a narrow advantage and who voted at higher proportions than men did. Note the split among moderates and independents; independents, self-described, clearly were more conservative than moderates, which says ...
2009 Election Night Live BlogPeach Pundit
We’ll be watching election results from here in Georgia and keeping an eye on the national stuff as well. Feel free to chime in. I’ll be adding Twitter Tweets using the hashtag #atlmayor, #ny23 and others dealing with elections in Virginia, New Jersey and here in Georgia as we find ...