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Marked in Pgh on Thursday, November 05, 2009 6:07:07 PM
Speaker Palooka says the Dems won on Tuesday. Now, after we stop laughing, let's put the races into context. The Republicans won three of the four races, including one House seat in true blue California and two governorships of two of the largest states in the republic. The only thing she can point to is the win in New York's 23rd District. It was a win, but only a Phyric victory.
It should have been far easier. After enticing the sitting representative away with a position as the Secretary of the Army, the Obamiacs opened up the position for a quick Democrat win. That win was helped along by the local. loco lame Republican leadership appointing a liberal Rino to run. Yet something amazing happened. A Conservative Republican named Doug Hoffman, an accountant, not a seasoned politician in his first run for office, came out of nowhere and bested the elite Republican candidate, received 45% of the vote after running for only about 30 days and nearly won the election. He was not a third party candidate, but a possible Republican candidate denied a run for the nomination in a primary who would have joined with and help to revise the Republicans in Congress. Amazing how an individual American citizen can counter the power of the elites running and ruining both parties. The fact he came so close is a victory for individual initiative. He will be back in 2010 to run against the new Democrat representative and he deserves our support. Congradulations, Doug Hoffman!
In the same context, the win in Virginia was overwhelming, by 18%. The win in New Jersey, one of the bluest of states, was not even close. A 5% win in a state wide election in New Jersey is unheard of for a Republican, so is a complete sweep of the three highest elected offices in the state. The sweep penetrated far down through the ticket. It's the first sounding of the death rattle of the Democrat Party under Obama, Reid and Pelosi. That also explains why Pelosi got it wrong; she's suffering from shock more than self delusion, like a deer in the headlights of an oncoming, self-induced, liberal induced disaster. Either that, or she was having a flash back to the 60's.