AP Calls NY-9 Election for GOP Turner

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I was wondering who would post this pretty earth-shattering (in a political sense) news first. Congrats.

Also quite predictable that someone would show up almost immediately with the goal of trying to minimize the impact of this election.

Everyone was saying this election was a referendum on obama and is policies. Well, guess how that turned out - obama and his policies lost the referendum in a district that hadn't changed parties in almost a century.

Congrats also to Turner.

Turning the tide one election at a time.

This race cannot be overemphasized in its importance. We are talking about a District that:

Since 1855 has been solid Democrat except for 2 elections
Republicans since 1855 only held the chair for one term each.
This seat produces Geraldine Ferraro and Charles Schumer
Seat holds 2 very important Democratic voting blocs: working class Catholics and Orthodox Jews

What I would consider more damning is this proves that unlike what the media and Democrats have been saying for a while now “the GOP is a Southern and rural party” is beginning to see cracks in that logic. Before we were told that there is no way we can compete in the urban North, now we just took a seat from a Democratic stronghold which required the votes of at least 30% of Democrats in the District to take in New York City.

Democrats should be more than afraid. They were hoping to be guaranteed safety in these reliably Democratic districts but now if they have to fight and spend resources just to defend their home turf it is near impossible to envision them gaining any substantial ground in 2012 when they will be just trying to protect whatever they have. If Mitt Romney is nominated in 2012, a man who can have coattails in Northern less Republican regions which someone like Rick Perry could not produce, then I do not think it is out of the question that Michigan, Illinois, New York, Massachusetts, Maine, and New Jersey open up more for the Republican candidates.

That would be a nightmare scenario for any Democrat, losing ground in their solid regions of the North.

a democratic seat going republican might not turn any heads

but a democratic seat going republican in new york is a very big deal


another protest agianst obama and the demcrats themselves your call

but new york could use quite a few more republicans in power.

reply to post by Misoir

Before we were told that there is no way we can compete in the urban North, now we just took a seat from a Democratic stronghold which required the votes of at least 30% of Democrats in the District to take in New York City.

When you look at the big picture, even AFTER the 2010 rout, it can only be bad news for the far-left.

Unions and democrats are facing setbacks left and right. They earned them; if blame is to be assigned, they need to look at themselves and their failed policies.

As Nick would say on America's Got Talent, "America has spoken."

jw

Originally posted by neo96
a democratic seat going republican might not turn any heads

but a democratic seat going republican in new york is a very big deal


another protest agianst obama and the demcrats themselves your call

but new york could use quite a few more republicans in power.

And almost comical (pitiful?) to see the dems attempting spin this news with DNC chair Wasserman saying that the 9th district (that the dems lost only twice since 1855) was a "difficult one for democrats". If the 9th is truly a "difficult district", then they ALL are going to be difficult for the dems in 2012!

And the White House trying to say it wasn't referendum on obama when even many fellow democrats ware saying just the opposite.

Hell, even democrat and former mayor of New York Ed Koch was campaigning for the Republican in this race. News like that has to hurt obama in his re-election bid.

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And almost comical (pitiful?) to see the dems attempting spin this news with DNC chair Wasserman saying that the 9th district (that the dems lost only twice since 1855) was a "difficult one for democrats".

The WH made their desperation evident with their spin on the election even before the polls had closed.

The administration has lost all credibility. Flailing Obama dependents and supporters have become hysterical in their denial of reality.

It immediately calls to mind a Python-esque obliviousness: "That didn't hurt. It's only a flesh wound."

Meanwhile, the American public, including growing numbers of Democrats, observe the scene and react to Barack Obama's the undeiable failure and no-longer-convincing lies.

jw

I am surprised (or not, actually) that this isn't getting much coverage, MSM or ATS.
This is huge, and the Dems know it, which is probably why there is so little coverage.

This has been a Dem seat for how long, 160 years or so?

I actually suspect the orthodox Jews of the district ain't to happy with Obama.

Originally posted by Oaktree
I am surprised (or not, actually) that this isn't getting much coverage, MSM or ATS.
This is huge, and the Dems know it, which is probably why there is so little coverage.

This has been a Dem seat for how long, 160 years or so?

I actually suspect the orthodox Jews of the district ain't to happy with Obama.

Why surprised?

The MSM has a ton of time, effort and money invested in obama.

You won't see them turn on him and start to really post the news unless TPTB decide obama is over.

Could happen soon, though.

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Unless Ron Paul is suddenly the focus of the media, the Reps aren't looking good.

At least someone (on the left) FINALLY admits it.

Originally posted by centurion1211
The MSM has a ton of time, effort and money invested in obama.
You won't see them turn on him and start to really post the news unless TPTB decide obama is over.
Could happen soon, though.

I know Andrew Breitbart isn't exactly the MSM, but he certainly gets their attention and has no qualms about tweaking their noses until they respond.

Maybe he can force the issue into the MSM:

Many Democrats are awakening to the reality that their party has been hijacked by a radicalism completely unfamiliar to their parents’ and grandparents’ Democratic Party.

An internal, partisan civil war is now brewing in that party. What I think tonight is less important than what Joe Lieberman, Bill Clinton, Evan Bayh, and the rest of the former, and now defunct, reasonable wing of the Democratic Party is thinking tonight.

Democrats’ Civil War Against Obama Begins

I think the time is coming sooner than some may think.

jw