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Republican wins Democratic New York House seat

What do you want me to answer, NY 9 elected a Republican for the first time in almost 90 years and you still want to believe it wasn't about Obama's record? Doubt you paid any attention to the platform of each candidate but are reacting out of your true liberal leanings.

I would like you to be honest and when you make a claim take in all the data. Your hypothesis is not supported by the rest of the data and you continually dismiss and deflect away from other elections in which Democrats have taken long standing Republican seats.

Cult followers are so illogical.
 
So what? NY-26 has been Republican for 138 of the last 154 years and it went to a Democrat in a special election after the last Republican resigned in shame. That's no different than what happened in NY-1.

The current borders of the 26th have nothing to do with what they may have been during the Civil War.

The current borders were drawn up so that a specific Republican, Tom Reyonlds, so that he could carpetbag into it without having to move too far away from the district he represented in the NYS Assembly. They lopped off just enough of Buffalo's northern suburbs, and stretched it through the suburbs of Rochester and Syracuse. That way, Reynolds could move from Springville, in southern Erie County, to Amherst, in northern Erie County, and get elected to Congress.
 
And after holding NY-26 for 138 of the last 154 years, Republicans lost that seat to the opposition party following a humiliating scandal ... your point is ... ?

What does that have to do with the thread topic, NY 9?
 
I would like you to be honest and when you make a claim take in all the data. Your hypothesis is not supported by the rest of the data and you continually dismiss and deflect away from other elections in which Democrats have taken long standing Republican seats.

Cult followers are so illogical.

Grew up a Democrat, spent over 20 years voting for Democrats, hardly a cult follower. Results matter, not rhetoric.
 
Those previous elections were before the latest economic results and the disaster overseas. When those elections were held the Obama JAR was much higher. The Obama record today is a drag on all Democrats and with 23 Democrat Seats on the ballot in 2012, more and more are going to throw Obama under the bus, but not people like you.

Ah.....all 435 or so seats are on the ballot in 2012. You do know that Congress people are elected to two year seats, right?
 
There was a large percentage of votes syphoned off by the Tea Party candidate in that race that otherwise would have largely went (R). With the three in the race, the (D) always had the lead. They didn't make up a substantial deficit in the polls as the race progressed.

The Republican candidate had already dropped out. It was a race between the Tea party backed candidate and the democrat. Not a three-way
 
What do you want me to answer, NY 9 elected a Republican for the first time in almost 90 years and you still want to believe it wasn't about Obama's record? Doubt you paid any attention to the platform of each candidate but are reacting out of your true liberal leanings.

You could at least be consistent. If it was about Obama, then it was about Obama. But don't say it was about Obama, but then say Obama wasn't on the ballot. I understand that you're giddy with excitement and can barely keep yourself from getting a boner because a Republican won, but geez...

How was it about Obama this time, but not 10 months ago?
 
Grew up a Democrat, spent over 20 years voting for Democrats, hardly a cult follower. Results matter, not rhetoric.

Says the man who STILL believes that GWB got fantastic results in office.....go Con!
 
There was a large percentage of votes syphoned off by the Tea Party candidate in that race that otherwise would have largely went (R). With the three in the race, the (D) always had the lead. They didn't make up a substantial deficit in the polls as the race progressed.
So? So some people voted for the Independent. That doesn't exonerate the Republican party which still lost the seat following a scandal.
 
Ah.....all 435 or so seats are on the ballot in 2012. You do know that Congress people are elected to two year seats, right?

Absolutely, the election of 2010 put an additional 65 seats into Republican control and now another Democrat seat and the best liberals can do is two Republican seats in other parts of NY. You did know that we had an election in 2010, right? Heard your state elected Jerry Brown as Governor? That should straighten out the state. Do you really have 12% unemployment?
 
Says the man who STILL believes that GWB got fantastic results in office.....go Con!

What does Bush have to do with the thread topic of NY 9? Don't blame you from wanting to divert back to Bush because I couldn't defend the Obama record either. That record cost him NY 9
 
What does that have to do with the thread topic, NY 9?
It shows that elections in New York are not about Obama and more importantly, New York is not about to give it's 29 electoral votes to the Republican next year.
 
It shows that elections in New York are not about Obama and more importantly, New York is not about to give it's 29 electoral votes to the Republican next year.

Obviously that is why you believe, the exit polls make other claims and I buy the exit results showing Obama was the reason this District went Republican for the first time in almost 90 years
 
It shows that elections in New York are not about Obama and more importantly, New York is not about to give it's 29 electoral votes to the Republican next year.

Well of course it does, silly. This one special election means that Republicans are going to get 60 seats in the Senate and the White House.

How many seats have you flipped since 2008? If you believe what you say, carry on, you are doing a great job as your attitude should lead to a filibuster proof Senate for the Republicans in 2012 along with the WH.
 
The Republican candidate had already dropped out. It was a race between the Tea party backed candidate and the democrat. Not a three-way

No, Hochul (D) defeated Corwin (R) the (I) was Davis. All three ran in the race.
 
So? So some people voted for the Independent. That doesn't exonerate the Republican party which still lost the seat following a scandal.

I never argued otherwise.
 
What does Bush have to do with the thread topic of NY 9? Don't blame you from wanting to divert back to Bush because I couldn't defend the Obama record either. That record cost him NY 9

You were the one talking about "results not rhetoric".....guess you are a firm believer in the "Do as I say, not as I do" mentality.
 
No, Hochul (D) defeated Corwin (R) the (I) was Davis. All three ran in the race.

Not really. The non tea party Republican was still on the ballot but had essentially conceded and had publically said don't vote for me. So it wasn't exactly a 3 party race. The end result was somewhere around 48-43....so it wasn't a three candidate split result.
 
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What do you want me to answer, NY 9 elected a Republican for the first time in almost 90 years and you still want to believe it wasn't about Obama's record? Doubt you paid any attention to the platform of each candidate but are reacting out of your true liberal leanings.
Was Obama's name on the Ballot Tuesday?
 
It shows that elections in New York are not about Obama and more importantly, New York is not about to give it's 29 electoral votes to the Republican next year.

Weprin had heavy support from unions, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), Democratic National Committee head, Florida Congresswoman, Debbie Wasserman Shultz, and an endorsement from the New York Times. It was alleged that George Soros had put $100,000 into Weprin’s campaign coffers. Turner had endorsements from Pete King, US House Homeland Security Committee Chairman and Hizzoner, Ed Koch. They both showed up at Turner’s victory celebration. Koch in particular made his endorsement of Turner a referendum on Obama’s mishandling of support for Israel. Watch a You Tube video of his endorsement of Turner. The New York Times, in the pre-election editorial criticized Koch for his Israel stand and endorsed Weprin. Turner had also made his election a referendum about Obama’s domestic policy failures and performance.
 
Obviously that is why you believe, the exit polls make other claims and I buy the exit results showing Obama was the reason this District went Republican for the first time in almost 90 years
Given your propensity for lying, I hope you'll understand why you'll have to produce a link to said exit polls since I don't believe a word you say.
 
Was Obama's name on the Ballot Tuesday?

Yep, or why else would the Democrat Candidate get so much outside support?

Weprin had heavy support from unions, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), Democratic National Committee head, Florida Congresswoman, Debbie Wasserman Shultz, and an endorsement from the New York Times. It was alleged that George Soros had put $100,000 into Weprin’s campaign coffers. Turner had endorsements from Pete King, US House Homeland Security Committee Chairman and Hizzoner, Ed Koch. They both showed up at Turner’s victory celebration. Koch in particular made his endorsement of Turner a referendum on Obama’s mishandling of support for Israel. Watch a You Tube video of his endorsement of Turner. The New York Times, in the pre-election editorial criticized Koch for his Israel stand and endorsed Weprin. Turner had also made his election a referendum about Obama’s domestic policy failures and performance.
 
Not really. The non tea party Republican was still on the ballot but had essentially conceded and had publically said don't vote for me. So it wasn't exactly a 3 party race. The end result was somewhere around 48-43....so it wasn't a three candidate split result.
And he ran as an Independent. Who knows how many Independent voters who would might have otherwsie voted for the Democrat had there not been an Inedependent in the race, voted for the Independent? Still, they didn't vote for the Republican
 
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