In what can only be described as a dreary night in politicking... the election of Christie in New Jersey and some other republican fart in Virginia — both running for governator — proved to be the let down of this election cycle. You know, the cycle that we're not in right now.
In typical leftist fashion, I'm going to ignore the minor setbacks and instead focus on the unusual victory for the democrats in NY-23. That's the congressional district faced with a special election which I've already mentioned.
Bill Owens, the democrat won in a split conservative/republican vote with Hoffman, the newly-minted conservative candidate, who a) doesn't live in the area, and b) had no f*cking clue about local issues, attracted all the latest superstars of national republican politics [no, I'm not giving them another name check, read my previous post].
The interesting news about this minor of all the minor races yesterday, was that Owen won in a seat that hasn't seen a democrat victory since the incumbent was a Whig. In other words, you have to go back before the civil war to find a democrat winning this northerly seat.
And no, I'm not shitting you... check out the link I've conveniently placed in the text above. It makes interesting reading.
And by the way, happy Guy Fawkes Day! My Brit readers will know the reference...
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Hopefully Palin & Co. have NOT learned their lesson and will continue to push their hand-picked nutcases onto ballots around the country.
According to Michael Steele, that's exactly what they're going to do.
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