PastaJoe Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 GLENS FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — Almost a month after a special election in a heavily Republican congressional district, the Democratic candidate claimed victory Friday when his GOP opponent conceded in a race that focused attention on President Barack Obama's stimulus plan. After the March 31 election in New York's 20th District, Democrat Scott Murphy and Republican Jim Tedisco were separated by a handful of votes with thousands of absentee ballots to be counted. For nearly four weeks, the lead flipped back and forth but Murphy's advantage started to grow this week and was more than 400 votes on Thursday. The diverse district stretches from the rural Adirondack Mountains, south of the Canadian border, to the mid-Hudson Valley, north of New York City. It has more than 196,000 registered Republicans compared with about 125,000 Democrats. Nationwide, Republicans have taken a pounding in the past two election cycles and in New York, the pain has been acute. They lost three congressional seats in 2006 and three more last year, leaving just three Republicans in the 29-seat state delegation. They also lost the state Senate for the first time in four decades last November, and every statewide elected office is held by a Democrat. Early on, Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele declared the 20th a top priority for 2009. For Republicans, victory would have given them a claim in the heavily Democratic Northeast. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationw...0,4878860.story So much for the Republican resurgence, maybe the +70,000 more Republicans were busy buying teabags. Or they support Obama's policies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keukasmallies Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 The importance of that victory ranks right up there with Hill'ry Clinton telling the Lebanonese we will never abandon them...you know, just another headline with no significance whatsoever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PastaJoe Posted April 27, 2009 Author Share Posted April 27, 2009 Sure, and if the Republicans had won they and Rush and Hannity wouldn't have been crowing about how Obama's policies had been rejected by the voters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 GLENS FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — Almost a month after a special election in a heavily Republican congressional district, the Democratic candidate claimed victory Friday when his GOP opponent conceded in a race that focused attention on President Barack Obama's stimulus plan. After the March 31 election in New York's 20th District, Democrat Scott Murphy and Republican Jim Tedisco were separated by a handful of votes with thousands of absentee ballots to be counted. For nearly four weeks, the lead flipped back and forth but Murphy's advantage started to grow this week and was more than 400 votes on Thursday. The diverse district stretches from the rural Adirondack Mountains, south of the Canadian border, to the mid-Hudson Valley, north of New York City. It has more than 196,000 registered Republicans compared with about 125,000 Democrats. Nationwide, Republicans have taken a pounding in the past two election cycles and in New York, the pain has been acute. They lost three congressional seats in 2006 and three more last year, leaving just three Republicans in the 29-seat state delegation. They also lost the state Senate for the first time in four decades last November, and every statewide elected office is held by a Democrat. Early on, Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele declared the 20th a top priority for 2009. For Republicans, victory would have given them a claim in the heavily Democratic Northeast. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationw...0,4878860.story So much for the Republican resurgence, maybe the +70,000 more Republicans were busy buying teabags. Or they support Obama's policies. Funny thing is, if the party affiliations were reversed in this story you'd be complaining about election fraud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Lieutenant Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Looks like the Obama backlash is alive and strong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Lieutenant Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Will someone please take the bait............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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