Victories!!!
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Wow, what a night for conservatives in Virginia, New Jersey, AND New York! Yes, Doug Hoffman’s close loss in NY-23 is still a big, big victory…the man came out of nowhere to shove turncoat Republican Dede Scozzafava out of the race, and give Democrat Bill Owens a serious run for his money. Had Scozzafava not still been on the ballot, Hoffman would have probably won. NY-23 sends a HUGE message to the GOP: You Can’t Win Without Conservatives.
In Virginia, for the second time in history, the GOP took ALL statewide offices. In New Jersey, despite multiple stump-trips by Obama and his boys, Republican Chris Christie smoked John Corzine. In blue-state Pennsylvania, the Supreme Court went to the Republicans… which could help them with redistricting next year. Gay marriage was shot down in Maine.
In every state in which Barack Obama campaigned for a candidate, the candidate lost. I wish he’d made it up to NY-23. The Obama/ACORN “base” stayed home, and independent voters left the Dems like congressmen scurrying out of Washington on a Thursday afternoon.
Political expert Larry Sabato notes that there have only been two times in history when Virginia and New Jersey so thoroughly flipped to the opposite party: in 1993, before the GOP take over of Congress in 1994, and in 2005, before the Democrats took back Congress in 2006.
It was a sunny conservatism that won the day…not a tit-for-tat with Bush-bashing Democrats. In Virginia, Bob McDonnell ran a pragmatic race on the issues: jobs, the economy, taxes, roads. New Jersey Democrats’ petty ads about Chris Christie’s weight blew up in their faces, as voters are in no mood for such petty shenanigans. What’s more: independents broke strongly for the GOP in all of last night’s big races in a quick flip from the 2008 presidential election. Obama is not the change they believe in.
GOP party powers: Can You Hear Us Now? Let NY-23 be a lesson to you. If you keep turning your backs on conservatives, you will keep losing. Learn the lesson, or ignore it at your peril.
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