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Originally Posted by 12thMan

Honestly, I think last night's results were a toss up. Losing a NJ and VA were a blow to the Dems, but it's more of a media story than any clear indictment of Obama. I know people will spin it a lot of different ways, but exit polling and low voter turnout suggest otherwise.

The results in NY-23, I believe, dealt a much more damaging blow to the Republican party than either gubernatorial lost. You had the GOP establishment publicly endorse DeDe Scozzafava, only to back away from her after Sarah Palin, Fred Thompson, Tim Pawlenty and few others decided they wanted to endorse Doug Hoffman, a conservative. Hoffman, who doesn't live in the district, received less than five percent of his donations from people living in the district, nor could he answer one solid question when interviewed about the very seat he was running for, was an embarrassment to begin with.

The rest is history.

For the first time in over 100 years a Democrat holds the seat in NY-23. Mind boggling if you think about. The GOP had better figure out how to get a hold of Palin, Limbaugh and Beck fast. Sure free speech is one thing, but when you're a publicly elected official you ought to have the common sense and political savvy to stay out of local races that you know nothing about. Especially if a Republican has held the seat for over a century.

See I see that as a success for the conservatives because DeDe was more liberal then anything else but still she got the backing of the Rep. party. She had very little support of the voters and I have no idea what the Rep. party thought when they supported her. I think it sent a wake up call to the party about who they support and it was clear from the people they will not stand for that joke of a person.