Posted on 10/31/2009 8:30:30 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
With Democrats poised to lose the governor's race in Virginia, and to possibly lose the governor's race in New Jersey and a special election for a House seat in New York, the White House has started insisting any pending losses will not have any significance.
"Whatever the results are I don't think they portend a lot in dealing with the future," White House press secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters on Friday, pointing to the fact that Democrats won the Virginia and New Jersey governors' races in 2001 despite a very popular President Bush, with Republicans picking up seats in Congress in 2002.
"I think we continue to take the long view on what's going on in Washington and throughout the country," Gibbs said.
President Obama will appear at campaign rallies in New Jersey Sunday to help the struggling and unpopular incumbent governor, Jon Corzine, who polls show is in a statistical dead heat with the Republican nominee, former U.S. Attorney Chris Christie.
On Monday, Vice President Joe Biden will appear at a campaign rally in Watertown, NY, to help the Democratic candidate in the special election for that New York House seat, Bill Owens, who is in a tight race with Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman.
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“We’ll find out Tuesday.”
I look forward to it.
Should be an interesting night.
Oh just look at it this way Obama it will be just a little taste of what is coming in 2010 if you continue to push healthcare takeover and cap and trade!
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