[JerseyHighlander]

Indeed, the Speaker lost a vote.

Further intrigue, if a real conservative Republican wins this district in November, the redistricting fight in NY State gets thrown a new dimension, and the possible/probable elimination of the NY-23 ( of the Hoffman
Owens
Scozzafava special election ) is in doubt. That leaves Peter King up a creek with no district.

We could end up with Peter King challenging Lazio in the Republican Senate primary. http://www.politico.com/blogs/scorecard/0109/Gillibrand_pick_helps_King_in_redistricting.html

We could end up with Hoffman in the House representing a reformulated NY-29 in 2012.

The biggest threat... We could end up with a 27-1 Dem-Rep split through hyper-gerrymandering for the NY 2012 delegation if the NY State Dem strategists use the redistricting plans entered into the contest here:
http://www.swingstateproject.com/tag/New%20York

[reefdiver]

Higgins (erie county) does not have a lock on his seat anymore