Kinda bitchy, you are.
I remember you from last year...
At any rate, I trust you’ll be around to analyze why Upstate NY went for Owens.
My anaylsis of why Upstate NY went for Owens? Okay.
Hoffman was unknown character with no political experience and he wasn’t very charismatic. He also lived outside the district after the recent redraw. Dede Scozzafava, despite all of her flaws to us, was an elected state official that was a known local commodity and had a following. She had been elected and re-elected into the state assembly for 10+ years now. They probably viewed all these national politicians stepping and derailing candadite very negatively. As a result, they harness their bitterness against this intrustion by voting for Owens, who has successfully painted himself as a middle of the road moderate, (and would probably be described as DINO by those at the Daily Kos). A majority of Dede’s voters has decided they could live with Owens rather than reward the people that derailed their local politician.
There’s my analysis.
Responding for myself, I can look on the positive side of this -- exposing a total RINO and sending a message to the national party that we won't put up with it.
The down side is that the media and the rats will take up the call that its all Sarah Palin's fault he lost and that she is out of touch with the real voters -- moderates! They are so wrong, wrong, wrong. A conservative candidate running as a Republican is much more likely to win than a RINO or a third party candidate.