Dede Deja Vu?

Political Blog ^ | February 6, 2010 | Raquel Okyay

[Raquel]

Republicans across New York are practically salivating at the prospect of turning New York red at the Governor’s mansion, United States Senate, and at tons of state and local races from Broome to Queens County. It’s the kind of excitement that should raise the brow of New York’s Senator Chuck Schumer, former Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, but the GOP need not worry, he’s one of those politicians so self absorbed that if he was playing right field he wouldn’t see a pop-up until it hit him in the face!

Schumer is also plenty busy trying to secure his party’s leadership (now that polls show the current majority leader is about to lose his seat in a landslide) and is fully immersed in partisan behind closed door discussions that would, he hopes, transform the shape of American healthcare from a market driven industry to a government-run universal program.

The current conservative, freedom loving, flag waving, waive of enthusiasts that unite Americans against big government, large deficits, and wasteful spending, are no doubt part of the reason why Republicans think they can win even in liberal New York. Ironically conservative New Yorkers have been talking about these issues for decades, and for decades the GOP leadership have, all too often ignored them, even though the party touts conservative principles in its platform.

The media circus-like race in New York’s 23rd Congressional District this past November is one example of how the GOP has spurned conservatives before. Recall that this was the race that pitted a liberal Republican vs. a Conservative Republican vs. a liberal Democrat.

[Raquel]

PING

[neverdem]

thanks, bfl