Twin defeats spark Democratic fears

Politico ^ | 9/14/11 4:57 AM EDT | JONATHAN MARTIN & BEN SMITH & JAKE SHERMAN

[RC one]

The last time a republican won that district was in 1922 or so I heard on Fox and Friends this AM. That definitely seems like a message to the democratic party. It's gonna be hard to downplay the significance of this.

[RandallFlagg]

I haven’t found any threads about Amodei winning in Nevada.

[Perdogg]

The GOP candidate in Nevada won by 22 points in a district which is +5 GOP. So much for the US House being more unpopular than Zero.

[RC one]

I think their loss in New York pretty much overshadows their loss in Nevada. It’s like Epic Fail versus General Fail.

[SampleMan]

We need to focus on winning a conservative super majority in the Senate and a larger margin in the House.

Obviously, we must wine the White House as well.

Only with a super majority can we turn this thing around.

And then, we must move with lightning speed. The key will be to keep the Leftist media too stirred up by the next step to continue battling the last step.

[SampleMan]

We need to focus on winning a conservative super majority in the Senate and a larger margin in the House.

Obviously, we must wine the White House as well.

Only with a super majority can we turn this thing around.

And then, we must move with lightning speed. The key will be to keep the Leftist media too stirred up by the next step to continue battling the last step.

[Theodore R.]

Actually, the Democrats can easily downplay this: The district goes out of existence in January 2013; their candidate doesn’t live in the district. Turnout was low compared to general elections (if it was?). The district is too large for Bill Clinton’s phone calls to reach everyone. People got “confused” by “negative campaigning.” Now the spin may be delusional, but it will be there.

[RandallFlagg]

Do you know if either of these guys are Tea Party?

[VanDeKoik]

“Obviously, we must wine the White House as well.”

I like that!

Get them drunk, ship them to a remote island in the S. Indian Ocean, and then change the locks!

[Psalm 73]

"....betrayed, disappointed, furious, disgusted, hopeless,”

Now they know how WE feel!

[MichaelP]

The RATS are so screwed. If the get Obuumer to pull out in favor of Hilary, the lose the black vote. We have to keep up the momentum and a bullseye on economic remediation. If we don't commit fratricide, we should win the whole shooting match!

Mike

[taildragger]

I haven’t found any threads about Amodei winning in Nevada.

I just searched and found he won, I was going to post it but got distracted. Start one Randall !

I think the results with the time difference from "EST" hit much later for most freepers, just a guess.

[stevem]

“People feel betrayed, disappointed, furious, disgusted, hopeless,” said the source.

I don't get the 'betrayed' part. Betrayed by whom? What major policy have they voted for in recent years that they didn't get?

That doesn't sound like betrayal.

I particularly like the part of the article in another paragragh about the disloyal voters. Don't they know it's their job to line up, stand with feet about shoulder width apart and take those extra hard upward kicks and like it?

[MichaelP]

Memo to self~hit y key harder!

[Psalm 73]

"...we must move with lightning speed. The key will be to keep the Leftist media too stirred up by the next step to continue battling the last step."

Agree - but that will take a Republican leader who thinks fast on their feet, ouside the box, and isn't beholdened to the "good old boys" network.
Flame me if you will, but Palin seems to be the only one that fits that mold.

[Netz]

Cautiously, carefully, tread quietly and pray for a 2012 Republican L-A-N-D-S-L-I-D-E !!!!!!!!! Oops, to early, calm down, gather strength and work towards that noble goal...

[Netz]

Cautiously, carefully, tread quietly and pray for a 2012 Republican L-A-N-D-S-L-I-D-E !!!!!!!!! Oops, to early, calm down, gather strength and work towards that noble goal...

[LRS]

While this may have started with an arrogant fool flaunting his weenie, it needs to end with the defeat next year of another arrogant fool who flaunts his booty with an everyday mooning of America from the Oval Office!

[Psalm 73]

"Memo to self~hit y key harder!"

You're using a manual type-writer? How does that work with the internet?

[TNCMAXQ]

Wow I’m surprised the political elites aren’t trying to bury this result. How things change in a short time. Just a few months ago after the Demo victory in that other NY district Pelosi and company were practically proclaiming they would win back the House in 2012.