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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Wed Nov-04-09 12:22 AM
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Kos: NY-23: Nice going Palin, PawlentyUpdated at 12:34 PM
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/11/3/800296/-NY-23:-...

Let's all give a hearty round of applause to the teabaggers, who took what would've been a very good night for Republicans and ruined it by helping Democrats pick up a seat they hadn't held since the Civil War.

Glenn Beck? Thanks!

Sarah Palin? Thanks!

Tim Pawlenty? Thanks!

Club for Growth? Thanks!

Ironically, the NRCC, the RNC, Newt Gingrich and the smartest Republican in the world, Tom Davis (former NRCC chair) were right -- the Republican Party needs to be more of a big tent to successfully compete in the Northeast and other non-Southern parts of the country.

So let's sit back and watch the teabaggers go to war against the GOP establishment, even though it was the national and local GOP that knew how to best hold the seat.

While the Virginia and New Jersey losses hurt, governor races usually revolve around local issues. if the question was "are voters angry at the direction of Congress and want Democrats stopped", then the answer is clear -- Democrats won both congressional races, including the über-reliable NY-23. Even in conservative districts (at least those outside the South), people don't want what the teabaggers are selling.

Update: Neither NY-23 or CA-10 have been called as of this posting, but both races are over.

Update II: Nate has the county breakdown in NY-23. Biggest wildcard is 6,000 absentees, but in a three way contest (Scozzafava was still in the race for much of the absentee period), there's little chance that Hoffman picks up the 4,000+ votes he needs.

Update III: Fox has called it for Owens. I don't think anyone else has...

Update IV: Hoffman concedes, and Dick Armey's "tip of the spear" ... kind of flaccid.

Thanks again, crazy conservatives, for giving us Dems something to cheer about in an otherwise rough tonight -- especially in the one race that seems to have true national significance.

Race tracker wiki: NY-23
http://www.opencongress.org/wiki/NY-23
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   Thanks FREAKS!!!! First Dem in that district since the CIVIL WAR! -eom  Justitia   Nov-04-09 12:26 AM   #1 
   You got it! the nutballs LOSE! This was the one race I really wanted  napi21   Nov-04-09 12:26 AM   #2 
   "Civil War"?! I thought it was only  Cha   Nov-04-09 12:26 AM   #3 
   Actually, pre-Civil War  601Liberal   Nov-04-09 12:35 AM   #5 
      Wow! Thanks for the  Cha   Nov-04-09 12:43 AM   #9 
   I'm Tivoing Beck's breakdown tomorrow.  tridim   Nov-04-09 12:35 AM   #4 
   You kill me! Thanks for the suggestion! -eom  Justitia   Nov-04-09 12:45 AM   #10 
   The good news? Limbaugh, Armey Hannity, Beck, Palin, Pawlenty LOSE!!! The bad news?  Liberal_Stalwart71   Nov-04-09 12:37 AM   #6 
   these guys are  safeinOhio   Nov-04-09 12:37 AM   #7 
   Great to see Dick Armey and his army of dicks limp away in defeat.  Graybeard   Nov-04-09 12:41 AM   #8 
   Even the considerable charms of Fred Thompson and his cloud of Aqua Velva  aint_no_life_nowhere   Nov-04-09 12:49 AM   #11 
      LOL. Will someone please tell him that he died about 20 yrs ago.  Graybeard   Nov-04-09 07:35 AM   #12 
 
Justitia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-04-09 12:26 AM
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1. Thanks FREAKS!!!! First Dem in that district since the CIVIL WAR! -eom
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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-04-09 12:26 AM
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2. You got it! the nutballs LOSE! This was the one race I really wanted
to win and we did! I don't are about Corzine or Deeds. I wanted THIS ONE and we got it!
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Wed Nov-04-09 12:26 AM
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3. "Civil War"?! I thought it was only
a 100 years!

This is surreal..I'm loving this!
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601Liberal (25 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-04-09 12:35 AM
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5. Actually, pre-Civil War
1852, to be exact.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Wed Nov-04-09 12:43 AM
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9. Wow! Thanks for the
accuracy..I'm going to love quoting that date.
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-04-09 12:35 AM
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4. I'm Tivoing Beck's breakdown tomorrow.
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Justitia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-04-09 12:45 AM
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10. You kill me! Thanks for the suggestion! -eom
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Liberal_Stalwart71 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Wed Nov-04-09 12:37 AM
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6. The good news? Limbaugh, Armey Hannity, Beck, Palin, Pawlenty LOSE!!! The bad news?
Edited on Wed Nov-04-09 12:37 AM by Liberal_Stalwart71
Gingrich, Huckabee win. :puke: :puke:
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safeinOhio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-04-09 12:37 AM
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7. these guys are
Edited on Wed Nov-04-09 12:38 AM by safeinOhio
just little piss ants trying to battle the all powerful ACORN. :sarcasm:
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Graybeard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Wed Nov-04-09 12:41 AM
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8. Great to see Dick Armey and his army of dicks limp away in defeat.
BWAAAAHAHAHAHA! The "tea bag revolution" looks kinda soggy tonight.
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aint_no_life_nowhere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-04-09 12:49 AM
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11. Even the considerable charms of Fred Thompson and his cloud of Aqua Velva
couldn't turn the tide for Hoffman.
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Graybeard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Wed Nov-04-09 07:35 AM
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12. LOL. Will someone please tell him that he died about 20 yrs ago.
Thompson and Armey? What a bunch of losers.
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