GOP wins VA, NJ....and very little discussion

[Bob]

it's been news for less than a day and you've already made a thread about it so i'd say there's quite a bit of discussion about it, to the extent that "" counts as discussion

[yeahwho]

I have a raging hard on and can barely type

[ms.peachy]

This is the first NJ governor's race I've sat out since I became eligible to vote. I kind of hated to do it, because I am a big advocate of voting generally and I believe it's every citizens duty to take an active interest in governance. However, I just really could not see that this year, it would have been worth it for me to go to the effort of sorting out having my absentee ballot sent to China, voting, posting it back by the early deadline, etc. when I just could not see any real value to either candidate. I'm not pleased it went to Christie, but I'm not horrified either. I'd have felt pretty much the same about Corzine. I actually think that they are both basically good men; Corzine's views and policies are more in line with my own, but the fact is he is crippled by his association with individuals taken down in the earlier corruptions scandals. So we will see what Christie will do. Good luck to him.

[kaiser soze]

They can have their governorships, Dems will take/hold two congressional seats! (Owens in NY 23 and Garamendi in CA 10)

Happy to see my once red district go blue and I helped

[RobMoney$]

That's not what your leader was saying...
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29000.html
Not even Chairman Obama could help Corzine.

NO YOU CAN'T, NO YOU CAN'T!


This is a wake-up call for Obama.
It's time to quit making pretty speeches and do something, or your time will be up next.

[kaiser soze]

huh?

I was talking about NY district 23 congressional race (the once big news item until Owens won)

[DroppinScience]

Wake-up call? The case of New Jersey and Virginia are their own isolated incidents where the Democrats (particularly NJ) were troubled for their own internal, regional-specific problems. Off-year elections forecast very little about mid-term or presidential elections.

And if there IS anything reliable from Tuesday that can be forecasted in future elections, it was NY-23 (which helped turn a red district into blue) and now shows vote-splitting among the tea party people. The GOP have the right to bask in their gubernatorial victories, but they got a big uphill battle when it comes to U.S. Congress.

[valvano]

Originally Posted by kaiser soze

huh?

I was talking about NY district 23 congressional race (the once big news item until Owens won)

correct me if i am wrong, but didnt even the Daily Koz endorse the GOP pick? and recall, this was an election with no primary...and will be right back up for election again next year?

yet wonderboy Tim Kaine, DNC Chair and Obama boot licker, couldn't deliver the Old Dominion..and Corzine, despite the fat jokes and the $$$$$, couldnt win Joisey...