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Dems lose seat held for 88 years to GOP in NYC

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Wednesday, September 14, 2011 1:48 AM

America loves a winner!

GOP wins in NY House race, seen as Obama rebuke
By BETH FOUHY - Associated Press | AP

NEW YORK (AP) — Republicans have scored an upset victory in a House race that started as a contest to replace Rep. Anthony Weiner after he resigned in a sexting scandal but became a referendum on President Barack Obama's economic policies.

Retired media executive and political novice Bob Turner defeated Democratic state Assemblyman David Weprin on Tuesday in the special election to fill the seat vacated by Weiner, a seven-term Democrat who resigned in June.
With more than 80 percent of precincts reporting, Turner had 54 percent of the vote to Weprin's 46 percent in unofficial results.

"We've been asked by the people of this district to send a message to Washington," Turner told supporters after the landmark win. "I hope they hear it loud and clear. We've been told this is a referendum. Mr. President, we are on the wrong track. We have had it with an irresponsible fiscal policy which endangers the entire economy."

Weprin did not immediately concede.
The heavily Democratic district, which spans parts of Queens and Brooklyn, had never sent a Republican to the House. But frustration with the continued weak national economy gave Republicans the edge.
Turner has vowed to bring business practicality to Washington and push back on spending and taxes.

The race was supposed to be an easy win for Democrats, who have a 3-1 ratio registration advantage in the district.
Weprin, a 56-year-old Orthodox Jew and member of a prominent Queens political family, seemed a good fit for the largely white, working-class district, which is nearly 40 percent Jewish.

But voter frustration with Obama put Weprin in the unlikely spot of playing defense. A Siena Poll released Friday found just 43 percent of likely voters approved of the president's job performance, while 54 percent said they disapproved. Among independents, just 29 percent said they approved of Obama's job performance.

Turner, a 70-year-old Catholic, vowed to push back on Obama's policies if elected. He received help from prominent Republicans including former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, whose much-praised stewardship of the city after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks was recalled during the 10th anniversary of the attacks last weekend.

Weprin became embroiled in New York-centric disputes over Israel and gay marriage, which cost him some support among Jewish voters.
Orthodox Jews, who tend to be conservative on social issues, expressed anger over Weprin's vote in the Assembly to legalize gay marriage. In July, New York became one of six states to recognize same-sex nuptials.
Former Mayor Ed Koch, a Democrat, endorsed Turner in July as a way to "send a message" to Obama on his policies toward Israel. And Weprin was challenged on his support of a proposed Islamic center and mos

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Wednesday, September 14, 2011 2:56 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

Oh, and as if it were adding insult to injury... more bad news for Democrats !

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LAS VEGAS - Republican former state senator Mark Amodei won Nevada's heavily GOP 2nd Congressional District in a special election Tuesday night, easily trouncing Democrat Kate Marshall in this economically ravaged state where President Barack Obama's popularity has sagged.

Amodei walked into election day as the candidate to beat, with early voting and registration numbers alike heavily favoring the GOP. History was also on his side. The district made up of rural, conservatives voters has never elected a Democrat.

Marshall called it quits with roughly 42 percent of the vote in, telling 100 supporters just after 9 a.m. that she had conceded.

Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2011/09/14/2011
0914nevada-elects-amodei-house.html#ixzz1XvmxZRDk

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Wednesday, September 14, 2011 3:30 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

Nobody expected them to win either of those races, so it's no surprise to anyone. There were good reasons they lost, which everyone (but you?) knew. Far be it from me to ruin your enjoyment and crowing, however, so shine on, little tiny man.

Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”,
signing off

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Wednesday, September 14, 2011 9:56 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

Kid yourself all you want Niki, but this was a colossal blow to the Dems. Especially NY #9 district. Weiner was a hard Lefty, a pit bull for the Obama administration, and for that seat, of all seats, to go Republican... it's on par w/ the former Kennedy seat the Dems lost in MA, for US Senate.

" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "

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Wednesday, September 14, 2011 11:24 AM

M52NICKERSON

DALEK!

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Kid yourself all you want Niki, but this was a colossal blow to the Dems. Especially NY #9 district. Weiner was a hard Lefty, a pit bull for the Obama administration, and for that seat, of all seats, to go Republican... it's on par w/ the former Kennedy seat the Dems lost in MA, for US Senate.

You do realize that that is one of the districts that will most likley be gone at the end of the year, since NY is losing two house seats.

I do not fear God, I fear the ignorance of man.

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Wednesday, September 14, 2011 11:28 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

Likely, but that'll be the decision of the governor and the NY legislators, as I understand it. I'm guessing, for appearances, the GOP will at least look into keeping the 9th, but maybe not.

Still, it can't be dismissed, that in a NY district where the Dems out number the GOP registered voters 3 to 1, a Republican won.

" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "

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Wednesday, September 14, 2011 12:52 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Kid yourself all you want Niki, but this was a colossal blow to the Dems. Especially NY #9 district. Weiner was a hard Lefty, a pit bull for the Obama administration, and for that seat, of all seats, to go Republican... it's on par w/ the former Kennedy seat the Dems lost in MA, for US Senate.

Speaking of that "Kennedy seat", it's up for grabs again. And Democrat Elizabeth Warren is set to run for it.

"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill

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Wednesday, September 14, 2011 4:33 PM

1KIKI

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.

Dems stayed home in droves which is why they lost Weiner's seat - not b/c the democratic party was not enough like the republicans but b/c it was too much like them.

Remember when teachers, public employees, Planned Parenthood, NPR and PBS crashed the stock market, wiped out half of our 401Ks, took trillions in taxpayer funded bailouts, spilled oil in the Gulf of Mexico, gave themselves billions in bonuses, and paid no taxes?

Yeah, me neither....

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Wednesday, September 14, 2011 4:34 PM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

KIKI- Indeed.

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Wednesday, September 14, 2011 4:35 PM

ANTHONYT

Freedom is Important because People are Important

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Originally posted by 1kiki:
Dems stayed home in droves which is why they lost Weiner's seat - not b/c the democratic party was not enough like the republicans but b/c it was too much like them.

Remember when teachers, public employees, Planned Parenthood, NPR and PBS crashed the stock market, wiped out half of our 401Ks, took trillions in taxpayer funded bailouts, spilled oil in the Gulf of Mexico, gave themselves billions in bonuses, and paid no taxes?

Yeah, me neither....

Hello,

I have had this sense of things lately.

--Anthony

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