A Democrat won a seat for the first time in 100 years giving them another vote in the House. I do not see that as a victory.
THE BIG PICTURE. We keep saying that we’d rather have a D screw things up then an R. It’s only a year. We’ll take this seat back...And all the others. What a bunch of whiny babies...I’m shocked at FR. This was a huge night for us and some of you are just choosing to be miserable.
Did you read the comments above by Erickson? On its face Hoffman’s loss is certainly not a victory, but NY-23 will be up for grabs in less than one year from now (2010). Hopefully the GOP can do it right next year by listening to its conservative base rather than GOP party hacks.
Do you fail to see that the Dems had the seat either way even if Hoffman did not enter the race??????? Scuzzy was a Dem all along, as conservatives pointed out. Good riddance to her. One year with the Dem, and a real conservative will take the seat back.
Scozzafava is more liberal than even the Democrat, so it wouldn't have made any difference even if the Republican had won.
It’s a victory because DeDe would have voted with the Dems on cap&trade, on abortion, on card check, on the health care bill. All would be called “bi-partisan” votes because of DeDE.
Because we all know that scozzafava, despite encouraging others to vote FOR the democrat candidate, would have fought tooth and nail against the House democrats.