Election 2009: Independents go on a donkey-shoot

Patriot Room ^ | November 4, 2009 | Bill Dupray

[Bill Dupray]

Yesterday Chris Christie did even better than Whitman, winning by 4. McDonnell won by 18, which was the largest margin of victory for a Virginia Republican in history. People can say Creigh Deeds was a bad candidate, but was he really the worst candidate in history? So to the extent that 1993 was a harbinger of 1994, last night's elections make 2010 look worse for Democrats than 1994.

So when the Democrats today start bleating about how the extremist wing of the Republican party cost the GOP the election in upstate New York, be sure to remind them that it was the extremist wing of the Democrat Party in Washington that cost them Virginia and New Jersey.

[freespirited]

Owens has to run again in a year, no? If he is loyal to Pelosi, he has a good chance of being a half-term rep.

[Venturer]

We will see what happens when New York has a primary.

1 year is enough to get a bellyfull of Owens. After all it only took Obama 9 months for the public to have a bellyfull of him.

[ez]

So when the Democrats today start bleating about how the extremist wing of the Republican party cost the GOP the election in upstate New York, be sure to remind them that it was the extremist wing of the Democrat Party in Washington that cost them Virginia and New Jersey.