No, NY-3 is not drawn for Republicans. The outflow of Republican voters from that district to NJ and the sunbelt has been ongoing for over 20 years. The inflow of Democrat voters has been ongoing for 40 years. From local to state level the area has permanently turned to a Democrat party bastion.
Sorry Jersey, NY's 3rd is drawn with a clear GOP majority and is about as Republican as you can get in heavily Democrat New York State. Obamessiah couldn't even win NY's 3rd, and bear in mind Obama won "conservative" areas no Dem Presidential candidate has carried in decades like North Carolina and Virginia.
New York's 3rd congressional district
Current Representative Peter T. King (R)
Population (2000) 654,360
Cook PVI R+4
2004 President Bush 52% - Kerry 47%
2008 President McCain 52% - Obama 47%
Clintonite RINO Peter King has no business representing a GOP district like that. He should have been purged back in '98. We have primaries for the purpose of electing real Republicans and not RINOs, especially in safe GOP districts. And the possibility that HE might be redistricted of existence in Jan. 2013 is no excuse for keeping his treasonous liberal butt in that seat any longer. He's already had a decade longer than he should have had to inflict damage on the GOP nationally. He's certainly much worse than John McCain who freepers say should be purged immediately because McCain also represents a marginally Republican area. Remember how much damage Bill Clinton was able to do in "only" two more years as President from 1998-2000.
I remember hearing back in 2000 that we wouldn't have to worry about Blago after 2002 because he'd be "redistricted out of existence". Turns out they saved his district after all, and then we ended with six years of Governor Blago PLUS Rahm Emanuel chosen as his "heir apparent" for that seat.
Any principled conservative should make it a top priority to remove RINO Peter King in 2010. But hey, don't say I didn't warn you. We all know what happened when Maine conservatives didn't lift a finger against the "electable" RINOs there. Hope all the Maine conservatives don't mind porkulus and Obamacare, after all they voted for it.
Reminds me of the myth Ray LaThug used to always put out about how his Peoria district was a "swing area" and that only someone who "has a good working relationship with Democrats" (a.k.a. a RINO like himself) could win it. Then the RINO ran off to be Obama's yes-man for Transporation and a 23 year old conservative state rep. won LaThug's "swing" district by nearly 70% of the vote without breaking a sweat. Funny how no Democrat has been elected Congressman in LaThug's "swing" district in over 80 years.
So lemme get this straight according to the Peter King fan club... RINOs are unacceptable in the 23rd, but just find and dandy in the much more Republican 3rd district?
Epic fail post. Laughable.
Why did Bush and McLame win in the “Democrat party bastion” that is NY-03? LMAO. Not that it’s safe it’s been held by a rat before and been carried by rats statewide plenty but it can definitely elect a Republican better than King.