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I am utter SHOCKED by this victory. This is the heart of one of the most corrupt, RAT infested districts in the nation. Before Hurricane Katrina, Jefferson's district was at least as heavily Democrat as mine, and I live in Hussein Obama's HOME district. Even after Katrina, the latest numbers show the district is still over 60% black and over 2/3rds RAT.

I, as everyone else did, expected Jefferson to win overwhemingly no matter how blatant his corruption is, just as Gary Studds was caught butt raping 17 year olds and won by even HIGHER margins. If you had told me yesterday that Cao would get over 20%, I would have laughed in your face and bet you $100 there's no way.

In many ways this is a reverse of my panic on election night, where I felt sick to my stomach seeing a radical Chicago machine candidate with zero credentials winning over states like Virginia and Indiana that hadn't gone RAT since LBJ's 1964 landslide.

I agree this appears to be a fluke in much the same way Dan Rostencowski was ousted in 1994 by one-term Michael Patrick Flannigan due to Rosty's being on trial for corruption (becoming the first, and thus far only, Republican elected to represent a majority city of Chicago district since the early 60s) -- but bear in mind THAT was during the GOP high water of 1994. THIS victory came in the aftermath of the Obamanation. THIS really did make history, far more than a guy with half-black ancestry winning the Presidency did. Let us get behind Cao immediately and make sure he doesn't end up like Flannigan, because the Dems will do everything they can to take back this seat in 2010, and the demographics are overwhemingly in their favor. I am very proud that our nation's first Vietnamese-american Congressman is a Republican. If we can showcase Cao to the world, he and Bobby Jindal can lead us back to victory and become the NEW face of the Republican Party, especially everytime the media tries to portray all those mean nasty GOP voters in the deep south as evil bigots and racists.

The local papers have been rubbing it our face with nonstop "commerative" issues of Dear Leader since Nov. 5, 2008. The Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times greeting me the next morning with a smiling photo of The One and the caption "Mr. President", which made me lose my lunch. Now, it's time to shove this in the face of the mainstream media NONSTOP:

CONGRESSMAN CAO
(R-New Orleans)

We have a large Vietnamese community here. They don’t feel sorry for themselves, they don’t whine, they don’t demand the world bow down to them, they excel at all they do.

I respect them. They are good, solid conservative folks. About half the community is Buddhist and the rest are Catholic.

With the history of this segment of our population so fresh, it is a lesson to other longtime minorities to get with the program; assimilate, work within the system to succeed.

Congratulations Congressman Cao!

“I am utter SHOCKED by this victory.”

If I read that Daley had become a conservative Republican and an NRA member it would be as believable as this election. I am waiting to wake up and find out that Cao is a sleeper agent for the Democrats and will switch immediately on swearing in.

I may go into the city today and watch the Black Preachers commit suicide, “Oh Happy Day when Jesus Washed “Our” Sins Away.”

I am not so shocked, guess I don’t shock easy. I was ‘surprised’ when I saw the polling giving Cao a lead but that prepared me for the possibly. Winning the special (or breaking 40%) for the Emmanuel/Blago/Flanagan/Rosti seat, THAT would shock me.

It’s gonna be very tough to reelect him. He’d be the GOPer in most rat seat since at least RINO liberal Connie Morella. Hopefully the NRCC will have enough cash to fund him and at least allow for the possibility. Surviving ‘10 would be one thing. Surviving black turnout in ‘12 would be another thing. But since the seat must get bigger as the state is dropping a district (this is the one that lost people) it can take on more GOP territory.

Of course should he lose we can play the race card against the democrats.

“first Vietnamese-american Congressman”

And a hell of any unlikely one. From NOLA in 2008?

“Gary Studds “

Ick. And the thing is that seat is and as far as I can tell has been for the past 50 years at least, the most Republican area of Massachusetts in POTUS voting (despite it also housing some ultra liberal gays). Studds first won it in ‘72 as Tricky Dick was almost certainly carrying it. He beat Hastings Keith (R) at the time the only halfway conservative member of the Mass. delegation since Joe Martin. That same year Kerry lost a house race in MA.

“The local papers have been rubbing it our face with nonstop “commerative” issues of Dear Leader since Nov. 5, 2008.”

See the “own of piece of history” Sun Times (or Trib?) reprint commercials? Barf.

Also there are commemorative plates that they started to make so fast they list the electoral votes of Missou and NC as “undecided”. Mind bogglingly revolting.