[Nonstatist]

This was a pathetic result in a Republican District , following 3 trillion dollars in wasteful govt spending. Shameful, embarrassing, emasculating.

[Russ]

A “Republican” district that went for Obama, Clinton, and Spitzer in the most recent elections. Right now many people really don’t care about the 3 trillion dollar spending so that will not have much bearing on elections yet. The reality of this massive spending boondoggle will not sink in until interest rates rise and inflation starts running wild. This will doom the Dems in 2010 as long as the Republicans run good, solid conservative candidates and not Dem-lite Rinos. Look at this New York election as a tiny baby step toward bigger and better things to come.

[aegiscg47]

I thought this district, which used to be heavily Republican, was reapportioned in 2003 and is now slightly Dem. Another FReeper posted some stats yesterday on another thread that the district has changed since the split, so a win here would be big.