I don’t think it’s funny to lose a seat for a year. There is no short term benefit for us in the loss of NY-23. We can HOPE the loss is only for a year. We HOPE that the party leadership learned a lesson from this and it APPEARS they have, but we won’t know that for sure until we see a change in their process, strategy and ideology that is more closely aligned with the base.
While I agree that a loss is not good in reality we are talking about a 79 seat Dem majority versus a 80 seat dem majority. The pain until the general election will be mitigated by the lessons learned.
Too bad. I find it incredibly amusing that a party that said it knew better and conservatism was too extreme for the district had their candidate come in dead last despite spending about one million dollars on her. Only to have her betray them in the end.
As for the seat? Nothing was lost. Well I guess you might consider something lost if you consider the previous holder the seat who departed to serve Obama. But as for this race I repeat...nothing lost. Had the GOP had their way an extreme Liberal would have won the seat. Instead a Democrat won a temporary placement in which he will face the same pressures as all the other Democrat’s. Whether to oppose Obama and his leadership...or not. I’m thinking he won’t be any more eager to embrace that health bill than anyone else. Dede? Her I’m not so sure about. All Republicans lost was a number that doesn’t impact the control of the house in anyway.
You can fret if you like but the pros and cons of the situation were weighted and debated for weeks. I feel nor do I recognize any loss here. AT most I feel we gained a small victory IF Republicans like Cornyn hold to their fresh promise to never again interfere with an open seat.