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N.Y. Dem Owens might support Republican John Boehner for Speaker
The Hill ^
| 11/23/10
| Jordan Fabian
Posted on 11/29/2010 5:04:25 AM PST by Impy
A Democratic congressman who backed Speaker Nancy Pelosi for minority leader said Monday it is "quite possible" he might vote for Republican John Boehner for Speaker in the next Congress.
Rep. Bill Owens (N.Y.) said he voted for Pelosi (D-Calif.) for minority leader in a House Democratic caucus meeting last week, even though he thinks she is too liberal. But Owens said he is open to supporting Boehner, whom House Republicans designated as the next Speaker, when the full House votes next year.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: billowens; boehner; democrat; hoffman; ny; ny23; owens; pelosi; republican; speaker
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To: Impy
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posted on
11/29/2010 5:05:46 PM PST
by
Cacique
(quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
To: campaignPete R-CT
It’s incredible how the NY-23 keeps reporting an easy win for Owens on election night but when they bother to actually count all of the votes correctly it ends up being a squeaker. It’s happened twice in the past 14 months or so.
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posted on
11/29/2010 6:45:08 PM PST
by
AuH2ORepublican
(If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll protect your rights?)
To: 9YearLurker; Impy; fieldmarshaldj; Clintonfatigued; AuH2ORepublican
Lurker: "Hoffman was on the ballot and only dropped out a few weeks before the electionlets get and keep our facts straight. And the idea that a poll could micro-detect that Hoffmans 6000 voters werent otherwise GOP voters is laughable."
Dede was on the ballot and only dropped out a few days before the electionlets get and keep our facts straight. And the idea that a poll could micro-detect that Dedes 8000 voters werent otherwise Conservative voters is laughable.
Did Dede and her groupie Doheny endorse Hoffman over Owens? No. When the local GOP gets it right with the right candidate, they will win.
The talk in the NY press is that the compromise between the GOP Senate and the DEM House is: one DEM seat in NYC will be dismantled and one GOP seat upstate will be dismantled. (Assuming NY goes from 29 to 27 seats. Could end up with 28. I really do not know which part of the state is losing population.)
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posted on
11/29/2010 9:21:10 PM PST
by
campaignPete R-CT
("pray without ceasing" - Paul of Tarsus)
To: campaignPete R-CT; neverdem
I thought that all of New York’s population loss was upstate.
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posted on
11/30/2010 5:03:22 AM PST
by
Clintonfatigued
(Illegal aliens commit crimes that Americans won't commit)
To: Clintonfatigued; neverdem
I think I will let the professionals handle it, but you are probably right about upstate NY.
“The number of upstate residents 45 or older increased by 15.3 percent, even as the number of young people, on whom they rely to hold jobs and pay taxes, went down sharply”
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/13/nyregion/13census.html
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posted on
11/30/2010 9:38:13 AM PST
by
campaignPete R-CT
("pray without ceasing" - Paul of Tarsus)
To: Clintonfatigued; neverdem
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posted on
11/30/2010 9:39:44 AM PST
by
campaignPete R-CT
("pray without ceasing" - Paul of Tarsus)
To: campaignPete R-CT
My guess would be that Maurice Hinchley’s convoluted district is one to go. I don’t know about the other.
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posted on
11/30/2010 11:04:06 AM PST
by
Clintonfatigued
(Illegal aliens commit crimes that Americans won't commit)
To: Clintonfatigued
yes, Maurice Hinchley lives a few minutes away from Freshman GOPer Chris Gibson NY-20. Right across the river. They could easily find themselves in the same district.
I wonder if perhaps Owens has already been told that he is the odd man out. And that he will be put into NY-20 vs. Gibson. He is bound to lose Watertown because the districts near BUFF-ROCH that have lost population, these are the districts that will get geographically larger. And gobble up Ithaca from Hinchley and Watertown from Owens. Anybody who lives at the far end of their district is an easy target to have their district radically changed.
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posted on
11/30/2010 11:38:13 AM PST
by
campaignPete R-CT
("pray without ceasing" - Paul of Tarsus)
To: Clintonfatigued
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posted on
12/02/2010 10:08:27 PM PST
by
sheik yerbouty
( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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