[apillar]

Great, now we get to hear the liberal MSM spew that this election means that the country has turned against the Republicans and last November was just a fluke. That now the chance of Obama winning in 2012 has gone from 99% to 100% and also assures that the democrats will gain 100+ seats in Congress next election.

Of course it means none of that. It was a moderately Republican district in a liberal state, where the incumbent got caught in a sex scandal and resigned. Then the democrats poured a fortune into the race and still had to run a Faux tea party candidate to take the seat. This election has as much national bearing as those congressional seats that the dems won in 2009. Didn't help them a whole lot in November 2010 as I recall...

[Galactic Overlord-In-Chief]

Good points. It still stinks that we lost this one, but New York doesn’t have GOP districts anywhere near as solid as you’ll find in most states. Plus the final result looks to be about 48%-43%, so no majority vote here for the Dem.

[Thunder90]

I expect the Dems to run the “Cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, Food Stamps and Pell Grants” line heavily, especially in swing states, important Senate races, and in congressional districts that we took in 2010 (or are otherwise seen as vulnerable by the Dems). In fact, the Democratic National Congressional Committee and the DSCC are already running using this.