[BillyBoy]

I'm surprised SWP candidate Chris Hoeppner is doing so poorly. Every poll had him at around 3-4%. Right now he's far below 1%. Even when you factor in liberals changing their mind at the last second and voting RAT because they don't want the Republican, usually any third party kook will get at around 2%. Nader went from polling 5% to getting 2.6% on election day. Hoeppner's gone from 3% to a statistical 0%. I find that fishy.

On an interesting note... not fishy but it shows you I know little about NYC politics and demographics.... the candidates are in a dead heat in the Queens part of the district, but in Brooklyn, Turner is crushing Weprin by a 69%-30% margin!!! I would have guessed the Queens part of the district would more GOP friendly than Brooklyn, and I could never imagine a Republican winning 2-to-1 in a RAT friendly Brooklyn CD. What kind of Brooklyn neighborhoods are in NY-9, I wonder? Most of Brooklyn is very safely RAT, moreso than Queens.

[flaglady47]

Ok Obama. Now you go ahead and abstain for the U.S. in the vote for Palestinian statehood, so that you can polish off your last Jewish vote forever. Double dare you. Ha, check, checkmate. Don’t cross Israel and the Jewish vote. It has come back to bite you bigtime.

[OddLane]

Sheepshead Bay, Midwood, Flatlands, Mill Basin, Marine Park, and Gerritsen Beach.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

“Most of Brooklyn is very safely RAT, moreso than Queens.”

I’m not sure that’s a true truth. I don’t live there and I have not studied the demographics, and frankly, I don’t care as long as the Dem is defeated. I’m shallow and ignorant in that way.

But last I checked (and it was plenty long ago) Queens had gotten rather gentrified, upscale liberal a la Northern California. But you could convince me otherwise with factus minimus.

[MindBender26]

Brooklyn area is Orthodox and Hasidic jews. VERY pro-Israel.

[MindBender26]

Also, tradition-respecting jews were very upset with the Dems vote for gar marriage.