Posted on 09/13/2011 7:27:10 PM PDT by YankeeReb
Tonight is the special election in New York 9 – The district formerly held by Rep. Anthony Weiner.
Republican Bob Turner, who is running for U.S. Congress in a race in New York’s heavily Democratic 9th District, speaks with the media at a polling station Tuesday in New York City. (Spencer Platt / Getty)
Democrats spent Tuesday in a last-ditch effort to stave off a loss. The Politico reported:
NEW YORK – Democrats here spent Tuesday in the final throes of a frantic, last-ditch effort to stave off a loss in the special election race to replace Anthony Weiner.
Democrat David Weprin, trailing Republican Bob Turner in multiple polls, raced to half a dozen campaign stops, imploring voters at senior centers and subway stops to cast their ballots for him.
Party officials say their best hope for winning lies on the shoulders of the vaunted Queens County Democratic Party machine, which kicked into high gear Tuesday. Inside its headquarters — which doubles as the Weprin campaign’s nerve center — get-out-the vote workers rushed to pick up manila folders containing block-by-block layouts of the district; others sat at the phones, methodically working through voter-contact lists. Volunteers fanned out across Queens, handing out glossy placards highlighting Weprin’s endorsement from the New York Times editorial page.
Despite the last-minute Democratic push, the GOP appeared poised to capture the 9th District seat – an upset that would signal a rejection of President Barack Obama on his party’s turf and underscore the peril that he and Democrats up and down the ballot could face in 2012.
House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said in a meeting with reporters, “The race is closer than we would like.”
Republican Bob Turner told ABC News that he has obtained a court order to seal all paper ballots in New York’s 9th Congressional District, pending judicial review.
** The AP is tracking results here.
How can you replace a weiner? Do transplants work? Inquiring minds need to know.
“This race will send a message to the regime...”
...and to its coterie of corrupt media cheerleaders. Thanks for the post and link.
Said ‘Occupant’ is going to be receiving a pink slip and an eviction notice. :)
Democrats like Koch are getting harder and harder to find. I guess over ine Demo-land they call him a “DINO”, but there is no such thing.
Greta just announced (10:50 PM) Turner is ahead 55% to Weprin 45%.
R-51% D-49%
bttt
52%-48% R in the lead
Anyone know if the early/absentee votes are already added in to each precinct count?
That’s funny... but only if the dead voters are counted twice.
Can’t wait to see the headline in the SRM tomorrow, “The Great circumcision in NY-09.”
You mean this thread is Memorex?
Oh, he’s definitely an old war horse. The last of a dying breed. Couldn’t agree more!
When the Republican is actually sworn in at the House of Representatives, then I will believe he won the election!
“The Divine One” in Washington has stretched forth his mighty arms and cried in a loud voice: “voters arise!” The dead have risen and are leaving their resting places with pre-marked ballots clutched in their cold dead hands.
and the message will be that voters in NY-9 are racists
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