[neverdem]

This was Chuck U's old seat. I would love to see his mug!

GOP wins in NY House race, seen as Obama rebuke

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With about 70 percent of precincts reporting late Tuesday, Turner had 53 percent of the vote to Weprin's 47 percent.

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Turner has vowed to bring business practicality to Washington and push back on spending and taxes.

The race was supposed to be an easy win for Democrats, who have a 3-1 ratio registration advantage in the district.

Weprin, a 56-year-old Orthodox Jew and member of a prominent Queens political family, seemed a good fit for the largely white, working-class district, which is nearly 40 percent Jewish.

[Alamo-Girl]

Buuuump!

[BIGLOOK]

This was Chuck U's old seat. I would love to see his mug!

I wouldn't, Doc.....unless we show him this mug first.

[cyn]

What's funny is to see the excuses: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republican-wins-democratic-new-york-house-seat/2011/09/13/gIQAoos5QK_print.html

"Democrats rejected talk that Tuesday’s election was a referendum on Obama and noted its highly unusual circumstances, including Weiner’s resignation and the fact that the contest was held two days after the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. The 9/11 remembrances essentially brought the race to a halt on Sunday. [What on earth does that have to do with anything??]

Also, in a special election with a small turnout, the district’s large number of Orthodox Jews — who have drifted from Democrats since George W. Bush’s first term — played an outsize role in tilting the race toward Turner. [going for R for the first time since 1922...]

“This is a special election that is purely reflective of who showed up to the polls and the makeup of the district,” [DUH!] Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Fla.), chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said in an interview after the defeat.

She said that Orthodox Jews, whose approval rating of Obama stands at just 13 percent, were far outnumbered in other districts with large numbers of Jewish voters and that this result will not be replicated elsewhere. “There isn’t any comparison between districts like mine and New York Nine,” she said. ["Nyah, nyah, nyah! come and get me!"]

[OddLane]

"I would love to see his mug!"

Living in Brooklyn as long as I did, that's something I could live the rest of my life without seeing, actually.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks for the pings, neverdem and sickoflibs! I may have to check that link to see how the DUmmies are raging against the voters, and how dare they reject Zero et al. :')

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks again.

the largely white, working-class district, which is nearly 40 percent Jewish