Too bad. I find it incredibly amusing that a party that said it knew better and conservatism was too extreme for the district had their candidate come in dead last despite spending about one million dollars on her. Only to have her betray them in the end.
As for the seat? Nothing was lost. Well I guess you might consider something lost if you consider the previous holder the seat who departed to serve Obama. But as for this race I repeat...nothing lost. Had the GOP had their way an extreme Liberal would have won the seat. Instead a Democrat won a temporary placement in which he will face the same pressures as all the other Democrat’s. Whether to oppose Obama and his leadership...or not. I’m thinking he won’t be any more eager to embrace that health bill than anyone else. Dede? Her I’m not so sure about. All Republicans lost was a number that doesn’t impact the control of the house in anyway.
You can fret if you like but the pros and cons of the situation were weighted and debated for weeks. I feel nor do I recognize any loss here. AT most I feel we gained a small victory IF Republicans like Cornyn hold to their fresh promise to never again interfere with an open seat.
I wasn’t fretting. Brush up on your reading comprehension. I simply made the point that it’s better to win than to lose and, since we lost, let’s hope the oddities of that particular race translate into a lesson learned by the GOP.
“As for the seat? Nothing was lost. Well I guess you might consider something lost if you consider the previous holder the seat who departed to serve Obama. But as for this race I repeat...nothing lost.”
Well, seeing as how Owens turned on his campaign promises and his constituents within minutes of being sworn in and voted FOR the House death care bill that passed by 2 votes, maybe you can now see that one seat really DOES matter. As I told you before, a win is better than a loss.