Jersey has been projected for Christie. Don't know that I'd call it a "bloodbath" but I would say it's a message-to both parties. Tonight, government healthcare got the finger and everyone up for election in 2010 got a warning.
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One can only pray that this signals a return to a balance in the force....and a return to commonsense instead of ideology.
This Administration needs someone/something to keep them in check, before all America is thrown into the abyss by their ideological quest for Nirvana.
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the rise of conservatism is upon us. If a year ago someone would have predicted a republican taking down a dem in the NJ race people would have accused them of smoking crack.
This administration needs to wake the f up and it looks like they are getting just that right now.
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If you live in NJ and you voted for Corslime you should have your head examined after the last 4 years
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Maybe in Virgina with a 18 point margin that would be a bloodbath for election standards. That is true base on how close elections tend to be. However a 5 point margin in New Jersey hardly is a bloodbath. A solid victory absolutely, but not much more than that.
This has far more to do with hate for the overreaching dems than it does love for the pubbies; of that we can be sure.
I was impressed with the showing of the Conservative candidate in NY. 46%! Not bad. Of course the dems are busily "worrying" about the "split" in the pubbies. LOL.
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I'm annoyed with all the right groups who predicted a Hoffman win- there was so much buzz about it. Granted, he was third party and the RNC endorsed the Repub(who endorsed the Dem, way to go Steele!)
Originally posted by Baneblade: Maybe in Virgina with a 18 point margin that would be a bloodbath for election standards. That is true base on how close elections tend to be. However a 5 point margin in New Jersey hardly is a bloodbath. A solid victory absolutely, but not much more than that.
With all due respect Baneblade, a 5 point margin for the Dem would have been nothing to crow about. The state is so solidly Dem that it would have been a cautionary victory BUT, a 5 point win for the Republican, especially when you throw in the 3rd party candidate is HUGE in that state. I grew up there so I'm not just talking through my hat.
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Originally posted by Baneblade: Maybe in Virgina with a 18 point margin that would be a bloodbath for election standards. That is true base on how close elections tend to be. However a 5 point margin in New Jersey hardly is a bloodbath. A solid victory absolutely, but not much more than that.
With all due respect Baneblade, a 5 point margin for the Dem would have been nothing to crow about. The state is so solidly Dem that it would have been a cautionary victory BUT, a 5 point win for the Republican, especially when you throw in the 3rd party candidate is HUGE in that state. I grew up there so I'm not just talking through my hat.
My point was that it was not a bloodbath as Vision described. Yes, it was a big victory, however it is not the same as Virginia where the margin was a staggering 17 points.
Originally posted by Baneblade: Maybe in Virgina with a 18 point margin that would be a bloodbath for election standards. That is true base on how close elections tend to be. However a 5 point margin in New Jersey hardly is a bloodbath. A solid victory absolutely, but not much more than that.
With all due respect Baneblade, a 5 point margin for the Dem would have been nothing to crow about. The state is so solidly Dem that it would have been a cautionary victory BUT, a 5 point win for the Republican, especially when you throw in the 3rd party candidate is HUGE in that state. I grew up there so I'm not just talking through my hat.
My point was that it was not a bloodbath as Vision described. Yes, it was a big victory, however it is not the same as Virginia where the margin was a staggering 17 points.
Fair enough. I have no interest in arguing the definition of "bloodbath" - not a word I would have employed anyway and so non-specific that we could argue til the cows came home and still not be anywhere. I will simply say that, IMHO, the NJ victory was a bigger one than VA.
Now all that said, what will this have to do with the price of eggs in Poland? Who knows. Meaning, does it portend anything for 2010? Haven't a clue. It will depend on who the Repubs find as candidates.
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Now all that said, what will this have to do with the price of eggs in Poland? Who knows. Meaning, does it portend anything for 2010? Haven't a clue. It will depend on who the Repubs find as candidates.
How Obama's policies play out over the next ten months may have an impact, too...
As will what compromising positions these republican candidates find themselves in leading up to next November.
The staunch right lead by the Hannity's and Limburger's of talk slime TV and Radio will push ultra right wing conservatives. It is likely one or two of those will wind up unable to maintain the facade and get caught propositioning guys in airport bathrooms or jetting off to another country to cheat on their wives. When that happens again next September the moral high ground will be lost and the dem's, limiting losses, will maintain their substantial majorities.
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