Teabagger goes down! NBC calling NY-23 for Owens.

[jefferson_dem]

HaHa

http://twitter.com/mattklewis/status/5411825572

UPDATE:

NY-23: Watertown Mayor: ‘It’s Over’
By David Weigel 11/3/09 10:50 PM

SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. – I caught Watertown, N.Y., Mayor Jeff Graham, who endorsed NY-23 Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman this weekend, looking very glum at Hoffman’s election party. I asked him what happened in Jefferson County, where Watertown is located, and where Democrat Bill Owens is leading the vote.

“We lost,” said Graham. “The Scozzafava endorsement, the endorsement of Owens–I mean, they roughed Hoffman up.”

Could Hoffman still pull out a win? Graham grimaced. “It’s over.”

http://washingtonindependent.com/66474/ny-23-watertown-mayor-its-over

[saltpoint]

1. If true, Caribou Barbie's candidate lost.

[michaz]

11. We might have to wait for the absentees. n/t

[saltpoint]

12. True. It's close. Still, I'm hopeful.

[FloydianSlip]

27. I heard there are 10K absentee ballots (sorry, can't remember where heard it.)

Could that possibly be true?

It worries me, since many of those could be DS votes that would now have gone to Owens.

[mvd]

2. Take that, Freepers and M$M!!

:woohoo:

[KingFlorez]

3. Great news

This is what we needed to win, it sends a good message to the far-right.

[d_b]

4. who won? the dem?

[ck4829]

7. Yep.

[HughMoran]

5. I'll wait and see

This is bigger than governors races IMO.

[jefferson_dem]

22. Could be the local NBC affiliate in NY?

I thought about waiting for confirmation but couldn't resist sharing. The tweeter (or "twitterer") Matt Lewis is legit.

[Clio the Leo]

6. I'll gladly trade Deeds, Corzine and the nameless NYC guy for this one!!!! NT

[Cha]

20. You so

funny! This is the one I've been watching too 'cause I've seen the ads on local tv and it just seems personal.

The idiot limpbaugh candidate doesn't even live in the District and all these ghouls are pimping for him.

Edit~ Oh yeah and limpbaugh talkin' trash about Dede.

And, Biden went up there:)

[Clio the Leo]

35. IF the Democrats win this thing.....

..... then Joe's phrase, "It's not that easy SARAH!!!" will take on a WHOLE new meaning!!!!

[Cha]

39. OH

YE-AAAAAAH!

[MadBadger]

8. Where is NBC doing that? I havent seen it.

[otohara]

9. Tee Hee

makes up for NJ

[Garam_Masala]

10. If Owens wins, it means the wicked witch of Alaska is finished

She was the first prominent politician to endorse Hoffman.

[HughMoran]

14. Let's not get excited too soon

I'm not sure this one is over yet.

[Cha]

24. I'm holding back...until it's

over.

[HughMoran]

25. Yep, lead is only 3.3% with 77% reporting

I'm going to wait this one out.

[DrToast]

13. Attention media, that's been a Republican seat for 100 years! (nt)

[rwheeler31]

15. You have got to be kidding.

[K8-EEE]

16. hahahaah! HELP THE GOP SOME MORE SARAH! n/t

[K8-EEE]

17. hahahaah! HELP THE GOP SOME MORE SARAH! n/t

[liberalmuse]

18. This is SWEET!

Honestly, all I want is for Gay marriage to stand in Maine and Gay partnerships to pass in Washington state and I'm a happy camper.

[Bumblebee]

19. Wow, that definitely almost rescues an otherwise bad day!

Go, Maine, Go, Washington!

[jgraz]

21. Aw, that's sweet. Really kicks the teabaggers in the teabags.

It should shut up any sane person about a Repuke resurgence.

[budkin]

23. Dude that makes the other losses almost worth it... LOL!

[ezgoingrl]

26. This is the election that matters tonight.

n/t

[HughMoran]

28. ...if we win it

I hope they're right.

[FVZA_Colonel]

29. It looks like it will be narrow enough, however, that it will embolden the freepers even more.

"If we just tried a little harder, dumped on the moderates even more, then we're certain to win!"

[K8-EEE]

30. GOOD! LET THEM SCREW UP EVERY GOP RACE!

Love it.

[Clio the Leo]

31. Not when they were SUPPOSED to win by a big margain...

... major wind taken out of their sails if this goes down like it appears to be going.

[Engineer4Obama]

32. This is how we won MD-1 and how Whitehouse became a Senator

The far right destroyed their own party's candidate and the democrat won the election.

[HughMoran]

33. whatever

losers always say that

[jefferson_dem]

38. Good.

I was worried the freaks would be demoralized and concede. If they lose but re-double their destructive efforts...that's a "win win" baby!

[IndianaGreen]

34. The man didn't even live in the district for heaven's sake!

He was one of those mindless Reagan devotees.

I am glad the good guy won!

[Teaser]

36. suck that, baggers

.

[Marsala]

37. Strategically, winning VA and NJ but losing NY-23 is the best outcome for Republicans

The candidates who ran to the center won, but the crazed teabagger who forced a moderate Republican out managed to turn a district blue that has voted Republican since forever. Logically, this should suggest that moderation is the path to success.

Fortunately for us, the far right wingnuts are too deranged to care. This will just enrage them against RINOs even more.

[jefferson_dem]

40. RedState hack hilarious spin on NY-23

"We know for certain that if we combined the Republican and Conservative votes, that team would win."

http://www.redstate.com/

[HughMoran]

42. Ignoranuses

:rofl:

Too bad you shived Sazzafrazza in the back.

[Aramchek]

41. Man down! Man down! ahahahahaah!

[angee_is_mad]

43. there are 11,000 absentee votes out

that won't be counted til tomorrow.

Will Owens spread tonight give him enough of a cushion when the absentees are counted tomorrow?

[Jennicut]

44. Many were placed before Scozzafava dropped out and many will go to her.

And that would help Owens.

[HughMoran]

45. He's up by >4000 votes now

So, yeah, probably.

[Jack Rabbit]

46. Musical Interlude

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[jefferson_dem]

47. FauxNews just called it for Owens.

:spray:

[Cha]

49. Faux seems to be

out front on this one.

I hope it's true.

[Eric68601]

48. Let the tea baggers gloat.

In my state, we are as red as they come. Yet, we have had several Democrat Governors in the last few years. Ben Nelson being one of them. We never get the democrat senators and house reps. Having Ben in (I voted for him), has it's good points and bad points, all in all, he does side Dem, so having him there in this very Red state is better then no Dem at all. I think NY 23 can be looked at the same way. Doesn't matter if you have a Republican or a Democrat governor, that's your state's problem. The real power is in the reps we all choose for Washington.

Think of it this way... For some strange odd reason, Sarah Palin got elected to a position she obviously was never qualified for. But hey, up there in Alaska, they loved her. As for the rest of America, even the conservatives are smart enough to know when to leave the room when the party idiots arrive to go and fuck it up for them. I really do honestly believe Sarah's extremist views drew away alot of people.

[Mz Pip]

50. We've had many

Republican governors in CA in the past few election cycles but the State has gone for Clinton, Gore, Kerry, Obama.

Whoever sits in the Governors mansion can use the bully pulpit on the National scene but that does not mean the people of that state will necessarily follow those recomendations.

[DeschutesRiver]

51. MSNBC has a ticker saying that Hoffman has conceded the race to Owens

its on Chris Matthews.

[HughMoran]

52. OK, now I can K&R this thread!!

It OFFICIAL!!


WOOT!!!!!!!!!!


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