The GOP loses a congressional race it has held since the Civil War!

[WI_DEM]

enhancing the Democratic majority and showing that the GOP's war on moderates in its party is a dismal failure. That is the real story, but, of course, the corporate media will spend most of its time concentrating on the democratic losses in VA and NJ. Of course, Dems had held these seats for two terms each and it was time for a change and governors races are focused on state issues rather than national issues. Governors across the country are in trouble--Dem and GOP. If California's governors race were yesterday, in all liklihood, Dems would have won it back.

So bottom line Dems take two special congressional elections--GOP loses ground in US congress.

[Lasher]

1. NY 23 is very important.

GOP extremists didn't think their nominee was Republican enough, so they Ross Peroted themselves out of a US house seat. Just goes to show where going rogue gets them. Rightwing extremist support for third party candidates will continue into next year at least.

Now consider a US House election in California to replace a CA-10 vacancy. It was created by the appointment of incumbent Ellen Tauscher (D) as Obama's Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs.

That race was just won by John Garamendi (D). He will serve as a decidedly more progressive representative than Tauscher, who is one of the few California Democrats to have joined the Blue Dog Caucus. Tauscher took the seat in 1996 from a Republican and the district had been portrayed as one where only a conservative Democrat could beat the GOP.

[chelsea0011]

2. So the media is portraying this as a big election for Obama picking up 2 congressional seats?

[zbdent]

3. huh? what? The media mentioned something about Obama picking up

two congressional seats? Where?

All I hear is about how Obama's crashing and burning ...

[Clio the Leo]

4. I'm mildly amused reading the blogs this morning....

... as they keep saying, "the NY-23 race is too early to call." Yet those articles were posted AFTER I went to bed last night (3am) well after Hoffman had conceded. Irresponsible journalism IMO.