Ridiculous NY-09 spin: “It’s a very difficult district for Democrats”
posted at 8:45 am on September 14, 2011 by Ed Morrissey
Republicans won two House seats in a special election last night. One, in Nevada, had been a relatively safe district, and Republican Mark Amodei cruised to victory over Democrat Kate Marshall as expected. Also as predicted, Republican Bob Turner won a six-point victory over Democrat David Weprin in NY-09, a Congressional district in the heart of Democratic stronghold New York City. The margin of victory exactly matched polling leads for Turner from both Siena and Democratic pollster PPP in the final days before the vote.
That doesn’t mean it wasn’t a surprise. The NY-09 seat has been in Democratic hands since, well, Warren Harding was President. So what did the leader of the Democratic Party have to say about the loss?
Democratic party leaders insisted the loss wasn’t a harbinger of things to come. “It’s a very difficult district for Democrats,” said Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, noting its Democratic margins there tend to be the second lowest of all the districts in New York City.
Well, in her defense, she still hasn’t gotten past that tough loss when Andrew Peterson edged David O’Connell for the seat … in 1922. The same seat was held by Geraldine Ferraro, Chuck Schumer, and Anthony Weiner … when he had his pants on. Going back to 1996, the lowest percentage a Democrat got in a general election in this seat was 60.8%, which was in 2010 while the Tea Party took 63 seats from Democrats that ended up being a lot more “difficult” than this one. It was such a difficult district that Weiner ran unopposed in 2006 and virtually unopposed in 2008.
Getting past the absurd spin, does this win mean as much as Republicans would argue? Michael Bloomberg hopes not:
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg dismissed the suggestion the outcome has national implications.
“It’s not the end of the Obama administration and the Republican resurgence,” the mayor said. “These tend to be local races.”
But this tends to argue otherwise:
Another Jewish Democrat, Richard Krisberg, said he voted for the Republican.
“Weprin supports President Obama and his policies, and that’s why I voted against him,” Mr. Krisberg said.
Neither does this from the New York Times:
The Turner campaign had eagerly courted disenchanted Democrats, and outside polling places around the district on Tuesday, multiple longtime Democrats confessed that despite concern about Mr. Turner’s eagerness to slash federal spending, they chose him hoping that his election would get lawmakers’ attention.
“I am a registered Democrat, I have always been a registered Democrat, I come from a family of Democrats — and I hate to say this, I voted Republican,” said Linda Goldberg, 61, after casting her ballot in Queens. “I need to send a message to the president that he’s not doing a very good job. Our economy is horrible. People are scared.”
I think it’s safe to say that even Democrats aren’t buying the President’s new rehashed jobs proposals as the key to economic recovery. They want a big change in direction, and they are most definitely not seeing it from Obama. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz may still be correct — but if NY-09 has turned into a “very difficult district” for Democrats, there are going to be an avalanche of “difficult districts” in 2012. This next election might make 2010 look like a breezy summer day for Democrats unless Obama can figure out how to stop his slide.
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Sucks. My dogs could create a better article.
*Doing my part to save you from the Attack Goons by using some reverse psychology mumbo jumbo*
Bishop on September 14, 2011 at 9:38 AM
He already knows what the people want. That’s why he’s railing so hard against it. He’s not about representing the people. He doesn’t work for us, we work for him. It’s HIS job to keep or let go, as he sees fit. He’s entitled to it. He is the king ya know. *sigh*
Seriously. I do believe he knows what people want, but he still walks into the wind. Flipping us the bird every step of the way.
capejasmine on September 14, 2011 at 9:38 AM
Bishop on September 14, 2011 at 9:38 AM
Gee, thanks, buddy.:)
kingsjester on September 14, 2011 at 9:41 AM
[radjah shelduck on September 14, 2011 at 8:50 AM]
Pfft, I’m wondering 1972, maybe even 1936. It seems to me that ’36 will be the percentage to beat in a predominately two candidate race.
Dusty on September 14, 2011 at 9:42 AM
Are you seriously whining? That demographic owns the party. They control everything.
Nothing is wrong, but that is all we run, that is all some will accept. Some bend over backwards for people they identify with culturally, but that’s not principle.
We had Bush for eight years. Fred gets an undeserved free pass, when Romney was a much better candidate. Palin and Rush talks about “country class” and “real America”, and many openly talk about “true biblical Christianity”, while they mock Mormons and unwittingly mock Catholics and Jews in the process. Huckabee is a liberal, but is forgiven because he is a good christian and southerner. People rush to Perry without knowing anything about him. Romney has a few liberal positions, and is raked over the coals for five years because he is perceived as “an outsider”, even though he is American as apple pie.
I know these people. They are conservative, but dont feel like the GOP respects them, or represents them.
With Perry on the top of the ticket NY09 goes back to Dems in 2012, guaranteed.
swamp_yankee on September 14, 2011 at 9:42 AM
Aw, c’mon, we can dream, right. Minnesota can make up for 1984 by turning the entire continental US state election map a single color. Hawaii, not so sure for 2012.
cozmo on September 14, 2011 at 9:43 AM
I wonder if DWS still believes this is the Democrats economy.
ErnstBlofeld on September 14, 2011 at 9:43 AM
I can’t figure this out; maybe you folks can help me. Is it Hellman’s or Duke? What do you think?
slickwillie2001 on September 14, 2011 at 9:44 AM
Pretty sure he’s not listening, he has no interest in what the people think.
mbs on September 14, 2011 at 9:46 AM
Dream big
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/09/14/3908483/field-poll-californians-sour-on.html#ixzz1XvyUxbmk
William Amos on September 14, 2011 at 9:46 AM
LOL! Classic, Ed.
BacaDog on September 14, 2011 at 9:47 AM
swamp_yankee on September 14, 2011 at 9:42 AM
Wow. Do you just have an “ism” about Southern Christian Conservatives or are you just upset that we don’t buy what your candidate, the flip-flopper, is selling?
kingsjester on September 14, 2011 at 9:49 AM
Isn’t that a contradiction in terms?
mbs on September 14, 2011 at 9:49 AM
I heard the ads on TV And radio (metro NYC area) and the Dems fought hard.
The turning point in the election was when Mayor Koch (God bless him) and Dov Hikind endorsed the Republican to send a message to Obama who had disrespected Israel so many times.
Of all the disrespect Obama has shown, to me the most insulting and outrageous was when he left Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli aid alone in the White House at dinner time to “go eat dinner with his family.”
I never heard of such an insult to any state leader.
Elisa on September 14, 2011 at 9:49 AM
She’s a liar.
Ward Cleaver on September 14, 2011 at 9:54 AM
President Downgrade could have should some leadership and some brains in not trying the same failed ideas over again. He could have rejected the precepts of National Socialism, but he didn’t.
All he did was double down on the insanity.
Can a Marxist leopard changes it’s spots?
Chip on September 14, 2011 at 9:56 AM
swamp_yankee on September 14, 2011 at 9:57 AM
Maybe, but maybe not. It depends on how Obama acts. And not just giving them a song and dance. They know who their friends are. And anyone may be preferable to them than Obama.
Besides, the Dems are looking to redistrict that district out of existence anyway. So the point may be moot.
Elisa on September 14, 2011 at 10:00 AM
I think that’s RINO wishful thinking on your part.
Newsflash dude – this district doesn’t flip Republican unless there is a grave circumstance.
Now – I know that you are a liberal – and like big government – so you’re prolly a bit scared that Obama’s economic management might get good enough to improve the economy.
Let me put those fears to rest – because I’m actually a true-believing Conservative … the Obama economy will only get worse because he only employs Socialistic economic measures. Socialism FAILS – and FAILS HARD. Ask Mitt Romney about that … oh wait – no, he still thinks that Socialist RomneyCare was a great idea even though the Mass economy is shot.
We can RUN ANYONE we wish – and they can beat Obama.
HondaV65 on September 14, 2011 at 10:00 AM
swamp_yankee on September 14, 2011 at 9:57 AM
Romney’s faith is a convenient excuse. His ever-changing political ideology, along with a very apparent Beltway Insider Elitism, is what has built a chasm between him and voters in the heartland.
kingsjester on September 14, 2011 at 10:02 AM
Rick Perry will clean Obama’s clock.
HondaV65 on September 14, 2011 at 10:03 AM
Whining? How very stereotypical of you. If “That demographic owns the party. They control everything.” who is this GOP that doesn’t respect them? While you are correct that the majority of the base doesn’t want to be lead by folks in D.C. and New York, neither free pass Fred nor liberal Huckabee won the nomination. Gov. Perry may have been welcomed with open arms, I don’t think he is getting the kid glove treatment. As for Gov. Romney, while there are certainly some who will be turned away by his religion, I think his bigger problems are his reluctance to engage and promote and his habit of campaigning by tactics instead of platform. It’s hard to get excited about a man who plans to sit back and watch and hope that others shoot themselves in the foot. He also has a reputation of dirty tricks by proxy. His “flip flops” don’t bother me, most people change their positions on things as they get older and more informed. Gov. Romney better start acting like he wants the position rather than it is due him.
Cindy Munford on September 14, 2011 at 10:03 AM
‘Bout time to pull out that racist card again, blaming all those white ‘Mericans for not loving the OooooBama.
albill on September 14, 2011 at 10:04 AM
Right – it’s getting a bit tiresome that every time anyone attacks Mittens his supporters throw out the “Mormon Card” … sheesh.
HondaV65 on September 14, 2011 at 10:04 AM
Hey ding dong. Read the thread. I didnt bring it up. Cindy Munford openly threatened that southerners and mid-westerners wont vote for a Mormon.
swamp_yankee on September 14, 2011 at 10:04 AM
Another ding dong.
swamp_yankee on September 14, 2011 at 10:05 AM
Are you suggesting that but for that district the Republican nominee would carry the state of New York? I’m just teasing, I know you aren’t that stupid.
Cindy Munford on September 14, 2011 at 10:05 AM
Wow, if New Yorkers think the economy is horrible, then Obama really is toast.
Though I think this election turned heavily on the actual candidates in the race, as much as it was a referendum on Obama. Anthony Weiner would have been reelected forever if he had kept his pants on.
rockmom on September 14, 2011 at 10:06 AM
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of!!!!
Newww yooooorrrrkkk
blatantblue on September 14, 2011 at 10:06 AM
You have reading comprehension issues, I said no such thing.
Cindy Munford on September 14, 2011 at 10:07 AM
swamp_yankee on September 14, 2011 at 10:04 AM
Face facts. Romney is the Bob Dole of this campaign. The GOP Elite promoted him as a legacy…the next in line…and Americans aren’t buying it.
kingsjester on September 14, 2011 at 10:08 AM
“It’s a very difficult district for Democrats.”
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, 2011.
“It’s a very difficult nation for Democrats.”
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, 2012.
Tantor on September 14, 2011 at 10:09 AM
He has more issues than that.
His main problem is an intese Conservative Inferiority Complex. He has so little faith in Conservatism he’s willing to water it down with Socialism, which he deep down thinks is necessary for success.
It’s not of course.
HondaV65 on September 14, 2011 at 10:10 AM
Outside of the Romney attacks are an attack on Mormonism stuff in this thread (which for a change I’ll stay out of ) I think people are missing the big picture just a bit.
Historically, there’s been two ethnic groups that go liberal–guaranteed. The JOOOOOOOS and blacks, of course. Carter, Mondale, etc all got those groups.
If the DNC is throwing Jews under the bus, well…. that can’t be good for them. Who’s left to vote for them? Independants and Republicans won’t. If Jews are now “the enemy”, then all that will be left of the Democrats in 2012 are the CBC and possibly the gay lobby.
I’ll take that result. If that is what the Democratic party is reduced to, then there’s no way they’ll ever come back. Without some major housecleaning at the CBC.
Vanceone on September 14, 2011 at 10:12 AM
People, can we just revel in the President Downgrade’s fall from grace a little while before plunging yet again into primary rancor?
Chip on September 14, 2011 at 10:12 AM
I am sorry I wasn’t clear. When I was asking why a group bigoted by region and religion would vote for a Mormon, I was talking about the people you described here.
Cindy Munford on September 14, 2011 at 10:13 AM
Seems like there’s a lot of ridiculous Dem spin going around today. The folks at TNR still think Barry is “a lock” in 2012. I want some of what he’s drinking…
rcpjr on September 14, 2011 at 10:14 AM
Sure, why not. At the rate The Won is going it won’t matter much who the nominee is anyway.
Cindy Munford on September 14, 2011 at 10:14 AM
Hmm, Debbie, you come from a district that is heavily populated with Jewish voters and you have run unopposed as well as won with a good margin in previous elections. Maybe she is trying to convince herself it was a fluke in NY and that it couldn’t affect her in SoFla that her district will stay Dem.
Also, she probably though Allen West, whose district is the one next to hers, was a fluke the first time he ran for the seat. Guess it wasn’t a fluke the second time around.
Time to shake in your heels, hopefully a conservative candidate will step up in her district.
LadyGator88 on September 14, 2011 at 10:15 AM
Hey Ed, remember “This is Spinal Tap”? I think Debbie is saying that Barry’s supporters are just becoming “more exclusive”.
LakeLevel on September 14, 2011 at 10:15 AM
Nice piece, and a great movie. I’ve been hoping for an “open mike” moment from either Barack or Michelle that exposes what lies beneath the facade. Almost had one from Michelle yesterday, when a video appears to show her saying, “All that for a flag?” to BO during the 9-11 ceremonies. But you can’t really hear what she is saying.
We may yet get one. Unless Gunwalker breaks wide open and forces BO out quicker than you can say “Dick Nixon” ( and it very well might), BO and the wifey have some time left to screw up.
novaculus on September 14, 2011 at 10:16 AM
THIS, a thousandfold.
fossten on September 14, 2011 at 10:18 AM
No, I’m suggesting that running another black senator from Illinois in 2016 after Obama loses in 2012 would be a stupid thing for the Democratic party to do. It would be more dumb if the base also pushed Deval Patrick.
It is my hope and dream that the Dems run nothing but liberals from MA, NY and IL. Just run clones of Obama and Deval for five straight election cycles and watch Democrats down south, the southwest, the midwest, the mountain west start asking, “does this party really respect me? really want me? Are my blood, sweat, and money going to support a cause or a clique”?
Balancing tickets has been part of our political history since the beginning. Ground Zero in the Tea Party battle is Wisconsin. A full 1/6 of the House seats gained in 2012 came from NY and PA. Complete takeovers occurred in NH. ME. and MI.
There are conservative factions and conservative instincts in people all over this country. Go sit in an Irish Pub in Far Rockaway Queens, you’ll be surprised how conservative it is. You’ll also be surprised how loyal to the Democratic Party they are because they cant identify with the GOP.
They think the GOP is hostile to people like them, and many on site prove them right over and over and over again.
swamp_yankee on September 14, 2011 at 10:19 AM
I think trying to tag Mrs. Obama with that is a losing proposition. That’s the kind of thing that can come back and bite you in the butt. Although I will admit that the two of them could work on the public demeanor a bit, they always look annoyed when they are amongst the great unwashed.
Cindy Munford on September 14, 2011 at 10:21 AM
More people are leaving NY to find jobs in other states than coming in.
Quite a few friends of mine have bailed out from this failing state.
mythicknight on September 14, 2011 at 10:22 AM
The USA is a difficult district for Democrats.
Paid for by the Committee to Erect David Wu on September 14, 2011 at 10:23 AM
So exactly why should I disbelieve Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz ?
When a district that hasn’t given Democrats less than 60% for the past couple of decades goes Republican, every district is now a “very difficult district for Democrats.”
Obama is about to unleash the greatest political paradigm shift in living memory.
J_Crater on September 14, 2011 at 10:23 AM
novaculus on September 14, 2011 at 10:16 AM
Thank you. I also believe that he’s going to continue digging this hole he’s begun.
kingsjester on September 14, 2011 at 10:26 AM
You would be surprised how much of that goes on in the South. There are people here who vote Democrat because that’s what their family did and then complain about every single thing the Democrats do. But if you were to suggest that these people that they keep voting for are the ones promoting the things they dislike, Katy bar the door. It took Monica Lewenski’s dress to get my aunt to vote Republican for the first time. A very stupid reason but I’ll take the vote all the same.
Cindy Munford on September 14, 2011 at 10:26 AM
Well that will most likely be important, but I think we should all remember that most of us are on the same side..
Chip on September 14, 2011 at 10:27 AM
Too good to not repeat…
golfmann on September 14, 2011 at 10:35 AM
Election 2012 will be the largest landslide loss for the Democrat/Communist/Socialist/Progressives in the history of the United States. Hopefully thereafter to reside in the dustbin of history. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is a really really bad liar….
adamsmith on September 14, 2011 at 10:39 AM
Democrats losing is the new “winning”? I hope they “win” huge in 2012 and with 38%-45% job approval, Obowma will.
dthorny on September 14, 2011 at 10:40 AM
For Barry to ‘stop his slide’ would require that he repudiate everything he’s been taught all his life. Ain’t gonna happen, when the only “truth” is “Socialist truth”. He’s a One-Trick pony with no other options open.
Bet the honcho’s at the DNC are mulling over a primary right now. Not because they see Barry as another Carter, but rather to “give people a choice”…..and save the party’s ass in Washington.
Exit question: Is this the same party that came to power in 2008, claiming they’d have unfettered rule for the next 40-50 years?
GarandFan on September 14, 2011 at 10:40 AM
“Oh and they cancelled us in Boston. Don’t worry, it’s not a big college town.”
-Spinal Tap
Chuck Schick on September 14, 2011 at 10:44 AM
Thanks, I am known far and wide as troublemaker and I appreciate you reminding me to dial it back.
Cindy Munford on September 14, 2011 at 10:45 AM
If NY-9 is a difficult district for Democrats, then Obama’s out.
amazingmets on September 14, 2011 at 10:47 AM
swamp_yankee on September 14, 2011 at 9:42 AM This is a threat! Leave Cindy Munford alone. Just kidding about the threat, Cindy. We love your input.
mobydutch on September 14, 2011 at 10:56 AM
Breaking news!!!
30% of gays voted against O’Bambi last time. Many are in businesses that are currently suffering economically. The “activists” will stay loyal, despite all their screeching about DA/DT, but the rest are pliable to supporting Republican in the secrecy of their
closetvoting booth.honsy on September 14, 2011 at 10:59 AM
I can’t wait to see Ed’s NARN edition for Saturday. It’s the “NY9 Difficult District or something Edition”
ted c on September 14, 2011 at 11:00 AM
It’s so difficult a district because it is *this big*
RDE2010 on September 14, 2011 at 11:02 AM
I believe the picture on this thread should be used for a “Best Caption Contest”
DWS – “Pinocchio’s nose only got this big”
Guest1.1 on September 14, 2011 at 11:03 AM
Photo caption contest:
DSW: “We just missed holding Weiner’s safe seat by THIS MUCH.”
Khun Joe on September 14, 2011 at 11:04 AM
See above post.
RDE2010 on September 14, 2011 at 11:04 AM
Out here in California, it is known as “The Bradley effect”…
Khun Joe on September 14, 2011 at 11:06 AM
Great minds etc.
Guest1.1 on September 14, 2011 at 11:08 AM
Swamp
1 ny09 will not exist next year aftwe redistricting
2 i am as non religious at they come yet still despise romney. Dont assume its all about religion.
3 you are as bigoted against Christians as you claim Republicans are against everyone else
4 you sound lik Ernie circa last year when he was still a concern troll
angryed on September 14, 2011 at 11:09 AM
Oh, I agree. Please note that I said “almost”. I’m not pushing it, just noticing the tittering about it. (Not that I would put it past Mrs. Proud Of America For The First Time In My Life.)
You’re welcome. I don’t think Obama has enough wiggle room at this point to alter course. But be prepared for the ugliest examples of The Chicago Way in the battle to come. (They are already trying to smear Issa with the most despicable lies; they must be terrified that Gunrunner is going to be traced back to the Oval Office.) There will be looting and corruption on an unprecedented scale from the time it finally sinks in that he can’t win until the day he is run out of the White House.
novaculus on September 14, 2011 at 11:17 AM
Obama isn’t getting the message. “they just aren’t into Jooo”
The economy is in trouble and Obama wants to manage Israel.
seven on September 14, 2011 at 11:17 AM
The spell is working!
Rovin on September 14, 2011 at 11:18 AM
Someone somewhere said it best.
2008 people voted for Obama to show they weren’t racists.
2012 people will vote against Obama to show they aren’t morons.
Things are going to be different in the voting booth this time.
Chuck Schick on September 14, 2011 at 11:18 AM
Yep; it’s entirely the same as nitwitted leftists throwing out the race card anytime someone takes exception to anything Obama does. It can’t be that you disagree politically/philosophically, or that the dude is categorically and empirically wrong based on history and irrefutable evidence – no, it must be that you’re a bigot.
*rolls eyes*
I expect that kind of nutbaggery from liberals; even worse when it comes from ‘our side’.
Midas on September 14, 2011 at 11:19 AM
LOL! Thanks, but to be fair to swamp yankee, I was less than clear.
Cindy Munford on September 14, 2011 at 11:21 AM
No, throwing Israel under the bus made this district difficult for Dems Debbie.
RedRobin145 on September 14, 2011 at 11:22 AM
So how is Ed only half right?
Texas’s 13th district “could be a tough district” for Republicans, if democrats weren’t such socialists and irrationally liberal.
But they are, so it’s not.
blink on September 14, 2011 at 11:23 AM
And Dems now throwing NYC Jews under the bus because of this election isn’t going to help her/them, either, LOL.
Midas on September 14, 2011 at 11:24 AM
Ummm, those Irish in Queens vote based on their high union membership.
I am an Irishman from NY who lived in Woodlawn, Bronx. 80% Irish – with a few hundred NYPD/FDNY folks live there.
We would chat about politics, sports, economy, etc – and everyone argreed, until it came to who you pull a lever for… its is always Dem. Rudy changed a good part of that – but mainly due to the assault on cops and Rudy throughout the late 1990′s, early 2000′s.
Which I never understood and asked several friends “how do you vote for a party that will grab a Sharpton in a heartbeat and claim anything you do is racist???
Its all about the money and the pension. Religion has nothing to do with it.
Odie1941 on September 14, 2011 at 11:24 AM
“Keeping in mind that New York City has always been a hotbed of Republicans and right-wing extremists, it is no surprise that we have suffered a temporary setback in the area. Remember that as it was reported earlier in the state press that the Jews will cling on to their wealth and fear that the new order of serving all the folk could reduce their wealth.
Der Fuehrer is confident that the upcoming campaign will bring victory to the region, and that once again the native folk will not be influenced by the wealthy Jewish vote.
As our staff moves into the bunker, we suggest reporting all criticisms that you hear or read along with the message of Ubergruppenfuerher Schultz, that the recovery and advancement of the party cannot be stopped.
Czar Goebbels”
Hening on September 14, 2011 at 11:25 AM
Yeah, but for everyone who voted for Obama the first time, the jury will still be out on the moron charge. It’s like looking at a meadow muffin and insisting it’s a daisy for four years even as your nose is rubbed in it before you finally admit its bulls**t.
novaculus on September 14, 2011 at 11:27 AM
Well, if they’re too stupid to realize that the socialists of the Democrat party are even more hostile to them (in addition to ruining this country) then there’s not much anyone can do.
blink on September 14, 2011 at 11:28 AM
North Carolina, some districts had been dems for over 100 years (114 to be accurate) and they are Republican.
It started last election, and it will continue as long as the administration continues it’s path.
But be aware, any tack, and change, and the people will embrace it and vote dem again…
right2bright on September 14, 2011 at 11:33 AM
Cant even listen to the nonsense here.
My father was an usher at Saint Anthony of Padua, and I go to mass every Sunday, and people calling me a troll are telling me I’m biased against Christians. Yeah okay.
swamp_yankee on September 14, 2011 at 11:35 AM
The “If You Like George W. Bush, You Will Love Rick Perry” bumper stickers that the Democrats are organizing will do wonders for the GOP in NY-09… I’m sure.
swamp_yankee on September 14, 2011 at 11:38 AM
There is always a spin. In the cogs of the wheel very same people, always. Do we ever see a fresh face, ever? No. I do not watch t.v. news. I stopped after Krauthammer called Obama a likening to the character to “Being There”, then spent months after months after months redesigning his assessment. Was it the possibility that you were no longer invited to dinners or cocktail parties. Did this play into it. I’ve attended too, too many. They are not anything, anything at all. Just a blast of people getting more and more drunk while the “help” justifies the means. Why is this so important?
betsyz on September 14, 2011 at 11:41 AM
~Debbie Wasserman Schultz, 2013.
Rebar on September 14, 2011 at 11:43 AM
Thank you Debbie Wasserman Shultz and Barack Obama for making my day.
I spread the Schadenfreud think on my morning bagel. It is sweet and delicious!
Mr. Joe on September 14, 2011 at 11:43 AM
This loss AND the Demorats pouring 500 grand down a rat hole trying to prevent this loss warms my cold heart.
WannabeAnglican on September 14, 2011 at 11:43 AM
Come on people! Seriously, let’s cut old DWS a little slack. Imagine getting a call from Obummer saying he wants you to be his chief apologist. I mean it is the President – your President – after all who needs your help for the next 2 years. You gotta say “Yes” – right? Do you then want to shoot yourself every morning when you wake up instead of facing another day of spinning for President 0?
You have to hand it to DWS’s research staff to find the “lowest margin of win” crumb for her to tout. There’s some inspired spinning going on right there! LOL! The sad thing is that the MSM WILL include that phrase verbatim in all their reports on this evening’s news reports.
in_awe on September 14, 2011 at 11:45 AM
You know whose district is starting to feel a lot like NY-9, with a good amount of snowbirds and by being reliably democratic?
I can’t wait for her concession speech…
It’s a very difficult district seat for Democrats like me.
~Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Election Night 2012
amazingmets on September 14, 2011 at 11:46 AM
No one thinks you are a troll.
Cindy Munford on September 14, 2011 at 11:52 AM
Swamp
That is exactly Ernesto’s old MO. He was conservative, he has lots of con friends and family. He is just concerned about the gop not appealing to indies. Just come out of the closet dudr. It’s ok.
angryed on September 14, 2011 at 11:54 AM
Little Debbie is so effing preposterous, I can’t even make a rational comment. My stomach is turning.
Mr. Grump on September 14, 2011 at 12:02 PM
Bingo. Forcing them to pour 500K into a district they’ve held for nearly a century is going to make next year awfully expensive. No wonder the POTUS wants that “jobs” bill passed. /
ted c on September 14, 2011 at 12:02 PM
When asked how many years the district had been in Democrat hands, Ms. Wasserman-Schultz fitfully tromped her hoof 93 times.
Tim_CA on September 14, 2011 at 12:09 PM
Come out of the closet as what? A guy who joined his local town Republican committee when he was 21, created his own PAC a few years later, and has been working in the trenches all around New England for 20 years, as an election lawyer, field manager, and volunteer. Okay.
Now you come out of the closet as someone who doesnt have a clue about what it takes to win election in any place that isnt already deep red Stay in your echo chamber, and stay naive.
swamp_yankee on September 14, 2011 at 12:14 PM
Well the candidate always did have to do more than get on the ballot to win. I mean they always had to make at least a couple of speeches.
Slowburn on September 14, 2011 at 12:15 PM
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