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White House press secretary Robert Gibbs today said that Republican gubernatorial victories in Virginia and New Jersey do not portend anything for President Obama, but the dynamics and the Democratic candidate’s success in the special election in Upstate New York has ramifications for the GOP.
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How do you spell Robert Gibbs?
T-O-O-L
Orange Doorhinge on November 4, 2009 at 11:47 AM
It was a principled 45% Mr. Gibbs.
Mr. Owens will be running for the seat again in less than a year. I doubt you will still have your job Gibbs.
portlandon on November 4, 2009 at 11:47 AM
It seems it can get you every statewide executive office in Virginia and a boot out the door for John Corzine, too.
fiatboomer on November 4, 2009 at 11:48 AM
what percentage will obama appearance get you?
runner on November 4, 2009 at 11:48 AM
Nothing good for the Democrat party came out of yesterday…wishing otherwise does not make it so.
Asher on November 4, 2009 at 11:48 AM
By November 5, 2010, Gibbs will warn us all about the increasing intensity of the GOP’s “civil war.”
He will again remind us, that the Republican takeover of the House means nothing, and has nothing to do with Obama. Obama, after all, had promised to work with both democrats and republicans.
Revenant on November 4, 2009 at 11:49 AM
Just imagine if the GoP would have chosen someone other than a Democrat-lite!
eforhan on November 4, 2009 at 11:49 AM
Gibbs is a fool. How does he explain New Jersey and Virginia? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm?
BottomLine5 on November 4, 2009 at 11:49 AM
Wow to get involved in politics you have to be one lying scumbag, don’t you?
Gibbs’ spin disgusts me.
justinok on November 4, 2009 at 11:50 AM
What a condescending ass.
petefrt on November 4, 2009 at 11:50 AM
I uhhh thought they weren’t payng attention? That these don’t mean anything?
Daemonocracy on November 4, 2009 at 11:50 AM
Let’s see how a smooth election process with a primary goes in 2010. 49% of the vote will most likely not get you victory in 2010.
WashJeff on November 4, 2009 at 11:50 AM
Nothing to see here… move along….
peski on November 4, 2009 at 11:50 AM
I’m getting dizzy from the spin.
Funny thing is most conservatives don’t consider NY-23 that big of a loss. We won when Dede what’s her name dropped out and proved she was to the left of RINO.
gophergirl on November 4, 2009 at 11:50 AM
NJ proves that six presidential visits can get you a 4% loss…lovely spin ROBERT.
Erich66 on November 4, 2009 at 11:51 AM
I feel bad for the man. It is hard spinning epic fail after epic fail into a good thing.
sammypants on November 4, 2009 at 11:51 AM
Gibbs: So, Barry. What should I say about last night’s results?
Obama: Oh I dunno. Say something retarded, like you always do. And then laugh like a moron.
Gibbs. Gotcha.
lorien1973 on November 4, 2009 at 11:51 AM
I hope he really believes this. Spells doom for the White House.
karlant on November 4, 2009 at 11:52 AM
Actually, it sends a message to the GOP to stop doing back door deals and telling Conservatives to like whatever they do. We won’t stand for it anymore, and we’ve proven it.
Had GOP picked a regular conservative, rather than a liberal, they would have won over a majority of the votes (if you add Scuzzy’s votes, Hoffman’s votes, and a few thousand from Owens who were angry Scuzzy voters).
But I like how they pretend that NJ and Virginia (and Maine losing the Gay vote) means nothing to Obama and DC, but this means THE WORLD to the GOP.
Enoxo on November 4, 2009 at 11:52 AM
Way to go Baghdad Gibbs.
TheUnrepentantGeek on November 4, 2009 at 11:52 AM
Gibbs is classless… Can you imagine Tony Snow saying something like this?
barrythrowslikeagirl on November 4, 2009 at 11:53 AM
“GOP civil war” is delusional propaganda. Since when is an Obama supporter a “moderate” in the GOP? It’s funny that extremists and outliars (and just plain liars), such as Obama’s administration, think that they have any insights in the thinking of real Americans.
BottomLine5 on November 4, 2009 at 11:53 AM
This is good. Stay the course Obama. BJ Clinton would be cutting taxes and passing welfare reform today but you go your way… LOL!
Caper29 on November 4, 2009 at 11:53 AM
By Gibbs logic then, electing Obama/Democrats proves we get 10% unemployment, gotcha!
javamartini on November 4, 2009 at 11:54 AM
LOL! Hot coffee through the nose hurts.
Caper29 on November 4, 2009 at 11:54 AM
Hahahahahahahahahaha!!!!
BWAAAhahahahahhahaha!!!
John the Libertarian on November 4, 2009 at 11:55 AM
Anger actually received 95%.
The 5% that voted for Scozzafava obviously were not angry.
PappaMac on November 4, 2009 at 11:55 AM
DC Boob.
VegasRick on November 4, 2009 at 11:56 AM
Typical talking points… Tim Kaine was on the Today show spouting the same crap. They don’t want to talk about NJ and VA, only that the GOP is divided and right wing nuts like Palin, Beck, et al are splintering the party which means permanent majorities for Dems. I beg to differ…
davek70 on November 4, 2009 at 11:58 AM
What do VA and NJ tell you? That socialism can get you kicked to the curb in the next election !
Honestly, I think I’d have chosen Owens over that Dede thing.
stenwin77 on November 4, 2009 at 11:58 AM
He gets it from his boss.
SouthernGent on November 4, 2009 at 11:59 AM
The spin is making me dizzy…
JusDreamin on November 4, 2009 at 11:59 AM
Great line! ‘Real america’ is being marginalized by inches daily.
simplesimon on November 4, 2009 at 12:00 PM
What did you expect him to say?
Yeah, we got bent over the table and got royally screwed. Man, that really sucked last night, didn’t it? F**kin’ Deeds and Corzine. Incompetent retards. Thank god that democrat – who is against our healthcare plan – in NY-23 won. That was just excellent.
Come on.
lorien1973 on November 4, 2009 at 12:00 PM
Everyone just soak that in.
It’s obviously the only way he could spin last night, but it’s still nice to see it typed out.
BadgerHawk on November 4, 2009 at 12:02 PM
yep
OmahaConservative on November 4, 2009 at 12:02 PM
I swear this fool hasn’t even begun to see the anger yet.
NebCon on November 4, 2009 at 12:02 PM
No, Gibby.
These election showed NOTHING. Remember? That was your spin yesterday.
What did the NJ and VA elections tell you, Gibby? That anger can get you 51% and 60% of the vote respectively? Or no? If not, why not?
Good Lt on November 4, 2009 at 12:02 PM
What do you plan to do, burn some corn or tip a few cows?
simplesimon on November 4, 2009 at 12:03 PM
Yup. Sure was a lot of marginalizing going on across the blue state of NJ and the purple 2008-Obama state of VA last night.
Good Lt on November 4, 2009 at 12:03 PM
No – just show Democrats the door en masse next year.
Why – you want to burn something?
Good Lt on November 4, 2009 at 12:04 PM
I keep shaking my head in wonderment when Gibbs or some other dem says something so clueless. They really don’t seem to understand or care, but then I remind myself, this is the dems we’re talking about here.
4shoes on November 4, 2009 at 12:05 PM
Dede Scozzie will now have a new, successful career appearing on MSNBC and CNN as the poster gal, moderate Republican, victim of those scary, angry conservatives, and their war on and attempts to purge the GOP of moderates.
ChrisB on November 4, 2009 at 12:05 PM
Mornin’ SugarBritches.
OmahaConservative on November 4, 2009 at 12:05 PM
Ohhh. Well there’s now one more D congressman to get rid of! Fail!
simplesimon on November 4, 2009 at 12:06 PM
Gibbs: “Now that these elections are over, the President has decided to send the 40,000 extra troops to Virginia and New Jersey.”
Erich66 on November 4, 2009 at 12:06 PM
+6 for the GOP candidate… Isn’t 45+6 more than a majority?
hawksruleva on November 4, 2009 at 12:06 PM
Baghdad Bob Gibbs: Virginia? New Jersey? Never heard of them.
Charlie Gibson: Me neither.
red winger on November 4, 2009 at 12:06 PM
The spinster! Spin Gibbs Spin.
cubachi on November 4, 2009 at 12:06 PM
sore loser
runner on November 4, 2009 at 12:07 PM
I’m willing to bet that most of the 5% that Dede got, weren’t even aware that she had dropped out.
MarkTheGreat on November 4, 2009 at 12:07 PM
Baby needs his binky.
Diane on November 4, 2009 at 12:08 PM
The question to throw back at Gibbs would be how closely does the president expect Owens to follow Obama’s policies?
The spotlight on NY-23 also puts the spotlight on how Owens votes in 2010, since he’ll only have nine months to build up a record to justify re-election. That means even though he’ll have the least seniority of any Democrat, he’ll be one of the ones most closely watched, and based on Tuesday’s results in New Jersey and Virginia and the general make-up of NY-23, he may not think being very closely associated with Barack Obama is a way to be more than a one-year Beltway wonder.
jon1979 on November 4, 2009 at 12:08 PM
Have you ever tipped a cow? It’s pretty fun.
BadgerHawk on November 4, 2009 at 12:08 PM
I know. Democrats have gained, what, 3 seats since Obama has been in office. And they are more incompetent than ever.
Success!
lorien1973 on November 4, 2009 at 12:08 PM
Related headline: Man on Fire Says He Is “Not Burning”
LibTired on November 4, 2009 at 12:08 PM
Hilarious. Thread winner.
fogw on November 4, 2009 at 12:09 PM
FIFY
ChrisB on November 4, 2009 at 12:09 PM
I agree. How does one put in the effort to vote, but not know what is going on? Whether a D or R voter, that’s just sad.
WashJeff on November 4, 2009 at 12:09 PM
Nah. We thought about showing anger the way liberals do. You know, throw rocks, march in the streets, wear bandanas over our face and destroy some property. Maybe bomb a police station, or the Pentagon, since that’s what Obama’s friends do.
But then we realized, that’s just not us. So instead, we’ll have a couple picnics, with signs saying things like “don’t tread on me” and “God bless America”. And then, on election day, we’ll vote.
You’d be surprised how loud a message can be, when delivered on election day.
hawksruleva on November 4, 2009 at 12:09 PM
When precisely, was the last time you visited real America?
MarkTheGreat on November 4, 2009 at 12:10 PM
What was “Hope and Change” if it wasn’t anger?
29Victor on November 4, 2009 at 12:10 PM
No, but he does like to leave the sheep a little something in their wool.
LibTired on November 4, 2009 at 12:10 PM
Notice how simpleton equates conservative with bumpkin.
MarkTheGreat on November 4, 2009 at 12:12 PM
45% of the vote received by a schmoe running against both the DNC and the RNC. Mr. Gibbs, you sir, are as blind as a bat and as stupid as a cactus.
jimmy2shoes on November 4, 2009 at 12:12 PM
I bet there are a lot of early voters who are kicking themselves today!
DanaSmiles on November 4, 2009 at 12:12 PM
Zing!
29Victor on November 4, 2009 at 12:13 PM
What do you plan to do, burn some corn or tip a few cows?
simplesimon on November 4, 2009 at 12:03 PM
Love your stereotypes. Though I live in Nebraska, I’m actually from Illinois, where for fun we elect corrupt politicians and watch big cities go to hell because of the incompetency of the people running those cities and school districts.
I’ve never tipped a cow, but it would be better than what the kids on the South Side of Chicago–Barry’s paradise–do to each other after school.
I’ll take the relatively safe streets of Lincoln over Chicago any day.
And I’ll sure as hell take my politicians–even the Democrats here–over the ones from Illinois.
NebCon on November 4, 2009 at 12:14 PM
New Jersey has them completely jarred. Don’t think for one hot second the WH is taking it well. They’re pissing blood today.
RepubChica on November 4, 2009 at 12:14 PM
Did they even count the absentee ballots?
MarkTheGreat on November 4, 2009 at 12:15 PM
I don’t get this bit about “the first Democrat to that seat since the Civil War”…There’s been plenty of Democrats to hold that seat…
NY-23 Representatives
BobM88 on November 4, 2009 at 12:16 PM
I heard somewhere that some of Dede’s votes were mail ins.. sent in before she withdrew.
stenwin77 on November 4, 2009 at 12:22 PM
I don’t disagree with you, but because of redistricting and re-numbering, that seat is not necessarily the same one over-and-over.
For instance, I grew up in Gerald Solomon’s seat, which neighbored McHugh’s. Because New York is losing proportionate population, my family that remains there is in a new seat with a different congressional number, even though they have not moved in 50 years. Solomon’s seat was the 29th, then the 24th, then the 22nd. Only by the grace of congressional redistricting was it never numbered the 23rd.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_B._H._Solomon
ChrisB on November 4, 2009 at 12:23 PM
Ah, ok…Thanks ChrisB!
BobM88 on November 4, 2009 at 12:25 PM
And they still won’t be able to get Obama/Pelosicare rammed through.
thevastlane on November 4, 2009 at 12:26 PM
Mr. Gibbs is free to maintain that cocky attitude into next year’s mid-term elections. We’ll see who’s left angry and frustrated when the balance of power dramatically shifts to the conservative view.
The RINOs are kidding themselves if they believe this is a confirmation that Scozzafava was a good candidate. Hoffman is far from a right wing extremist. Had the GOP pumped $900,000 into electing him and not the “moderate” choice, who out there genuinely believes he wouldn’t have been elected.
jdflorida on November 4, 2009 at 12:26 PM
Last February, neither party had a clue that the people were about to revolt. Now, 9 months later the revolt has led to a liberal GOP candidate being forced out of the race and a conservative, unheard of until a month or two ago to garner 45% of the vote. It has led to two Republican governors-elect — one in the bluest of the blue states. It ain’t over folks. Keep up the pressure!
For those in VA, MD, DC, join Michele Bachmann tomorrow on the capitol steps at noon.
For those of us in the heartland, find the tea party express gathering near you.
Christian Conservative on November 4, 2009 at 12:30 PM
What % do fat jokes get you in Jersey?
What % do college thesis jokes get you in Virginny?
Christien on November 4, 2009 at 12:30 PM
correction, Herr Gibbels:
Resolve (what you call anger)can crush one of the two major Statist parties and get you within a whisker of the other, even when both Statist parties gang up on you, as they are likely to do more and more. In other words, its a heck of a start!
james23 on November 4, 2009 at 12:30 PM
It also proves that, even in Rust Belt New York, being a far-left liberal Republican will get you…about five percent of the vote.
This is not the “conservatism that can win” that Dave Frum had in mind.
Rich Fader on November 4, 2009 at 12:33 PM
You’re welcome. I enjoyed your wikipost, too. Fun to read how the 23rd slowly inched its way from Manhattan in the 1910s, through the Bronx, upstate, and finally all the way to the Canadian border by the 21st century.
ChrisB on November 4, 2009 at 12:37 PM
Funny how he fails to mention what percentage anger gets you in Virginia and Jersey. My guess is the WH folk are scurrying around like little mice today looking for answers.
jeanie on November 4, 2009 at 12:44 PM
Yeah, one more D congressman, one more vote AGAINST Pelosicare.
Marsellus Wallace’s advice to you:
uknowmorethanme on November 4, 2009 at 12:47 PM
Looks to me like you took one of our pawns and we took two of your bishops. You sure you want to play with us?
Patrick S on November 4, 2009 at 12:51 PM
Hey Gibbles just wait to 11/18 when a certain person starts her ROAD TRIP.
Clyde5445 on November 4, 2009 at 12:53 PM
You would think so.
DanaSmiles on November 4, 2009 at 1:04 PM
Where’s the best place to pre-order her book?
DanaSmiles on November 4, 2009 at 1:06 PM
Gibbs is a whirling dervish of deceit; A beclowned spokes hole on a stick.
The Merry-Go-Round is coming off its hinges. La La La…look at all the painted ponies…they are all smiling at me…La La La.
Reality:
Acorn Obama inherited two blue states and turned them red in 10 months.
Geochelone on November 4, 2009 at 1:06 PM
Just ordered it. Wal-Mart $9.61 including shipping.
DanaSmiles on November 4, 2009 at 1:30 PM