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NY-23: Hoffman (C) concedesNow that Doug Hoffman has conceded, the only question is who to blame for his spectacular loss of a seat Republicans had held for 120 years. Some teabaggers are already blaming the NRCC, because they chose the local popular candidate who would've held the seat for the GOP, and so they suck. Ever... |
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Democrat Bill Owens Wins New York 23 RaceDemocrat Bill Owens beat out Conservative Doug Hoffman for New York's 23rd Congressional seat on Tuesday. The race drew national attention when Sarah Palin, Fred Thompson, and other prominent conservative Republicans threw their support behind third-party candidate...read more ... |
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GOP's Internal Ideological Battles Remain After VictoriesA rebounding Republican Party savored victories in two states that President Obama won last year, but as it tries to build momentum toward what GOP Chairman Michael S. Steele called a "Republican renaissance," it faces troubling ideological fissures within its ranks over how best to reclaim power. ... |
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Shannyn Moore: Palin's Boob a Fake: Hoffman LosesI tried to resist. Glenn Beck and the Teabaggers (sounds like a bad lounge act) will be making the governors' losses in New Jersey and Virginia a "referendum" on Obama's "socialist policies." Fine. Let's just go there. Bend over, I'm driving. When a quitter and a sp... |
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Apparently There Were Some Elections [Front Pages]In a new roundup of the morning's front pages you'll be glad to hear that our measured press corps refuses to read too much into last night as a ridiculous referendum on Obama so soon into his presidency. Kidding! Most of the front pages focus on the fact that New Jersey and Virginia statehouses ... |
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Conservative Loses in NY-23 Stunner, Despite Palin and Pawlenty SupportFiled under: The CapitolistThe Republicans got the press, but the Democrat got the votes in the special election in New York's 23rd Congressional District.On an otherwise dismal night for his party, Democrat Bill Owens captured 49 percent of the vote. Conservative Doug Hoffman won 45 percent of the ... |

