Related: Corzine Grasping For Obama's Coattails
This is an update, but I'm going with it. I'm not wasting time searching down a WaPo article on the BG site.
"GOP captures governor seats in N.J. and Va.; US House race in N.Y. district too close to call" by Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times | November 4, 2009
NEW YORK - Christopher Christie, a Republican former US attorney who said he would vanquish corruption from the halls of New Jersey government, won the New Jersey governor’s race yesterday, defeating Governor Jon Corzine and striking a blow against the Democratic Party on a national stage.
Heeeeeeeyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!
Christie, who accused Corzine of leading the state into economic turmoil, had nearly half of the vote to Corzine’s 44 percent, with more than 80 percent of precincts reporting....
Republicans across the country were quick to portray Christie’s win as a defeat for President Obama. The White House invested heavily in the New Jersey contest, a tacit acknowledgment that a defeat for Corzine would be interpreted as a rebuke of the president....
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Republicans already captured the night’s other major gubernatorial race in Virginia, where Robert F. McDonnell, a former state attorney general, defeated the Democratic candidate, Creigh Deeds, a stark reversal of fortune for Democrats who have held control in Richmond for the past eight years. With 99 percent of precincts reporting, McDonnell had 59 percent of the vote, and Deeds 41 percent.
In upstate New York, the right wing of the Republican Party was hoping that Douglas L. Hoffman, a Conservative Party candidate, could win a House seat after a more moderate Republican nominee withdrew from the race at the last minute. But Democrat Bill Owens had a lead of about 4 percentage points as of 12:30 a.m. in the special congressional election, which grabbed national headlines in its final days as it highlighted divisions within the Republican Party....
Word this morning is the Democrat won.
Turnout for the most part appeared to be low yesterday. Few long lines were reported, even in New Jersey, the scene of the day’s toughest-to-call race. Voter apathy seemed to belie the more dramatic narrative that has been hoisted on the races....
I didn't vote.
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Of course, some incumbents need never worry (although the vote was a LOT CLOSER than analysts expected!!):
Michael R. Bloomberg won a third term yesterday as New York City’s 108th mayor. With 99 percent of precincts reporting, Bloomberg was narrowly leading Comptroller William C. Thompson Jr., his Democratic rival, 50.6 percent to 46 percent. The mayor was projected to win, but by a much thinner margin than many had anticipated....
Yes, the AMERICAN PEOPLE are in NO MOOD for INCUMBENT AGENDA-PUSHERS no matter who they are!
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"President’s approval rating shows weakness in areas
President Obama’s overall approval rating is still at a healthy 54 percent, but a new poll suggests weakness on major issues. The CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released yesterday also shows his approval rating down from 58 percent in the same poll in mid-September.
More worrisome for the White House, the poll numbers have flipped from majority approval to majority disapproval on the economy (54 percent disapproval now, 54 percent approval in September), health care policy (57 percent disapproval now, 51 percent approval in September), and the war in Afghanistan (56 percent disapproval now, 49 percent approval in August.)
So HOW in the HELL is he OVER 50 percent?!!!!
Another AGENDA-PUSHING MSM POLL!
They are always going to tell us he's around 50; they don't want to go through the Bush experience again AND have to sell, push, and advance the agenda!
CNN’s polling director noted that Obama’s overall approval rating is nearly identical to the 53 percent of the vote he won exactly a year ago, as his approval rating among nearly every demographic group. He is less popular among conservatives than the share of their vote he won.
Then HE SHOULD BE BELOW 53%, right?
WTF, MSM?!!!!!
