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In a week of sinking poll numbers for Gov. Chris Christie, and a Supreme Court ruling this morning that his deep slashes to NJ public schools was unconstitutional, the results of an election 383 miles away from Trenton is almost as fist-pumping awesome.
Kathy Hochul, whose chances were slim a few weeks ago, has just won a special election for the NY-26 seat being vacated by GOP Rep. Chris Lee, the married shirtless wonder who got caught trying to pick up chicks on craigslist.
Jane Corwin, the Republican, was supposed to win. But then, she saw that sure thang dissolve after she came out in favor of Paul Ryan's plan to remake Medicare.
Why does this matter to us? In addition to the fact it's a Democratic pick-up, every one of the GOP members of the NJ congressional delegation also backed the Ryan plan. They won't be made to pay for that until 2012, but Hochul's victory pumps up those expectations big-time.
Most of all, after a year of Governor Chris Christie play-acting on the national stage, with nothing really at stake for him, he finally got invited to play with the Big Dog this week. And fell on his face. It was Christie the Republicans picked to go up against President Bill "My name is Bill Clinton and I AM the President" Clinton in a battle of the robo-calls, a request you have to figure came via Karl Rove, who was heavily leveraged in this race for Corwin. And Christie's involvement didn't help pull a victory for his Party. [ Makes sad clown face ].
Big ups for our friends at The Albany Project, and to all the New Yorkers who drove this win. |
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