I have to admit I was on an emotional rollarcoster last night as the results from NY20 came in; Murphy ends up winning by 65 votes. I went to bed somewhat depressed. However, in the morning, I saw an email from Tedisco's campaign saying that there were at least 6000 absentee votes to be counted and the majority of those were Republican voters; I felt alot better. I think Tedisco will be victorious in the long run.
The mainstream media and the lefty bloggers were touting this as a victory even if Murphy doesn't emerge victorious. Their point is that this is a Republican leaning district and Tedisco should have done alot better. I have to agree with them. (Tedisco lost his lead listening to the RNC and finally started running his own campaign to regain momentum) However, that is not the point. We all know that one vote in the House is not going to make a difference and we know that we really can't say that Obama's agenda is dead or damaged from the election.
What we can say though is that Democratic members of the House and Senate were definitely watching this race. What they took from the results is that notion that, "If the people are so behind Obama and his policies, then why didn't Murphy win easily? - in fact he probably lost." This will make them think twice about voting for the Obama agenda; especially in Republican leaning districts. We also will soon have one more Republican in the House in my opinion.
For someone who is attempting to help rebuild the Republican Party in the Northeast, this makes me very happy.
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