By: Joan Clendenin

Joan Clendenin — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:27:56 +0000

There is over analysis of the Nov 3 election. There was something for everyone that night. The Republican leaders are right to start with the strategy now. What they have to do is plan for the post primary activities. The national folks have to stay out of our primary campaigns. Let the voters decide who faces Boxer and others around the country. We see what a mess the state leaders made of the NY-23 CD. That’s unacceptable. Voters don’t always make the wisest choice among candidates but that’s the game and it should be played out fairly.

By: John W.

John W. — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:06:29 +0000

Excellent analysis. Much better than the various cable network pundit panels election night. Nobody is saying the Dems don’t have challenges in 2010. Some self-inflicted; others not. But neither the Dem House wins nor the statehouse losses say much about 2010. Even without the crummy economy, Deeds and Corzine would have still been in trouble. It’s amazing that Corzine came as close to winning as he did. Statehouse races normally are not about national politics. Tuesday night was no exception. Congressional races are about national politics, and the Dems won the only two such races Tuesday. If there had been no governor races Tuesday, the pundits would be pointing to the upstate NY and CA House races as fresh evidence of a ongoing GOP meltdown. That would have been BS too.

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