Thread: GOP Sweeps Virginia, Takes New Jersey

What most of the people here on LL don't seem to be able to grasp about this issue and how it has potentially big significance for the President and Democrats in Congress was neatly encapsulated by an article in Politico today: Election Day losses in Virginia and New Jersey have congressional Democrats focused like never before on jobs — their own. While the White House and party leaders are urging calm, Democratic incumbents...

Originally Posted by DosEquis Or this is a local issue and Corzine was a fucking scum bag. Jesus christ man... anything to TRY to put something on the administration. At least there is one reasonable conservative in this thread. Being from NJ I can tell you with complete honesty that the majority of people who get elected in this state are liberal scumbags and that they usually get elected very easily. Christie had a lot of crap come out...

I'll admit that Democrats need to worry about their future, but I just don't think that Obama's politics had to do with these losses. I think it's citizens of that state being upset with how things are being run by their governors, not how the country is being run by Obama.

Originally Posted by Scrum The only actual "tea party" candidate lost, so I don't see how this is a win for the teabaggers. Exactly. Talk about spin.

The only actual "tea party" candidate lost, so I don't see how this is a win for the teabaggers.

and Scozzafava cost the Republicans NY-23 w2g

Originally Posted by JaJae If you look in VA the Independent vote went for the GOP, whereas before it went for the Obama. That's a huge change, and it was a complete blowout. Deeds didn't run very well (even if this wasn't an off-year election). McDonnell's big message was shoring up the VA economy and bringing jobs to VA; that's how he really got the suburban independents. No one in VA is really surprised, and it is...

In the past, Virginia has been mostly a red state anyway, so no big surprise there.