Thread: Obama Election Defeat Termed 'Astonishing'

Obama Election Defeat Termed 'Astonishing'

Tuesday, November 3, 2009 11:16 PM

By: David A. Patten

The Obama freight train that has been steamrolling American politics ever since his election one year ago ran squarely into a political brick wall Tuesday night, as Democrats suffered stunning setbacks in Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial races.

The big surprise: New Jersey, a blue state where Obama invested significant political capital by pulling out all the stops to try to put incumbent Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine over the top.

The president personally campaigned for Corzine three times, taped "robocalls," and sent his vice-president to make two more appearances.

Yet despite the president and vice president repeatedly putting their personal prestige on the line, and despite a $10 million Corzine advertising advantage, the incumbent was unable to turn back the wave of dissatisfaction with the economy, and high property taxes.

"There is a reason Obama went in over and over in Virginia and New Jersey," Wall Street Journal columnist and author John Fund told Newsmax. "He was worried what this would do to spook Blue Dog Democrats on health care ...he was right to be worried."

GOP strategist Roger Stone told Newsmax "the bloom is off the Obama rose."

Even Democratic strategist James Carville says the results show the GOP is “all gassed upâ€

this is an ACORN issue. for a change the elections were not fixed! 3% hispanic vote? where were the dead voters? the truckloads of absentee ballots? not this time!

I guess Obama can hear the "teabaggers" now, huh?

there may just yet be hope for the USA!!!

Don' t put too much into these results.

Virginia: The black voters which gave Obama a 6% win in 2008 stayed home. The voters were older white voters which has historically kept the state Red.

NJ: Unemployment, higher than normal taxes and the FBI corruption sweeps in the summer did Corzine in. However, Cristi will have many of the same problems as Corzine did. NJ historically being a blue state. Again, many of the black vote stayed home this time.

And perhaps most importantly, NY 23 was wrested from the GOP for the first time in over 100 years.

That is the story of the night

New Jersey has historically been a far left state. I think this is very significant given the energy that swept Obama into power in this state and others like it. This victory will drive the blue dogs away from Obama's agenda and give the other Democrats pause when voting for any bill that is left of center. The train is now starting to pick up momentum and they don't want to be left standing in the station as it steams away from Nobamaville!

Originally Posted by ccsingleton

Don' t put too much into these results.

Virginia: The black voters which gave Obama a 6% win in 2008 stayed home. The voters were older white voters which has historically kept the state Red.

NJ: Unemployment, higher than normal taxes and the FBI corruption sweeps in the summer did Corzine in. However, Cristi will have many of the same problems as Corzine did. NJ historically being a blue state. Again, many of the black vote stayed home this time.

And perhaps most importantly, NY 23 was wrested from the GOP for the first time in over 100 years.

That is the story of the night

The difference is that Christi will use Ronald Reagan principals to fix the state. Not Marxist ideology. NJ will be better for it and people will see the change.

The president personally campaigned for Corzine three times, taped "robocalls," and sent his vice-president to make two more appearances.

I knew Dumbo Ears was stumping for the Dims, but damn, this is borderline desparate! Tells us just how unpopular Dims are now and they know it!

Originally Posted by draindog

this is an ACORN issue. for a change the elections were not fixed! 3% hispanic vote? where were the dead voters? the truckloads of absentee ballots? not this time!

Yea..where was the hispanic vote we always hear so much about that is so crucial to elections these days... apparently? I guess they voted Republican!