NY 26: Democrats should thank Paul Ryan

[TheNewMe]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post..._blog.html

Posted at 11:36 PM ET, 05/24/2011
NY 26: Democrats should thank Paul Ryan
By E.J. Dionne Jr.

Quote:There is no way for Republicans to spin away Democrat Kathy Hochul’s victory in New York’s deeply red 26th congressional district. This is a big setback for Paul Ryan’s budget and a warning for Republican incumbents everywhere. This is simply not a district a Republican should have lost. Conservative overreach has clearly woken up Democrats and has gone down badly with independents.
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Hochul getting this close to half the vote is astonishing in a district where in 2010 the Democratic candidate got just 26 percent of the vote. Even in the very good Democratic year of 2008, the Democratic nominee got just 40.5 percent.
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I don’t care what Republicans say publicly on Wednesday: This race has to worry them, and it will petrify first-term Republicans in middle-of-the-road or Democratic-leaning districts who voted for the Ryan budget. Democrats should be very grateful that Ryan put his plan together, and that House Speaker John Boehner forced Republicans to vote on it.
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[Willinois]

Forcing Republicans to vote on something can be very useful on election day. I hope Harry Reid will take notice.

[Willinois]

It's also interesting that she ran against NAFTA and free trade. Taking that position would help Democrats in many districts, especially outside of urban areas.

[Cha]

Steve Benen wrote we should send Ryan, Boner, Cantor a gift basket, fox "news" is ignoring it, and repub overreach turned a red district blue.

All the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Rove Orwellian pac money in the world couidn't get Corwin a win.

Oh yeah..didn't boner and cantor go up to the Distirict and campaign for Jane?

[Eponine]

Yippee! I live in a solidly blue district in Illinois, but this victory makes me very happy.