Erection day

[Caliga]

I showed up and voted on an endless series of ridiculous Texas constitutional issues that should be legislative decisions...but we love voting on every damn thing in this State.

Interesting.  Have fun being the next California.  DEMOCRACY DOESN'T WORK.

[alfred russel]

Right wing radicals managed to cause the Republicans to lose NY-23, a House seat that hasn't been in Democratic hands for 100 years. 

Last night they had a democratic operative on TV talking about NY with Republicans running someone from the "extreme far right wing." What an idiot--that was fine rhetoric before the election, but do you really want to say that some extreme conservative running in an upstate NY district that Obama won only lost by 4%?

[garbon]

I didn't vote.

[garbon]

Is homosexuality a religion now?

CRUSADE!

Sure we worship at the gym and it is a dream of every little gay boy (and perhaps girl) to make the pilgrimage to SF in their lifetime.

[Faeelin]

@ Marty.

Three cheers for bigotry and religious intolerance!

Is homosexuality a religion now?

CRUSADE!

Nah, just love the idea of rabbis who are outside the Judaeo-Christian tradition.

[Neil]

@ Marty.

Three cheers for bigotry and religious intolerance!

Is homosexuality a religion now?

CRUSADE!

Nah, just love the idea of rabbis who are outside the Judaeo-Christian tradition.

That's no reason to side with Martinus.

[Hansmeister]

Right wing radicals managed to cause the Republicans to lose NY-23, a House seat that hasn't been in Democratic hands for 100 years. 

The GOP candidate might as well have been a Dem herself, so no loss.  It was a smooth move on Obama's part to create the vacancy, however.

It was kinda pathetic how the local GOP leadership nominate a far-left radical as a candidate.  The Democrat was probably more conservative than she was. 

This is the second special election in NY this year where the state GOP political leadership nominated a worthless career political hack.  There needs to be a serious shakeout of the State GOP establishment.

[Fate]

Right wing radicals managed to cause the Republicans to lose NY-23, a House seat that hasn't been in Democratic hands for 100 years. 

Nope:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NY-23#1843_-_present:_one_seat

The quote has been repeated many times in the media. I believe they mean the geographic area of the current 23rd. Over time there have been 23rds that weren't based on the conservative border region with Canada.  NY district borders shift fairly frequently since they've been consistently bleeding EVs. I don't know what # district covered the far upstate region before it its current incarnation.

[MadImmortalMan]

The quote has been repeated many times in the media. I believe they mean the geographic area of the current 23rd. Over time there have been 23rds that weren't based on the conservative border region with Canada.  NY district borders shift fairly frequently since they've been consistently bleeding EVs. Dunno # district covered the far upstate region before it its current incarnation.