NY-09 Goes Republican For the First Time Since 1922

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  September 14th at 12:00 AM  | 

NY-09 last saw Republicans hold it in 1922. The seat, last held by Anthony Weiner, flipped back to the GOP tonight in a stunning rebuke to Barack Obama. In every special election in New York for the past few years, even in 2009/2010, the Democrats pointed their finger at each one and declare it spelled disaster for the GOP. Today, the Democrats will declare NY-09 | Read More »

Alarm Bells at the White House Over David Weprin’s Race in NY-9

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  September 8th at 02:00 PM  | 

Unlike the other New York special election races where the Democrats batted a thousand and the media covered them as prognosticators of doom and gloom for the GOP, there’s been radio silence for the most part on the special election to replace Anthony Weiner in NY-9. But there are alarm bells going on at the White House and the DNC. The DCCC just dropped a | Read More »