But based on the available evidence, there’s little reason to think of the close campaign in this special election as heralding an issue-driven realignment, and more reason to think of it as the outcome of an unusual mix of candidates. That’s a point worth keeping in mind when the results come in and the referendum talk picks up again, no matter who wins.
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Mr. Marx is dead wrong. The Hochul campaign campaign came to life because of Ryan2012, which would "transform" healthcare - really squeeze Medicare to death. Hochul had no chance of election until the Republicans invited Americans to slit their own throats.
#1 Posted by Douglas L Turner, CJR on Tue 17 May 2011 at 10:36 AM