Tonight's Repub Victories are as HUGE as in 2001 when Mark Warner(D-VA) & Jim McGreevey(D-NJ) won

[Pirate Smile]

the governorships in those same two states.

That was really earth-shattering, wasn't it?

[HughMoran]

1. Yeah, I remember that excitement

not :)

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2. It was after 9/11 so Bush's approval ratings were like 80% or so. See how

important the President is in determining who wins these off-year elections. Absolutely critical. Just ignore the exit polls saying just the opposite.

[stevenleser]

3. I'm going to use that.

You dont mind do you?

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4. Please do. I think we should use it all over the place when the Republicans and the media try to act

like this is a big deal.

You can even point out how popular Bush was at that time since 9/11 had just happened less then 2 months before - no coattails with an 80% approval rating - how could that be?

Republicans (fear & war mongers) even picked up seats in the next year's Congressional elections. Just maybe those State Governor's races really say nothing about what's going to happen in the next Congressional elections and Presidential election.

[d_b]

5. rec this

[BrklynLiberal]

6. Excellent point...

[Cha]

7. I sure was happy when they won..we'll have

to keep tabs on these new Govs and see how they treat their sacred trust.

[struggle4progress]

8. Virginia's been swinging back and forth for forty years; so has New Jersey

1970 - 1982 three Republican terms
1982 - 1994 three Democratic terms
1994 - 2002 two Republican terms
2002 - 2010 two Democratic terms

1970 - 1974 one Republican term
1974 – 1982 two Democratic terms
1982 - 1990 two Republican terms
1990 - 1994 one Democratic term
1994 – 2002 two Republican terms
2002 – 2010 two Democratic terms

The switch of both NJ and VA governorships to the Democratic column at the end of 2001 didn't make much difference to Bush in 2002 or 2004

[elleng]

9. Right, and keep in mind VA has term limit for Gov.

[Pirate Smile]

10. Kick. Hmmm why unrec this?

:shrug:

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11. kick