Fallout From Republican Senate Loss
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- February
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The theory from Republicans in the state Senate today is that last night’s loss in the northern New York special election to Democrat Darrel Aubertine came down to the fact that voters simply like Aubertine more.
His ad that painted GOP opponent as the wealthy son of former Sen. Doug Barclay who wouldn’t let people fish on the family’s land was simply too much to overcome, some Republicans said privately.
“They were able to define him as an elitist rich kid wouldn’t let people fish in their river,” one GOP strategist said of Barclay.
Republicans were never able to counter the attack, and Aubertine was viewed as a local farmer trying to do good for the district.
“It was about the things going on in that district, primarily the economy,” Aubertine said after being sworn in at the Capitol this afternoon.
But Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno said Republicans still hold a one-seat majority and may have “lost that battle, but we are going to win the war” in November.
Democratic Minority Leader Malcolm Smith, though, predicted more Democratic victories in November.
“November ‘08 is a little ways off,” Smith said. “My best guess is that we’ll have the same numbers that we have now and most likely we’ll have two or three more.”
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This is very old news already. NO rocket science here.
NY GOP is “Months� behind other consultants who are NOT in Albany.
I and many others Conservatives have been saying for months that the NY GOP needs to go back to their grass roots and somehow or someway start acting like Republicans and not like Democrats.
30,000 more Republicans then Democrats in the 48th and they walked away from the GOP last week.
One of the reasons the Republicans lost is because voters & grass roots have lost faith in NY GOP….
NY GOP have abandoned issues of Less Taxes & Spending and many, many of the Social & 2A issues!
An interesting phenomenon happening with increasing frequency in New York: Democrats winning in GOP-dominated districts.
Last week’s 48th SD win by Democratic Sen. Darrel Aubertine, a pro-life, anti-gay marriage moderate, is the most recent example.
Republicans are now losing to Democratics in upstate New York by running as Social Conservatives. NY GOP deserves to lose its Senate.