What news stories about the Democratic party win in New York on Tuesday should be saying.

[lees1975]

https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2024/02/what-democratic-victory-in-new-york.html

One of the best barometers measuring both the impact and significance of the special election in New York Congressional District 3 to replace expelled Congressman George Santos is Trump's reactions on his social media site. All of the spin, downplaying, indifference and obfuscation in the conservatively biased media is nullified by everything from Trump's attacks on the Republican candidate, whom he claims he didn't endorse, but which, in fact, he most definitely did, to his over the top, angry, and partly incoherent rants in response.

They wanted this win, they desperately needed it, they recognize the political significance of losing it and it is one more in a growing string of Democratic party election victories that is pointing to the re-election of President Biden, regaining a majority in the House and holding on to, and possibly increasing, their margin in the Senate. On the Democratic party side, the winning combination includes the same post-Dobbs reaction that has led to significant shifts in support for Democratic candidates over Republicans in a whole string of elections going back to the 2022 mid-term, a clear drop-off of support for election denying conspiracy theorists in the core of the MAGA cult, and, perhaps, the newest bad news for the GOP could be backlash from the political game they've played over border security.

This, along with the state legislative seat the Democrats claimed in a special election in Berks County, Pennsylvania on Tuesday night, is another part of the arrow pointing toward the Democratic party taking control of Congress in November. It's coming. Everything in this particular race, similar to other special elections in this winning streak for Democrats, including the re-capture of the state house in Virginia last fall, is a strong indication that the GOP does not have anything it can run on in order to win. Being Trump and MAGA is obviously not enough, and in fact, it is obviously a losing proposition when it comes to national elections, and even to a majority of elections in the states.

So ignore the gloom and doom news media. They're desperately trying to make money off this while it lasts, which won't be long.

[Voltaire2]

1. The settled spin from the 'centrist' media

appears to be that, once again, the party has to shift rightward to win.

It’s so utterly predictable.

[Deep State Witch]

2. Anger Over Santos

What I haven't heard anyone mention yet is the voters of NY-3 being angry over Santos. People voted for him in good faith. It's the responsibility of the NY Republican Party to vet their candidates so that they're not serial fabulists, criminals, etc. It seems to this outsider that they were sending a message to the Republicans that they were angry, and not to run shady candidates just because they had an R behind their name.

[lees1975]

3. A little bit of that in the OP ed.

Mazi Pilip, the Republican candidate in NY3, presented almost the same ethical nightmare that George Santos brought into the election. It seems that Trump's MAGA influence in the Republican party is attracting candidates that fit Hillary Clinton's definition of "deplorable," when she was roundly criticized for using that term. The ideal GOP candidate for office now seems to be someone who has a record of cheating the government out of taxes, cheating in business, borrowing with no intention of paying off the debt, and believing some of the most unprovable and ridiculous conspiracy theories to use as political fodder for the ignorant and stupid.

[Deep State Witch]

4. Thanks!

Missed that.