Democrat Kathy Hochul won the special election in the heavily Rethuglican 26th Congressional District of New York. The voters gave Hochul 47% of the vote, while her Rethug opponent, Jane Corwin, got 43%, and a teatard candidate picked up the remaining votes. What's significant about the election, of course, is that Hochul sucessfully hung the albatross of supporting Rep. Paul "Lyin'" Ryan's plan to end Medicare around the Rethug candidate's neck. To provide cover for their plan, Rethugs are saying it's about "saving Medicare." It's actually about turning health care for seniors over to private insurers. Some Rethugs are now trying to distance themselves from the suicidal plan.
Today, Rethugs are furiously spinning that the election wasn't about their plans to kill Medicare, it was about the teatard candidate taking votes from Corwin. Not surprisingly, they're lying. Polls taken over the last 3 weeks show the teatard candidate steadily losing ground, but Corwin's numbers barely moving up. Dem candidate Hochul's poll numbers steadily climbed during that period.
Dems need to pick up 24 seats to win control of the House in 2012. They've found an issue they can run on and contrast their vision with that of the Rethugs. One down, 24 to go.
