The Biggest Loser at the White House Election Night

A comment on the blog: The Biggest Loser in D.C. episode was one big lovefest for all things Obama and liberal. I could just see it coming when contestants were told they were going to travel where "change" is made. There were so many fawning references to Obama by contestants as well as a shamefully embarassing interview with trainer Bob Harper who literally squealed with delight over Obama's example of healthful living (did anyone remind him that our Pres. smokes?) And the meeting with the two Democrat politicians regarding the obesity epidemic in our country? Since when is that the government's responsibility? Life is about personal choices and being accountable for them.

Posted by: Reilly | Nov 4, 2009 6:00:14 PM

Independents may be willing to vote Republican in a state race, but they are not stupid enough to vote Republican federally after the last 8 years.

You seem to think hysterical right wing media erases everybody's memory of recent history. Sorry, there are still people left with functioning brains.

The gap between the community organizer's rhetoric and actions/inactions is manifesting itself in the gap betweeen 2008 independents going D and 2009 independents going R.

Someone better tell this fraud that he better start heeding honest Abe's advice ~ "You can't fool all of the people all of the time".

The seat was last held by a Democrat from 1979-1993. Considerably less than 100 years ago.

Republicans held New York 23 for over a 100 years - and LOST LAST NIGHT TO A DEMOCRAT.

Regardless of the Republican excuses, it's a stunning loss, and an important victory for the Democrats and the President.

Same with the victory in California. Two congressional seats up for election - two Democratic victories.

Now if they would just realize that they are actually running the country and not starring in West Wing....just saying.

Posted by: Ray | Nov 4, 2009 10:22:54 AM

Juan Williams is liberal but from what I've seen of him lately on Fox he's also a realist. He's made some "fair and balanced" comments lately and I suspect (off the record) he doesn't like that Obama may be blowing the first African-American presidency.

Liberal Juan Williams said that Hoffman lost because he entered the race late (a back-breaker to begin with), and him not presently having the political expertise to run an effective cmapign against Owens.

Combine all of that that with him having zero name recognition, RINO Republicans working against him while running against Owens and Scuzzafava (a three front war), YET he STILL almost pulled out a win.

Those are the political realities. Period. End of discussion. Those are the reasons that Hoffman lost.

About Hoffman's effort:

"He overcame impossible odds (single digits just a month ago) to come within two points of defeating Democrat Bill Owens. Hoffman had zero name recognition. National Republican Party officials dumped nearly $1 million into the race on behalf of radical leftist GOP candidate Dede Scozzafava, who then turned around, endorsed Owens and siphoned off 5 percent of the vote with her name still on the ballot after she dropped out."

Real proud of Hoffman.
Just a regular guy off the street that put up a heck of a fight.

Owens is a blue-dog.
I'd rather see him win than Dede who was so liberal she was endorsed by Daily Kos.

We may have lost the race in NY-23 but we got rid of the RINO and put the others on notice. We will vote you out!

Palin/McDonald 2012

The congressional seat the Democrats won tonight in New York had been in Republican hands since the Civil War!

Posted by: tierra | Nov 4, 2009 3:05:01 AM

BTW, tierra, if I'm not mistaken Owens has to run again next year in order to keep his seat. If Hoffman wins his Party's support he will get to run against Owens again. Owens will be walking on eggshells for a while yet.

The congressional seat the Democrats won tonight in New York had been in Republican hands since the Civil War!

What an embarrassing defeat for the Republicans and a stunning victory for the Democrats and Obama.

So much for Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh and their fellow Republicans. Rejected.

The Governors races are particular with local issues and regionally oriented.

The New York congressional seat is more of a federal mandate and a mini-election on the Obama/Democratic administration.

And it's a seat the Republicans held for a long time - AND LOST TONIGHT.

Democrats won it and its a strong vote in favor of the current administration.

Posted by: tierra | Nov 4, 2009 3:05:01 AM

We may have seen a different race in NY-23 if Hoffman had won a primary and had been the GOP's choice from the get-go. As it is, he managed to oust the GOP choice from the campaign and came very close to winning it all. I don't think conservatism or his supporters were rejected at all. And I give him credit for standing up to the flawed selection process and giving it his best shot.

Governors races are very important in and of themselves and as potential Presidential candidates. So they are not local or regional at all. Governors are always fertile ground for national potential.

What is also important here is to gauge the mood of the independents. You already know the answer to that one.

This is by no means a referendum in any respect and should be a wake up call to the GOP that they cannot just give lip service to their ideology. They need a consistent message and and they need to live what they preach. They have about a year... let's see where they go from here.

The New York congressional seat is more of a federal mandate and a mini-election on the Obama/Democratic administration.

And it's a seat the Republicans held for a long time - AND LOST TONIGHT.

Democrats won it and its a strong vote in favor of the current administration.

Posted by: tierra | Nov 4, 2009 3:05:01 AM

tierra, talk to your buddy jhw539 who said all last week and this week that NY-23 was a "sideshow" and was not important (or something to that affect). I argued against that - but of course now I agree with him ;-)

only problem... with Zero still in the White House, we're the biggest losers - for the moment.

It's going to take a lot more to undo the mess foisted on us by Acorn and MoveOn. The whole lot needs to be thrown out.

and uh Bob - completely lost all respect for you with your fawning over the Biggest Zero!

Yes obama IS the biggest loser! How many times did he visit NJ? HA HA! What a waste of time! The Republicans got two more governors last night on their side thanks to Independents.

Sometimes life has better symbolism than if a bunch of writers sat around trying to make this stuff up.

Not that the writers would not have had some good ideas and would have probably been a real good alternative but, turns out life trumped fiction and it is just flat out funny.

Tierra, you make me laugh. Obama campaigned heavily in New Jersey and I live in Virginia Beach and all I saw on TV were the ads with Obama asking people to vote for Deeds, but despite his best efforts, they lost. The NY-23 race hurts a little, but that defeat was caused not by endorsements from Palin and other conservatives, but by the ineptitude of the state and national republican leadership that backed Scuzzafava in the first place. Owens, just got lucky that the republican party leaders picked a loser to run against him in the first place. The real lesson we learn from NY-23 is that conservatives like McDonnell and Christie win, not moderates or liberals.

The congressional seat the Democrats won tonight in New York had been in Republican hands since the Civil War!

What an embarrassing defeat for the Republicans and a stunning victory for the Democrats and Obama.

So much for Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh and their fellow Republicans. Rejected.

The Governors races are particular with local issues and regionally oriented.

The New York congressional seat is more of a federal mandate and a mini-election on the Obama/Democratic administration.

And it's a seat the Republicans held for a long time - AND LOST TONIGHT.

Democrats won it and its a strong vote in favor of the current administration.

The trifecta in Virginia (hasn't happend there in a LONG time.

Corruptzine was thrown out in New Jeresy (where registered Dems heavily outnumber registered Republicans and where Obama made 5 campiagn stops for Corruptzine). And the Democrats and the Corruptzine campaign spent $33 million dollars to $11 million spent by the Christie campaign. They still could not win.

Change has come. It is indeed a wonderful thing.

BTW, ABC News has also reported tonight that a top Democrat has said that there will be no health care reform bill this year. Period. Message to Obeyme.

Another blow to "Duh One's" administration and "Duh One's" extremist fiscal policies.

Congratulations to Obama on the 48 Saves tonight! You negative nellies really need to stop getting all wee-wee'd up before silly season goes from spring, summer, fall - straight into winter. Any real news organization will tell you - those voters from NY and VA just worked themselves up into a racist frenzy. Oops, gotta run - the game is back on. Hey, nice pass on the healthcare deadline - ooohhh... reject. You know that hurt :)