I had to stop watching NY Giants football games years ago because every time I watched, the Giants would lose. I’m beginning to think I have the same effect on elections. If no one noticed, my perfect record of not being able to call elections remains intact with Hoffman’s loss in NY23. Sorry, Doug, I should have known better.<\/p>\n
Our buddy, DanNY at GOE New York calls it “A Victory Delayed<\/a>“.<\/p>\n But there are some lessons here for Conservatives – the tactics that worked so well in the march on the Capitol a few months back and the town hall meetings over the summer, probably won’t swing many voters to our side in local elections. I was reading about police being called to polling stations<\/a> yesterday and cringing at the thought of out-of-staters bullying New Yorkers. That kind of stuff doesn’t win us any supporters.<\/p>\n Everything our side does is seen under a microscope of media scrutiny – and nothing done for Democrats is even noticed, so we’re not able to get away with stuff like them. Let’s take that lesson to our hearts before the next election begins at noon today. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"