Reality arrives for Democratic Party and Obama
2009 November 4
Democrats lose two closely watched gubernatorial elections, New Jersey and Virginia. As Adam noted some days ago both were viewed as being somewhat of a litmus test on the Obama Presidency, with perhaps Virginia the more symbolic, though the White House was keeping it’s distance in Virginia, indeed the candidate was seen as not welcoming White House support.
In New Jersey, White House support and backing for the incumbent Jon Corzine was highly visible and strong. Thus this might be seen as a considerable rejection of Obama.
More later.
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The exit polls were interesting–mostly, it seems people were concerned about the economy. One thing’s for sure though, the Dems can’t view this result with any pleasure and a lot of Dems in marginal seats are going to have to wind back their socialist zeal.