socialmedian: Michael Tomasky: Post-election Rashomon

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Source: The Guardian

Nov 04, 2009

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I love picking through the comments of a piece like the one I wrote last night (this morning, actually, after the NY-23 race was called at 12:15 am).

KPOM: Once again, the spinning continues. The "not so important" elections suddenly have great significance because the Democrat won NY-23. Big surprise, coming from Tomasky...

...In the end, it was a good, but not great night for the GOP.

I like this one. Ritual denunciation -- and then, repeating my conclusion thought for thought: "a good Republican night, but you can bet that Hoffman result, which came in after midnight, darkened their moods considerably."

ClydeEastman: The Hoffman election results aren't terribly surprising to most people with a bit more knowledge of American politics than Mr. Tomasky. Hoffman was a nobody with little money and zero experience in politics. Just an ordinary citizen who was fed up.

Fair point in a way. The candidates for these second-tier New York parties -- Conservative, Right-to-Life and so on -- are often inexperienced citizen-cranks. But the guy drew tons of national money and

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