First By-Election of 2009

"Upstate New York House Race Is Too Close to Call," or so said The New York Times yesterday.  The lede

A mere 65 votes separated the two candidates late Tuesday in a Congressional contest in upstate New York that received national attention and was widely seen as a referendum on the Obama administration’s economic recovery efforts.

The Times makes it sound like it was a solid Republican seat, but in fact now Senator Gillibrand won it in November by 24 points, although the President wasn't nearly as strong.

Here is Jamie Wearing Fool's take on it.

Waiting for the count of the Absentee Ballots.

Regards  —  Cliff