September 24, 2010
— Ace I think CAC was more reserved with his prediction about a possible +8 in the Empire State.
But you know Dick Morris. He's swinging for the fences in his semi-predicitons.
On the House side, New York's role is no less crucial. The National Republican Congressional Committee, the body charged with running the GOP House campaign, lists seven New York seats as among the hundred it considers to be in play -- tied with Pennsylvania for the national lead.The key races:
* Suffolk, where Randy Altschuler has a good chance to defeat Rep. Tim Bishop.
* In Westchester/Putnam, Dr. Nan Hayworth trails Rep. John Hall by only 44-42, according to a Sept. 12 poll by Public Policy Polling.
* Hudson Valley, where challenger Chris Gibson trails Rep. Scott Murphy by only 45-40, according to an Aug. 1 poll by the American Action Forum.
* In Plattsburgh/Watertown/the North Country, Republican Matt Doheny looks likely to succeed, assuming the Conservative Party nominee (who lost the GOP primary) doesn't split the vote.
* Central New York, including the Finger Lakes, Utica and Rome, where incumbent Mike Arcuri trails challenger Richard Hanna by 50-37 in a poll by the Democratic Benenson Strategy Group on Aug. 31.
* Syracuse, where Democratic incumbent Dan Maffei nurses a narrow 44-41 lead over Republican Ann Marie Buerkle, according to an Aug. 1 poll by the American Action Forum
* The Southern Tier (Olean, Hornell, Corning, Elmira and Canandaigua counties), the district of ex-Rep. Eric Massa, a Democrat who resigned amid scandal and charges that he was being marginalized by the House leadership for opposing ObamaCare. Republican Tom Reed leads Democrat Mathew Zeller by 44-30.
Add to that list possible GOP pickups by John Gomez against Democratic Rep. Steve Israel in Suffolk and George Phillips vs. Rep. Maurice Hinchey in the Newburgh/ Poughkeepsie/Binghamton district, and Republicans have nine possible House pickups in New York.
One note: That Plattsburgh race? Doug Hoffman is remaining in the race as a third-party spoiler with a good ballot line (the Conservative Party line).
I think that race is probably going to be lost. It's a fairly evenly-divided district, not the sort of place where you can lose 10-15% (or more) of your best-case vote share and win.
He's gone from hero to douchebag. He stood for election in a fair primary and lost; now he's playing sore loser, same as Liana Mulcahey and Charlie Crist and maybe even Mike Castle.
There are douchebags all over.
Below, CAC's "Best Case Scenario" map for the Northeast. Dark red, I think, represents solidly R districts; bright red are potential pickups (I think his guide is places where the R has a 20% or greater chance of winning.)

So bloody, like good marbled steak.
And speaking of bloody. Check out this astonishing cross-tab.
The generic ballot shows Republicans leading 44%-39%. Besides all of the usual regional crosstabs, we also broke it out by the type of district. We looked at the sample in the 66 Democratic INCUMBENT districts that Charlie Cook lists as either toss-up or leaning Democratic at the time of the survey. In that key crosstab of Swing Democratic Incumbent Seats, the Republican lead grows to 49%-31% on the generic ballot. That is a very powerful crosstab that says the wave is coming.
So we're ahead generally, nationally, but where it counts, in key swing district pickup opportunities, we're ahead by close to 20 points.
BTW, CAC's made up a series of these maps around the country which I'll get to putting up. They are so pretty.
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Posted by: Delta Smelt at September 24, 2010 12:11 PM (A0VTZ)
Posted by: rockmom at September 24, 2010 12:12 PM (w/gVZ)
Posted by: ace at September 24, 2010 12:12 PM (KUUXH)
Posted by: Quint at September 24, 2010 12:13 PM (1nsEG)
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Posted by: sifty at September 24, 2010 12:14 PM (HixYr)
Posted by: Dead WA State Voters at September 24, 2010 12:15 PM (8GYOu)
Posted by: nevergiveup at September 24, 2010 12:15 PM (U5btG)
Posted by: Serious Cat at September 24, 2010 12:15 PM (bAySe)
Posted by: Scott Brown, RINO, Mass. at September 24, 2010 12:15 PM (AZGON)
Posted by: Scott Brown at September 24, 2010 12:15 PM (4Kl5M)
Posted by: Quilly Mammoth at September 24, 2010 12:16 PM (d4Hvj)
Posted by: lowandslow at September 24, 2010 12:16 PM (nsWwp)
Posted by: Pete Stark at September 24, 2010 12:17 PM (AZGON)
Oh and Doug Hoffman, you are a pencil necked dweeb with a goofy grin. Take a hike geek. Your 15 minutes ended a long time ago. I didn't think that little scrub had it in him to be a spoiler.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at September 24, 2010 12:17 PM (A0VTZ)
Posted by: Bobbert at September 24, 2010 12:17 PM (xh3gA)
Posted by: Bumper sticker seen in Mass at September 24, 2010 12:17 PM (4Kl5M)
>Dick Morris is always wrong.
Dick Morris is never wrong, it's your perception of reality that's wrong, and I think I can fix that for you.
Posted by: Dick Morris at September 24, 2010 12:18 PM (Y81Xa)
Doesn't matter. Hannity loves him. Maybe he and The Newt could get a show together. Or do a threeway with Shuckabee.
All of that aside, I hope the map ace posted is accurate. I may be migrating to a blue state soon, and it's showing a fair number of red spots here, including the area I'm intending to live in.
Posted by: MrScribbler at September 24, 2010 12:18 PM (Ulu3i)
I know, I was there with James Buckley when we beat Goodall and Ottinger, 2 of the biggest liberal douchebags evah!. (I think it was Ottinger.)
If you recall, the RINOS wouldn't even let Buckley caucus with them.
We've come a long way baby!
Posted by: lonetown at September 24, 2010 12:18 PM (u8fOP)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 24, 2010 04:13 PM (FkKjr)
President Rice needs team players this election cycle. Better get onboard.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at September 24, 2010 12:18 PM (A0VTZ)
Posted by: George Orwell at September 24, 2010 12:18 PM (AZGON)
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Plus, shouldn't that be a dark red area as its currently held by Mike Castle?
Posted by: Serious Cat at September 24, 2010 12:18 PM (bAySe)
I think Maffei might well pull it out in Syracuse, but on the rest, Morris may not be too far off (for once).
Hinchey would be a nice scalp to take - it'd be on the lower end of the wall, with the prime positions reserved for Alan Grayson, Ma'am Boxer, Gillibrand, and the reptile who called her the hottest broad in the Senate
Posted by: The Q at September 24, 2010 12:19 PM (pfStM)
He has this funny idea that Glen Urquhart can somehow win Castle's old seat.
He can't. He's Christine O'Donnell with pants and without money.
Posted by: Lou at September 24, 2010 12:20 PM (FZrDJ)
Posted by: George Orwell at September 24, 2010 12:20 PM (AZGON)
He's gone from hero to douchebag. He stood for election in a fair primary and lost; now he's playing sore loser, same as Liana Mulcahey and Charlie Crist and maybe even Mike Castle.
There are douchebags all over.
Cap'n! The pumps canna keep up! We've got five inches of vinegar in the hold and risin'!!
Posted by: Bosun's mate of the Stormy Queen at September 24, 2010 12:20 PM (R2fpr)
Posted by: Archangel Michael at September 24, 2010 12:21 PM (4Kl5M)
Posted by: t-bird at September 24, 2010 12:21 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: $5 Whore at September 24, 2010 12:21 PM (7+pP9)
Morris' W-L since leaving the WH is right next to John McKay's with the Bucs, whose famous line should be used towards incumbent Democrats.
"While holding all branches of government for 2 years, what did you think of the Dems' execution?"
"I'm in favor of it."
Posted by: The Q at September 24, 2010 12:22 PM (pfStM)
Posted by: ace at September 24, 2010 12:22 PM (KUUXH)
Posted by: Magic 8-Ball at September 24, 2010 12:23 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: Dick Morris at September 24, 2010 12:23 PM (Y81Xa)
Posted by: Captain fuckin Obvious at September 24, 2010 12:23 PM (4Kl5M)
Posted by: Sean Hannity at September 24, 2010 12:24 PM (pfStM)
Posted by: Lindsay Lohan at September 24, 2010 12:25 PM (pfStM)
Howie Carr just made an astute observation: This is the first election I can remember where people are counting down the days. Everyone I talk to knows how many days until the election.
That is unusual. Counting down the days from the middle of September. Indeed!
Posted by: raising breast awareness at September 24, 2010 12:25 PM (uFokq)
Posted by: Charlie Gibson at September 24, 2010 12:25 PM (mMdWG)
I got an acquaintance...big time lib, nice guy, but a bleeding heart, very childlike...always talking to me about the "evil southern strategy" of the GOP. How the party can't win in the NE anymore because it is racist, homophohic, hates poor people, blah blah.
I would love to rub this map in his face and watch him cry.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at September 24, 2010 12:26 PM (A0VTZ)
Posted by: Lindsay Lohan at September 24, 2010 04:25 PM (pfStM)
How about from me?
Posted by: Pussy Galore at September 24, 2010 12:26 PM (MMC8r)
What about Staten Island? McCain won here in 2008 and it was republican seat before. Mostly Italian and immigrant from former USSR population.
By the way, latest Obama approval rating in immigrants from former USSR community is 19%.
Posted by: redmonkey at September 24, 2010 12:27 PM (8K5j5)
He probably figures the NY Republican Party screwed him last time and this is payback.
But I agree, he is a douchebag just like Murkowpie and Castle.
Posted by: Vic at September 24, 2010 12:28 PM (/jbAw)
Posted by: The Q at September 24, 2010 12:28 PM (pfStM)
Posted by: nevergiveup at September 24, 2010 12:29 PM (U5btG)
Only the RINOs can win there, and only if they pander like mofos to the Dems! (I know it's true because Chris Shays told me so.)
Posted by: DelD at September 24, 2010 12:30 PM (J3Kzx)
Posted by: joncelli at September 24, 2010 12:30 PM (RD7QR)
Posted by: The Q at September 24, 2010 12:33 PM (pfStM)
From NBC news:
Smelly, pesky bugs known as stink bugs have been swarming the Washington, D.C. area -- and when you try to kill them, they just smell worse. I'd have to say that's a metaphor for our current political class bitter clingers that refuse to exit stage left when they lose their elections.Posted by: runningrn at September 24, 2010 12:37 PM (8GYOu)
Now you've done it.. It's gone take more than a few extra cocktails tonight to drive that picture outta my mind.
Posted by: ChiTown Jerry at September 24, 2010 12:42 PM (f9c2L)
Smelly, pesky bugs known as stink bugs have been swarming the Washington, D.C. area -- and when you try to kill them, they just smell worse.
So, what's new?
Posted by: jewells at September 24, 2010 12:44 PM (l/N7H)
Its a small thing but we need to invert the color scheme on these maps. Don't let the MFM frame the graphics. Red is for REDS. Blue is for patriotric Americans. Reverse the colors and match reality. The districts full of Reds deserve to be shown as red.
Make Ace of Spades the beach head of graphic reality and advance...
Posted by: Dennis at September 24, 2010 12:45 PM (nCIhi)
I remember well the epic battle between the Decepticons and the Predicitons.
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Posted by: Chris R at September 24, 2010 01:05 PM (AO4qz)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at September 24, 2010 01:06 PM (plsiE)
Posted by: MSM at September 24, 2010 01:11 PM (MYT77)
There are 3 potential R flips in the NYC metro area, but only one is likely (NY-13).
Posted by: Chris R at September 24, 2010 01:22 PM (AO4qz)
Posted by: politicalmuse at September 24, 2010 01:47 PM (kLKnf)
Posted by: swamp_yankee at September 24, 2010 01:58 PM (e1+91)
I agree with Dick Morris. This is not just a wave election, it is a tidal wave and I am contributing funds to the long shots as well as the sure bets. I want to see the look on the Dems stunned faces when they lose "safe seats" like "Fannie & Freddie" Barney. I don't think I have ever seen so many incumbents still running under 50% this close to an election.
Posted by: D. at September 24, 2010 02:01 PM (plSrP)
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Posted by: Chris R at September 24, 2010 02:17 PM (AO4qz)
Posted by: ParisParamus at September 24, 2010 02:31 PM (A0BM0)
Love ya, Morris, but Olean, Hornell, Corning, Elmira and Canandaigua aren't counties in NYS. But I digress...
Here's hopin' you're right. At least we here in NY-29 will get over the specter of "Tickle Me Massa" as our former rep.
And everybody, look up a picture of Dan Maffei (D-NY) and tell me he doesn't look just like Ralph Malph.
Posted by: Steve at September 24, 2010 02:39 PM (GvZ4s)
What to make of that?
"Well, we could make a hat or a broach"
http://tinyurl.com/baw3aq
Posted by: Kemp at September 24, 2010 02:44 PM (AQxTm)
Posted by: Iblis at September 24, 2010 02:49 PM (6IL7D)
I agree with those who want to take back our own Conservative true blue -- just because the commies manning network news are hypersensitive to what they see as "red-baiting" , i.e. they are too cowardly, like most commies, to stand forth and admit what they are, and feel they would be "baiting" themselves and their little friends if they used their true color.
Posted by: Minnie Rodent at September 24, 2010 03:01 PM (PZLW0)
CAC, since you seem to be from NY, what does it look like on the state house level? The reason I ask is I think the tide will scour the bottom this year. Is the mood such that anything with a 'D' after it no matter how humble the position is getting the boot.
(Barring safe seats, that is...)
Posted by: Warthog at September 24, 2010 03:39 PM (dFJla)
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You need to come on up for Pudding con
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McMahon is toast, and he knows it. That's why Clinton came so early, and no one took him seriously as he mouthed the platitudes about moderate Blue Dog Democrats who will vote in line with their constituents' wishes. Toward the end, Big Dawg had everyone in stitches.
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