tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872239785607728837.post5140575243637690600..comments2024-03-28T00:02:02.310-04:00Comments on The Brooklyn & Staten Island Independent GOP Fountainhead: Is Tomorrow’s Georgia Special Election a Precursor of the 2017 Primary and General Election in one of Brooklyn’s City Council DistrictsGalewyn Masseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09210379476512207622noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872239785607728837.post-90715359314704048892017-04-19T11:13:47.872-04:002017-04-19T11:13:47.872-04:00UPDATE: THE "SPIN ZONE" EDITION
THE &qu...UPDATE: THE "SPIN ZONE" EDITION<br /><br />THE "FIRST ROUND" OF THE GEORGIA SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL THE CONGRESSIONAL SEAT OF HHS SECRETARY TOM PRICE, A REPUBLICAN, GAVE ALL SIDES SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT --- AND EQUALLY IMPORTANT, >>>TO SPIN IT<<< TO FIT THEIR PET NARRATIVE(S)<br /><br />MOST REPUBLICANS ARE CALLING THIS A WAKE-UP CALL, BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SPINNING IT AS A "VICTORY" --- BUT SO ARE MOST OF THE DEMOCRATS<br /><br /><br />That's what happens when a candidate, like Jon Ossoff, goes into the last few days looking like a winner..... Last night was a lot like Election Night 2016, with the Democrats looking like clear winners early and the GOP chipping away, chipping away, chipping away as the numbers kept coming in....<br /><br />Trump's Tweets were definitely "punching down" by the President; however, maybe they were part of what it took to hold off an outright Ossoff victory last night. As it was, Ossoff attained an "almost" outright win with 48.1%; and his nearest GOP opponent, Karen Handel, had only 19.8%.<br /><br />So, on the day after both sides can probably make good arguments how their side won.<br /><br />If what Nate Silver had to say in his last pre-election article (cited above in my post) is to be completely credited --- Handel is likely to win the June 20th run-off and Ossoff is likely to lose, but it is very close to a 50/50 deal in the run-off.<br /><br />Here're the NY Times' numbers for yesterday's top vote-getters in the Ga. 6th Cong. Dist.: <br />"... Ossoff... Dem.... 92,390... 48.1% <br />Karen Handel... Rep.... 37,993... 19.8 <br />Bob Gray... Rep.... 20,755... 10.8 <br />Dan Moody... Rep.... 16,994.. 8.8 <br />Judson Hill... Rep.... 16,848 8.8<br />Others... .... 7,104 3.7<br /><br />100% reporting (210 of 210 precincts)"Galewyn Masseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09210379476512207622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872239785607728837.post-17909005949045401622017-04-19T00:11:06.515-04:002017-04-19T00:11:06.515-04:00UPDATE: THE "12:00 MIDNIGHT" EDITION
JO...UPDATE: THE "12:00 MIDNIGHT" EDITION<br /><br />JON OSSOFF --- "REGARDLESS HOW [THE FINAL COUNT] COMES OUT TONIGHT... WE HAVE ALREADY WON A VICTORY FOR THE AGES..."<br /><br />AND CNN PROJECTED A RUN-OFF BETWEEN DEMOCRAT JON OSSOFF AND REPUBLICAN KAREN HANDEL<br /><br /><br />As vote totals continued to come in near Midnight -- Ossoff's percentage had fallen below 50%: and the NY TIMES totals were "... Jon Ossoff... Dem... 88,562... 48.6% --- Karen Handel... Rep... 35,502... 19.5%..." [with 84% of the precincts reporting]. <br /><br />At about 12:07 PM, CNN reported similar numbers with 95% of the districts reporting.<br /><br />Galewyn Masseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09210379476512207622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872239785607728837.post-57161678838049184752017-04-18T23:29:21.221-04:002017-04-18T23:29:21.221-04:00UPDATE: THE "11:00 PM" EDITION
JON OSSO...UPDATE: THE "11:00 PM" EDITION<br /><br />JON OSSOFF IS WAY AHEAD OF THE FIELD IN THE GEORGIA 6TH CD ELECTION.....<br /><br />BUT HE WAS FURTHER AHEAD EARLIER; AND NOW IT LOOKS LIKE LESS THAN A 50/50 DEAL THAT HE BREAKS THE 50+% THRESHOLD TO WIN IT ALL TONIGHT.....<br /><br /><br />More info when it comes in.Galewyn Masseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09210379476512207622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872239785607728837.post-1470445769987948512017-04-18T16:04:49.858-04:002017-04-18T16:04:49.858-04:00RESPONSE: THE "NO DIFFFEECKULTT --- EEEASSSY ...RESPONSE: THE "NO DIFFFEECKULTT --- EEEASSSY ! ! !" EDITION<br /><br />TO: "ANONYMOUS SAID... 8:55 PM"<br /><br />READING THE NATE SILVER ARTICLE WAS RELATIVELY HARD COMPARED TO MAKING MY COMPARISON BETWEEN THE GEORGIA 6TH CD AND THE BROOKLYN 43RD NYCCD, WHICH AS I WROTE ABOVE WAS RELATIVELY "... EEEASSSY..." (rhymes with Francis of Assisi)<br /><br />Some of my reader-followers, and even most of my regular "... Irregulars" take this stuff altogether too seriously. Galewyn Masseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09210379476512207622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872239785607728837.post-33413377581774599212017-04-18T11:55:28.277-04:002017-04-18T11:55:28.277-04:00Gail, your trying too hard comparing the Georgia s...Gail, your trying too hard comparing the Georgia special election and possible runoff to the City Council primary and general for Gentile's spot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872239785607728837.post-38245285978699435932017-04-17T21:09:07.148-04:002017-04-17T21:09:07.148-04:00Galewyn, there are no surprises coming out of the ...Galewyn, there are no surprises coming out of the Republican Party in 2017, unless it's that none of the Republican candidates for City Council from Bay Ridge files enough valid signatures, making the Republican Line a blank.<br /><br />Bay Ridge is changing at the speed of light in ways that any of the old Bay Ridge hands wouldn't have a clue about.<br /><br />Rev. Khader El-Yateem will bring in lots of younger more progressive voters and others from the establishment hard left to go along with his own growing base of Arab identity voters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872239785607728837.post-79626536119719273212017-04-17T18:05:06.899-04:002017-04-17T18:05:06.899-04:00If Ossoff comes in above 50% tomorrow a lot of thi...If Ossoff comes in above 50% tomorrow a lot of things will changeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com