GOP gains momentum, Dems gain House seat

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http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/66231-gop-gains-momentum-but-caveat-looms-in-ny

Republicans received a shot in the arm Tuesday night with wins in two governorships previously held by Democrats, even while Democrats padded their majority in Congress.

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But all was not necessarily well for the GOP, which continued its losing ways on the federal level. Even as Republicans claim independent voters are swinging back their way and expressing frustration with Democratic majorities in Congress, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) added to her burgeoning majority.

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Democrats will point to Owens's win as evidence that the party’s message still resonates with voters -- and, more so, that the internal struggles within the Republican Party have cost the GOP a another congressional seat.

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Democrats point to Hoffman’s coup of the Republican mantle as part of a troubling trend for a GOP in search of an identity. Establishment Republicans around the country will have to watch their right flanks as they prepare their 2010 campaigns.

[Old and In the Way]

1. Pretty soon, they will be the most ideologically pure Party in the country.

Then they won't have to worry about that nasty problem of legislating that corrupts their ideology.

[fasttense]

2. How can the GOP be gaining momentum, when their leaders,

Palin and Limpball, went all out for Hoffman who LOST. Seems to me a GOP kiss from their leaders is the kiss of death.