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First off, Virginia is not a "Blue State", it's traditionally a "Red State" that voted Democratic in a Presidential election for the first time since 1964. At the very best, it can be called "Purple". Certainly, no one in Indiana thinks that state is now "Blue" because it was in Obama's column last year. In New Jersey, Jon Corzine had a very well publicized corruption scandal in his administration break during this election cycle. Considering how fed up the electorate is with any administration that is allowing officials to feather their own nest,it is quite understandable that Cristie, a former federal prosecutor, could eke out a win there.
But let's get one thing straight, Governor's do not vote on health care or war and peace. They administer the state government and the party in power is in trouble in every state. This is not a referendum on President Obama. That happens at the Congressional level.
Now, we get to New York's CD 23. Here a Democrat, allied with President Obama, won an open seat from a Conservative backed by Republican heavy weights, including Sarah Plain. A Democrat has not held that seat since 1872. That's Eighteen Seventy Two. Not 1972, 1872, back when US Grant was President of the United States. That person gets to vote on Obama's agenda, and it is a far more telling result than any Governor's races.
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