The Daily Show Nails Cable News Election Panels

As you've now heard, in last night's two high-profile gubernatorial elections, the GOP candidates emerged victoriously in what was a clear referendum against President Obama. Meanwhile, in the closely-watched Congressional race in New York's 23rd District, voters elected a Democrat for the first time in over a century in what was a clear referendum against President Obama. Where did I acquire such keen political insight? Cable news, of course.

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Tags: Aasif Mandvi, Barack Obama, Bill Owens, Chris Christie, CNN, Doug Hoffman, Fox, House of Representatives, John Oliver, Jon Corzine, Jon Stewart, MSNBC, New Jersey, New York, Samantha Bee, Sean Hannity, The Daily Show, Virginia

A Huge Win for Conservatives

RedState's Erick Erickson on the NY-23 race…

The race has now been called for Democrat Bill Owens. This is a huge win for conservatives.

That statement is a huge win for self-parody.

Tags: Bill Owens, Dede Scozzafava, Doug Hoffman, House of Representatives, New York, Red State

Conservative Candidate Achieves the Impossible in NY-23

When plucky arch-conservative Doug Hoffman — representing Glenn Beck's Tea Party Party –stepped into the race for New York's 23rd district, even though Republican Dede Scozzafava was already running, he was on his way to truly making history.

And, last night, he and all his supporters — including Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and Michelle Malkin — achieved what many thought could not be done: They delivered the NY-23 congressional seat into Democratic hands for the first time in more than a century…

Democrat Bill Owens Tuesday won New York's 23rd Congressional District, parts of which have been in Republican hands since the Civil War.

Conservative Doug Hoffman conceded shortly after midnight. With 88 percent of precincts reporting, Owens led Hoffman by nearly 4,300 votes.

What more proof do you need that the politics of divisiveness really does achieve results?

Tags: Bill Owens, Dede Scozzafava, Doug Hoffman, Glenn Beck, House of Representatives, Michelle Malkin, New York, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, Tea Party

Jon Stewart Covers Indecision 2009

Sure everybody gets excited about the Presidential election years. And the midterms are fun too. But for the hardcore political junkie, there's nothing like the midmidterms. You can have your Senate contest, but nothing gets my blood pumping like a good old fashioned uncontested assistant district assemblyman race. Those are where the real action is.

But, if you're a casual wonk (I stopped having casual wonks after I got crabs), there are still a handful of high profile races today.

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Six Elections to Pretend to Pay Attention to Tomorrow

I know that tomorrow isn't a real Election Day. But still, we can all pretend. Right?

Right…

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New Jersey Gubernatorial Race – Jon Corzine (D) vs. Chris Christie (R)

Why should you pretend to care?

Like a lot of elections this year, this will probably have less to do with whether New Jersians want to give Corzine another shot in office and more to do with Barack Obama is a Satanist Muslim from Kenya NO MORE TAXES FOR JESUS!! So, you know, I guess we'll see.

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Virginia Gubernatorial Race – Bob McDonnell (R) vs. Creigh Deeds (D)

Who gives a shit?

As it turns out, Sarah Palin gives a shit. She, it would seem, gives a huge shit. The 2012 presidential hopeful has been expending some political cash and releasing her robot doppelganger to go robo-calling Virginites and asking them to "vote for Sarah's principles." Also, if they'd buy her new book, that'd probably be pretty okay, too.

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New York's 23rd Congressional District Race – Bill Owens (D) vs. Doug Hoffman (C)

Can you just sleep through this?

You can, but you'll be missing one of the finest examples of conservative implosions in weeks. This was supposed to be a race between Owens and Republican Dede Scozzafava. But then conservatives decided Scozzafava was — and I quote — "a radical leftist," because they're pretty much cartoon characters pretending to be real people. So, in turn, Scozzafava responded by dropping out and supporting the Democrat. Hi-Larry-ous! This one should actually be entertaining for real.

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New York City Mayoral Race – Incumbent Michael Bloomberg vs. William Thompson

So what?

So, this all boils down to the single most important political question since the beginning of time: Why not just buy this election? The answer: Sure, why not.

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Maine's Proposition 1 and Washington's Referendum 71

What it to you?

Well, it's not really anything to you. Unless you're gay. Or have a gay family member. Or know somebody who's gay. Or just support equality in civil rights and the ideals set forth in the Constitution of the United States.

If not, though, I guess you can just ignore this one.

Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Owens, Chris Christie, Dede Scozzafava, Doug Hoffman, Election Day, House of Representatives, Jon Corzine, LGBT, Maine, Marriage Equality, Michael Bloomberg, New Jersey, New York, New York City, Sarah Palin, Virginia, Washington