This is nice Friday news.
E.J. Dionne in the WaPo reports:
State Sen. Kemp Hannon, a Long Island Republican who has spent nearly three decades in the legislature, also worries that the coalition of "Reagan Democrats" that D'Amato helped build -- "they were Irish, Italian and Polish Democrats and some Jews" -- is a thing of the past. "I believe that Bush has destroyed that whole thing," Hannon says. "It's not here any longer in the Northeast."
FIVE House seats in NY may switch to DEM this cycle - - not a bad stake.
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Want more deliciousness?
Here's good ol' Senator Pothole on the broad outlook:
Adds D'Amato: "It's very similar to an Ohio kind of thing ... I think it's going to result not only in the Democrats taking over the House, but also with substantial numbers."
WARNING: premature gloating will undermine VICTORY.
GOTV DEMS!