There were 2 special congressional elections held yesterday, Sept.13th, in New York and Nevada and…
Republicans won both!
 
In Nevada, Republican Mark Amodei, a former state GOP chairman and state senator, had been predicted to win easily. But New York’s 9th District result (Anthony Wiener’s former district) was a BIG upset. The victory is especially sweet because Democrats outnumber Republicans there 3 to 1. They haven’t elected a Republican since 1920. Wow!
 
The 9th District race (Queens and Brooklyn) was between Democrat David Weprin, a NY state lawmaker, and Republican Bob Turner, a a fiscal conservative and a former cable TV executive who’s never held elected office.
 
A referendum on the Prez? Could be…

“This is a chance for the voters to stand up and say, ‘Mr. Obama, we’re not going to take it,’ ” Turner said. “And this is one way they will clearly understand.”

 
Weprin had been endorsed by the New York Times – of course…

partly because the paper said he “would push for higher taxes for the wealthy rather than cut programs that serve the working and middle classes.”

 
Could that old class warfare/entitlement schtick finally be wearing thin?
 
There was also concern from the districts’ Jewish voters on Obama’s lackluster approach to Israel:

Veteran Brooklyn state Assemblyman Dov Hikind, a conservative Democrat and an Orthodox Jew who backed Turner, said in recorded phone calls to voters, “President Obama needs to hear from us. He needs to get the message that Jewish Democrats have had it with how he’s treating Israel.”

 
Are the voters coming to their senses at last? “Hope” springs eternal!