Republican Bob Turner's upset victory on Tuesday in the special election for the heavily-Democratic congressional seat in New York's ninth district is a referendum on President Obama's financial policies and his relations with Isreal.
GOP leaders are saying "We have been told this is a referendum," Ex former cable television executive said after beating Democratic State Assemblyman David Weprin for the seat vacated by disgraced Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner. "And we're ready to say, 'Mr. President, we are not on right track.
On paper, the district looked like a shoo-in for Democrats: Mr. Obama's party have a three-to-one registration benefit in the heavily-Jewish district, and Democrats have represented the district for more than eight decades. Mr. Obama won the district by 11 points in 2008. But a poll released just day ahead of the election showed that voters in the district are not favored with the current direction of the country.
House Speaker John Boehner said in a statement Tuesday night that New York voters "delivered a strong warning to the Democrats who control the whole power in our federal government. It's time to scrap the failed 'stimulus' agenda and the misguided policies on Israel and focus on getting America back to creating jobs again."
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