On Wednesday, January 20th Republicans in Washington were bloated with arrogant victory. I told one Republican Senator, “Arrogance is what lost this seat for the Democrats, don’t go there.” I was not alone in tossing cold water on Republican grandstanding. This is the reality: The Republicans didn’t win in Massachusetts; the Democrats lostl

“FINGERS WERE BURNED AND LESSONS WERE LEARNED” Those were the exact words of one of the GOP leaders in the House when he spoke about the GOP loss in New York’s 23rd congressional district. Republican leaders had pushed the district’s Republican voters to accept liberal Deidre Scozzafava as their candidate regardless of her strong support

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