But the issue is not why Republicans lost NY-26 seat: Karl Rove
(NEWSER) - Democrats are downright gleeful over their upset victory in the Buffalo-area congressional race, but they're also misguided about what happened, writes Karl Rove. The common narrative is that Kathy Hochul clobbered Jane Corwin by linking her to Paul Ryan's Medicare overhaul and that Democrats now have a lethal weapon to wield in the 2012 elections. Nope, writes Rove in the Wall Street Journal . Hochul won because self-proclaimed Tea Party candidate Jack Davis spent millions of his own money on a third-party bid and took 9% of the vote. More to the point, Hochul's Medicare scare tactics did not sway independent voters, says Rove. More»
