Republicans Take Both Seats in Special Elections

What a shocker!  I was dying for a trend that set in motion a leg up for Democrats after that horrible debate of raising the debt ceiling, a hostage taking, gangsta like Tea Party Circus.  But no, it went the other way last night.  The people have spoken.  They want more George Bush.  More debt, more wars, more death and destruction, more money for the rich, and oh, did I mention?  Get that black dude out of the White House.

Here's how CNN reported the win in their first paragraph:

(CNN) -- In a huge upset that few would have predicted just months ago, a Republican won a special election in a heavily Democratic district in New York for the seat of former Rep. Anthony Weiner.

Republican Bob Turner won the special election Tuesday in 9th Congressional District, defeating Democrat David Weprin after a heated, summer-long race that ignited Democratic fears of a quiet election morphing into a referendum on the party and President Barack Obama, ahead of next year's elections.

And in a heavily Republican State the Las Vegas News reported:

Republican Mark Amodei chalked up a crushing victory in Tuesday’s special election for U.S. Sen. Dean Heller’s old House seat, routing Democrat Kate Marshall by 22 percentage points.

22 percentage points!  I'm appalled.