In this supposedly quiet off-year election, three contests taking place Tuesday are filling the void. Voters in New Jersey and Virginia will elect governors, while voters in upstate New York are fillinga vacant House seat in a race with national implications. Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins - via NewsRack (Energy)
Nagourney does the expected and over-calculates the importance of the elections in New Jersey and Virginia. I think the average reader would be a little misled by this story. He only looks at the national impact of the potential outcomes, even though these are state-level elections. Some of his predictions -- in particular that a Republican sweep would impede Obama onthe health care and global warming bills -- are not well supported.
