Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) tried to deflect attention from big GOP wins last night in the New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial elections, saying instead that the Democratic upset in the NY-23 congressional race was the real race to watch — and that it shows that Republicans are “eating themselves.”
Democrat Bill Owens beat Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman last night after moderate GOPer Dede Scozzafava dropped out and endorsed Owens — a late development that came after prominent national Republicans threw their support to Hoffman.
Wasserman Schultz said “New York 23 was the race to watch for the coming year.”
New York 23 is really the race to focus on from yesterday. It shows the knock-down, drag-out civil war that’s going on in the Republican Party. They’re eating themselves and it’s going to play out in races across the country.
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