Otherwise, like most people, I didn’t care who became Governor of some far away state, so I didn’t watch any of the coverage. But, I assume that Nancy Grace did her regular crime beat and my thing about “losing” because they covered the election might have been poorlly worded, but I meant that they probably should’nt have poured so many resources into a story that only appealed to a small subset of the population.

What do you mean? I am guessing you are noting that there is some art to attributing succession to a congressional district, but I think your line about “a LIE” is just bluster.

I have already sourced this… it’s as easy as Wikipedia. It is a lie to say that the district was not held by a Democrat since the Civil War. Some areas of the district, perhaps… but as the information states… not the district. It is a lie, pure and simple.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York%27s_23rd_congressional_district

Magister says:
November 8, 2009 at 4:59 am

You were talking about who covered the races, and who didn’t. They all covered the races, some more thoroughly than the other… but all covered them closely. That’s what I was speaking to.

On all four Tuesday primetimes, Fox comes in first in both the demo and total viewers; MSNBC always comes in second and HLN has come in third twice, plus one time they won the demo and CNN came in third in total viewers.

So, maybe I underestimated HLN’s growth, but for quite some time, FOX has come in first in primetime and MSNBC has come in a (distant) second.

Individual shows might play differently; For instance on the 27th, Larry King beat Joy Behar and Anderson Cooper seems to always do better than the Nancy Grace repeat, but Fox usually comes in first, MSNBC second and apparently based on Nancy Grace’s performance at eight, the two US-based CNNs flip back and forth for the total night.

This is STILL a lie. You need to stop assuming that Nancy Pelosi is telling the truth, and do a little research. It’s a LIE.

What do you mean? I am guessing you are noting that there is some art to attributing succession to a congressional district, but I think your line about “a LIE” is just bluster.

The Silver Winner: Doug Hoffman
…So letting a democrat represent the district for the first time since the Civil War frees up Republicans to focus on the real race!

This is STILL a lie. You need to stop assuming that Nancy Pelosi is telling the truth, and do a little research. It’s a LIE.

Magister says:
November 6, 2009 at 6:41 pm

Otherwise with the exception of HLN, who only occasionally beats their parent, didn’t the other two finish in the order they normally do on a Tuesday night?

No. You’re theories could stand a good dose or reality before formulation.

And I’m pretty sure it was the Huffington Post, who linked me to AP stories about Maine and Breckinridge.

I’ve been active in politics since the Carter administration and didn’t care enough to watch and to be honest, I’ve yet to have a single person on the street say anything to me about last Tuesday, so I’m willing to bet that most other people didn’t care also.

Next year will be the measure because it’ll be a national election, off-year, but still national and I feel that would merit some kind of extended, over-hyped coverage. This year, it was all about a handful of states, a bunch of Obama-haters and not a lot of other people, as proven by the ratings.

Otherwise with the exception of HLN, who only occasionally beats their parent, didn’t the other two finish in the order they normally do on a Tuesday night?