Weprin Loses: Schumer Says the 9th Is Not a "Bellwether District"

The New York 9th district election plainly has Democrats shaken. Yesterday, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz was quick to blame Orthodox Jewry for Weprin's defeat (see: http://jgcaesarea.blogspot.com/2011/09/weprin-loses-debbie-wasserman-schultz.html). Now, Senator Charles Schumer is also seeking to make light of the debacle and is quoted by The New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/15/us/politics/obama-israel-policies-may-cost-democrats-votes.html?_r=1&hp) as saying:

"'It is not a bellwether district,' said Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York. 'I don’t think there’s another district like that in America.'”

Hey, Chuck, how have you been keeping? We had lunch on the north shore of Long Island almost 30 years ago. The 9th is "not a bellwether district"? Good to know, but maybe you've forgotten that it was carried by Obama by 11 points in 2008.

"There's not another district like that in America"? Maybe not. Each district has its own special attributes, but they're all suffering from unemployment and a disastrous economic downturn.

Sorry, Chuck, you can try spinning it any way you choose, or even blame the Orthodox Jews as did Debbie, or supporters of Israel as did the pathetic editorial board of The New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/15/opinion/israel-and-new-yorks-ninth-district.html?hp), but it's not going to help. It's all about jobs, and the failure of "Change we can believe in."

The writing is on the wall for those willing to open their eyes.