Weiner’s Successor Could be a Lame Duck
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 17th, 2011 4:39 am by HL
Weiner’s Successor Could be a Lame Duck
Whoever wins the special election to replace former Rep. Anthony Weiner may be a lame duck the day he or she takes office, the New York Times reports.
“After all, with New York State set to lose two House seats because of the 2010 census, many believe that Mr. Weiner’s territory, the Ninth Congressional District, will be carved up to benefit Democratic incumbents in adjoining districts. If so, then whoever wins a special election this fall would quite likely get to call himself or herself a member of Congress for a little more than a year. And no more than that, because the expectation is that the winner — assuming it is a Democrat, since the district is strongly Democratic — would probably not challenge the neighboring incumbents. “
The Most Unpopular Politician
A new Public Policy Polling survey finds John Edwards just misses out to Rod Blagojevich as the most unpopular person in the pollster’s history.
Key findings: Just 9% of North Carolina voters have a favorable opinion of Edwards as compared to 81% with a negative one. That net -72 favorability spread is slightly better than the -75 that Blagojevich had in Illinois last year, 8% to 83%.
