SOME IMPORTANT ELECTIONS ARE BEING HELD TODAY:
And note that some in the Obama administration are already spinning possible defeats:
"The results of these elections tend to be overread," former Obama campaign manager David Plouffe said Tuesday on NBC's "Today." "These are local races. There's 18,000 lifetimes between now and next November."
That kind of spin, so early in the day, could be good news for Republicans.
And here's some more weak Obama administration spin:
"We don't look at either of these gubernatorial races or the congressional race as something that portends a lot for our legislative efforts going forward or political prospects in 2010," [Obama press secretary Robert] Gibbs said during Tuesday's press briefing."
Of course you don't--when your guys are likely to lose.
ADAM NAGOURNEY OF THE NY TIMES SENDS ANOTHER SIGNAL:
That, again, it could be a good day for Republicans today--in both New Jersey and NY23:
[In New Jersey] Some Democrats said they were concerned that an early surge of support for a third-party candidate, Christopher J. Daggett, which appeared to come at the expense of Mr. Christie, is now fading as anti-Corzine voters settle on Mr. Christie...Most polls suggest that Democrats will lose the upstate New York House race and the Virginia governor’s seat..."
