Backlash Against Dem's Spending Spree Grows Hotter

With the approval numbers of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and representative Barney Frank slipping, it's apparent that not all is well in Bozovia. At some point, Congress and The White House, is going to have to acknowledge the growing dissatisfaction on Main Street.

The Tea Party Movement is certainly a big step in the right direction of using free speech and peaceful protest to get the point across, but nothing speaks louder than that ballot box, and in a rural Congressional district in upstate NY, voters have spoken loud and clear.

Seen as a referendum on President Barack Obama's spending plans, the candidates for NY's 20th Congressional District are separated by just 65 votes. Following yesterday's special election, Democrat Scott Murphy leads Republican Jim Tedisco, 77,344 votes to 77,279, with over 10K. The state has until April 13th to count over 10K adsentee ballots still outstanding.

The Biggest Loser: President Barack Obama. The battle between republican Tedisco and Democratic Murphy is as much about national politics as it is about this single Congressional district. Just 2 months into his administration, Obama and fellow free spending Democrats are beginning to feel the heat. In the midst of their plan to push through their radical agenda at lightning speed before the people of this great country could catch on, it's quickly starting to unravel.

Observers in the Tedisco/Murphy race had suggested that Murphy would be a shoo-in in this swing Congressional district, especially with backing from the honeymooning President with a 66 percent approval rating in a district Obama himself carried in November. While registration the district marginally leans Republican, The Dems have had a lock on the district in several recent elections.

The seat opened up when popular Democrat Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand was picked by Gov. David Paterson to replace Hillary Clinton when she accepted Obama’s appointment to be secretary of state. In 2008, Gillibrand, who strongly backs Murphy, was the clear winner over the Republican with a 14 percentage point edge. “I believe when the smoke clears we will have won a tremendous victory,” Tedisco told hundreds of cheering supporters, Politico reported. “I know you all are ready to celebrate, but we’ll have to wait a little longer.” Whether or not Tedisco is actually able to pull this one out of the bag isn't really the issue. In the big picture, it's another sign that American's are beginning to see what's happening to their country and they don't like what they see.

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