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« on: October 08, 2011, 10:47:45 PM » |
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To me it seemed that while the NY GOP was in the minority in the 1990s, it was a decent-sized minority. But during the 2000s they went into a death spiral.
Looking at it from an outsider's perspective, there were three things that I noticed. One was Charles Schumer unseating three-term Sen. Al D'Amato in 1998, which I think was a big loss for the NY GOP. Second was Hillary Clinton's victory in 2000. The Clintons relocated to NY and set up their national Democratic machine there. Finally, George W. Bush ruined the GOP brand in the state.
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