NY-19 goes to the dark side

[Torie]

Yes, NY-19, encompassing the most glorious landscape on Earth, has gone to the dark side, as well as schizo. Perhaps it needs an intervention. Trump is up by 3 points, while the Pub CD candidate is behind by 3 points (the Pub CD candidate is very competent and reasonable, whom I will nevertheless vote against as part of a long term plan to get a personal friend whom very much admire in Congress now that it is clear that the Pubs will hold the House - a metric nobody shares but my partner but I digress). Pestilence has spread into the upper Hudson Valley. Pray for us.

[Torie]

Hahaha who are these Trump/Teachout voters?

Low information voters, perhaps not happy with their lives and/or circumstances,  who hate the establishment, to wit folks like Clinton and Faso, who have been around as members of the political class since rocks cooled, manipulating the system to benefit themselves. F them both. That is the mind set. Teachout has been running a zillion ads that she wants to drain the swamp - just like Trump.
The middle class has been horribly squeezed in the upper Hudson Valley. It's kind of a disaster really.

[Torie]

Yes, NY-19, encompassing the most glorious landscape on Earth, has gone to the dark side, as well as schizo. Perhaps it needs an intervention. Trump is up by 3 points, while the Pub CD candidate is behind by 3 points (the Pub CD candidate is very competent and reasonable, whom I will nevertheless vote against as part of a long term plan to get a personal friend whom very much admire in Congress now that it is clear that the Pubs will hold the House - a metric nobody shares but my partner but I digress). Pestilence has spread into the upper Hudson Valley. Pray for us.

You're friends with Zephyr Teachout?  Did I read this correctly?

He's friends with a potential Republican challenger to Teachout in the district, who wouldn't be able to run if the incumbent is another Republican.

I thought he was good friends with the Democrat who lost the primary to Teachout.

Yes, Will Yandik. So the idea is that Teachout wins this time, will probably lose in the 2018 off year election (Dem turnout drops a lot in off year elections in NY, and CD-19), and then that opens up the Dem primary to Will in 2020. Will is much better positioned to hold the seat than Teachout. If the Pubs looked like they might have lost the House, then I would vote for Faso. But the House is safe now, so the grand plan is a "go."

Latest poll showed Faso ahead (6 points), after a prior poll showing him 3 points behind. And Trump will probably carry the CD. And if Faso wins, he will hold the seat forever probably. So the grand plan might bite the dust tomorrow.