5. Loser in Weiner District Vote Blames Obama
While many observers have blamed the Democrats' loss in Anthony Weiner's former congressional district on factors other than displeasure with President Obama, loser David Weprin acknowledged the vote was a "referendum on the president."
Republican businessman Bob Turner won a stunning victory over Democratic state assemblyman Weprin in Tuesday's special election in a district where Democrats outnumber Republicans 3 to 1.
"The message of [Turner's] campaign was, 'Send Obama a message,'" Weprin told the New York Post. "I think the problem was that he's the president and people are frustrated, and it's just natural to take it out on the top guy — or the top guy's party.
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Like rats deserting the ship.
