Democrats rubbed out another five republican Congressmen in the Northeast yesterday, including three in New York, one in New Jersey, and, in a historic victory, finally ending the tenure of New England's last remaining Member of the House, Chris Shays.

In NY-29, Eric Massa succeeded in his second attempt to knock off incumbent Shotgun Randy Kuhl. In NY-13, City Councilman Michael McMahon took Vito "More families, more values" Fossella's formerly safe seat with over 60% of the vote. In NY-25, Dan Maffei will replace retiring republican James Walsh.

So that's that. Republicans just stopped being a national party. Too bad for them.

Chris Bowers had an excellent diary on Daily Kos about Dan Maffei running against Jim Walsh in the NY-25 Congressional District. Keep in mind, this is one of the districts that Karl Rove had marked down on his list of most vulnerable Republican seats. This is one of our more likely pickup opportunities for 2008.

Here is a video introducing Dan Maffei:

Here are some excerpts from Chris Bowers' Daily Kos diary:  read more »