Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. November 4, 2009.
It was a big night for the right, winning state houses in New Jersey and Virginia, defeating same-sex marriage in Maine -- and electing a Democrat in New York State.
Just as the GOP candidate has for more than 100 years, Dede Scozzafava was supposed to win the congressional seat in New York's 23rd district. Then Palin stepped in.
