http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/nov/04/assessing-gop-wins-nj-nv/ http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway110409a.mp3 Assessing GOP Wins in NJ and VA, Loss in NY-23 http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/nov/04/assessing-gop-wins-nj-nv/ http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/elephants&donkeys.jpg true 5738 segment Despite President Obama’s repeated appearances on the campaign trail, Democrats lost both of the gubernatorial elections up for grabs yesterday. Does this mean that the president has lost some of his political clout? Or were local voters simply interested in local concerns? To assess the polit http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/elephants&donkeys_26_square.jpg http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/elephants&donkeys_26_square.jpg