Posted on 10/31/2009 1:17:15 PM PDT by mdittmar
Scozzafava’s departure is a blow to the establishment GOP. But the latest development in upstate New York’s special congressional race also means ‘outsiders’ clearly are viable in US politics.
After dramatically dropping behind in three-way polling, embattled New York Republican Dede Scozzafava jumped ship Saturday in the hotly-contested NY-23 congressional election scheduled for Tuesday.
That leaves the door wide open for Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman, supported by national Republican figures like Sarah Palin and Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, to take on Democrat challenger Bill Owens in a head-to-head special election in the historically Republican enclave.
Scozzafava “released” her endorsements on Saturday as she suspended her campaign, effectively dropping out. Pressure on her to bow out had increased as Mr. Hoffman quickly overtook her in the polls as national conservatives — as well as out of town volunteers — joined the fray. One fear was that Hoffman and Scozzafava would split the conservative vote, allowing a Democrat to take NY-23 for the first time since the 19th century.
More critically, Scozzafava’s decision is a sure sign that disaffected conservatives, symbolized by this summer’s national Tea Party protests and heated healthcare town halls, are surging across the US, forcing the Obama administration to rejigger election day expectations in key races in Virginia, New Jersey, and now New York.
But the Republican party, too, appears in disarray. The GOP, with the approval of Beltway philosophers like former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, had picked the socially liberal Scozzafava over the more libertarian Hoffman as its candidate, saying a moderate would stand a better chance of winning upstate New York. Judging by Saturday’s news, the Beltway Republicans were wrong.
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Number 22 from Wasilla, Alaska however,....here...we...go!
What nonsense. Scuzzy Fuzzy was a flaming libtard endorsed by the arguably insane KOS founder and ACORN associated communist organization, The Working Families Party. As if I am not a the head of a working family. How they must have laughed when this woman was selected as a pubbie. How they must have howled at the stupidity of disconnected conservative leaders endorsing her. Further, we cannot allow the leftists and news media make Scuzzy Fuzzy into a moderate or even worse a "conservative" pubbie so that this whole episode becomes no big deal.This is huge, huge. And the left knows it. Their iron grip on the GOP is being broken and I know they are afraid.
Good news! Good news!
I was at Kennewick today, where were you?
Right side middle,good crowd,my brother was up on stage during the salute to the Military.
My daughter was up on stage in a pink princess dress during the ladies dance bit.
I saw her,cute kid,It’s good to be out there in the fight,drove up from Yakima with brother, his wife,nephew and wife and their two boys.
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