Posted on 11/01/2009 7:04:06 PM PST by markomalley
A third-party conservative, Doug Hoffman, won support across the GOP Sunday in his race for a House seat in upstate New York, after the Republican nominee pulled out over the weekend.
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Many Republicans say they see independents who only a year ago were voting Democratic shifting to conservative candidates amid continuing unease about the economy and disenchantment over government spending and Democratic plans for health care and environmental regulation. (snip)
"This is a weather vane for a year from now," said Rob Ryan, a spokesman for Mr. Hoffman.
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The intraparty tensions in upstate New York are on display in some other races as well. In Florida's senate race, Republican party leaders quickly backed former Gov. Charlie Crist in his quest to succeed retired Republican Mel Martinez in the Senate. Then former State House Speaker Marco Rubio challenged Mr. Crist, attracting conservative support by using Mr. Crist's backing of the stimulus package against him.
Mr. Rubio posted an opinion piece this weekend on the National Review Online stating: "For conservatives who still don't believe we can be true to our principles and win elections, I hope NY-23 serves as a wake-up call."
In California, the National Republican Senatorial Committee recruited former Hewlett-Packard Chief Executive Carly Fiorina as a candidate, only to see State Assemblyman Chuck DeVore challenge her as being too liberal for the party. He endorsed Mr. Hoffman early.
Conservative rumblings could unsettle plans by Republican party leaders for Senate efforts in Kentucky, New Hampshire, Ohio, Connecticut, Illinois and Colorado. Other House elections are seeing tensions emerge as well. In Ohio, conservative David Ryon said last week he would switch from Republican to the Constitution Party to join a race between freshman Democratic Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy and Republican Steve Stivers.
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RINOs worried...
Is Ryon running as a conservative because there was no primary, or is he doing so because he lost the primary. If it’s the first case, then I applaud him. If it’s the second case, then what an ass, be a man and accept the results.
FL Senate Race: Where It’s Good to Be an Anti-Crist.
Peter Schiff over Rob Simmons (for Dodd's seat)! A New England Republican that we can be proud of! Its been a very very long time.
"Intraparty tensions"??? It takes 2 partys for there to be tension between them ...
The only tension I see is between the Republicrat/Demoblican uni-party, and the rest of the country.
Intra = within
Inter = between
The 2010 primaries in Ohio are not until May 4, 2010.
David Ryon will be running in the Constitution Party Primary. Goto www.RyonforCongress.com for more information.
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