“Oh, wait... Hoffman ran. Yet, even though every other conservative in the 23NY sat home and did nothing, he still wasn’t good enough for you. He lacked style.
I fear for the republic”
Good gravy sakes!
I certainly did not mean to get you upset. I was hoping that he WOULD win. I think my analysis was meant to understand why he didn’t win.
He certainly didn’t fail in the the tenets of conservatism...there had to be another reason. He was personally definitely hesitant and tentative in his news interviews, etc.
I don’t live in NY...if I did and could vote in the 23rd he would have had my vote.
So...why do you think he lost?
I do fear for the republic because your "analysis" of not stylish enough is an old chestnut that gets trotted out on FR with frequency. I find it so frustrating that some FReepers (not you) will agree that a candidate is conservative enough... but, unfortunately, not stylish enough to capture their vote.
If the tea parties lead to ordinary people running, then the electorate is going to have to lose their "Hollywood" vision of the perfect candidate and vote for the politician, regardless of the glibness quotient, that agrees with them.
Why did Hoffman lose? My opinion - because the NY23 is a left leaning district at heart. That is why the local GOP party picked a left leaning candidate. When she dropped out, the voters who were truly left leaning voted for the Democrat.
I would love nothing more than 435 members of the House of Representatives to be true conservatives. That is not going to happen. Sometimes (gasp), some districts may need a moderate or left-leaning Republican to run in order to win.
But then again, I'm of the opinion that a Repubican can be a conservative, or a moderate, or more liberal. A conservative and Republican do not equal the same.