Posted on 11/05/2009 2:09:07 PM PST by Patriot1259
In the process, they blew the opportunity to send a solid Reaganite to Washington. Now it turns out Dede is a turncoat (so much for party loyalty). Again, the fact that Doug Hoffman, an unknown, lost by only four percentage points clearly demonstrates a shift to the Right—not necessarily to Republicans.
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In the case of New York’s 23rd it is far better to have an honest(in that he admits to, claims his Democrat status)than a Democrat using a Republican alias.
A Pro Illegal Amnesty and Pro Free Trade Candidate will never garner enough support to win unless he runs as a Democrat. While he may get moderates, independents, and those that just hate democrats, his policies just turned to many Conservatives away from the booths. This is why Hoffman lost.
Unless the GOP actually TOLD her to do what she did. She wouldn't have won anyway, she was trailing both Owens and Hoffman severely, and had Hoffman won the GOP would have been put on notice to an even greater degree than they were. It could very well be that if they were convinced Scuzzy couldn't win, an Owens win would be vastly preferable to Hoffman.
I don’t think the party leaders yet understand that the conservative base is teetering on wide-scale abandonment of the party. Without conservatives, the GOP has zero chance of winning any race. Any where.
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