This has nothing to do with the NY-23 race. If you would rather a middle of the road RINo instead of a Democrat in NY-3, King had to be visually opposed to the rabid right wing (especially Palin) to maintain his standing in the district he represents.
You, even if you don’t know it, want King to be reelected over any of the Long Island machine Democrats that would beat him if King was framed as attached to the hip to Palin or Hoffman.
The strategy of accepting these guys because there as good as were going to get has failed. The country is in peril because of it. I only support people who people who believe in the Constitution and Freedom. King doesn’t live up to my litmus test.
My statement has only to do with not being surprised that one RINO endorsed another RINO; sometimes RINOs vote correctly for whatever reason, perhaps even for a principled one.
King has his moments, and if his district is unable to find enough voters for a conservative representative , his occasional correct vote is better than none at all. I don’t think he had to “visually” oppose Palin; he could’ve just focussed on the issues and ignored her; she’s not running for his office.
Palin’s governing record is hardly that of the “rabid right-wing”; she’s a pragmatic conservative. This appears to terrify liberals and RINOs.