NY Candidates Test Tea-Party Effect

The Washington Times ^ | October 6, 2009 | Kara Rowland

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Doug Hoffman, a conservative running as a third-party candidate, is adding intrigue to the race to replace Republican Rep. John M. McHugh by trying to tap the electorate's anger and overcome long odds to upset the establishment candidates, Republican Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava and Democrat Bill Owens.

Mr. Hoffman's message is simple: no more bailouts, no more tax increases and no more trillion-dollar deficits.

"People are fed up with the two major parties, and they want someone who's going to take some action," said Hoffman spokesman Rob Ryan.

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Thanks for posting this.

In the spirit of the tea party movement, I don’t want to hear anymore rhetoric from politicians about “doing something about the government”. I think we’re at the point where a good patriot recognizes the need to stand firm against how DC currently works by voting against nearly anything with a whiff of pork and build a consensus of others to do the same. And NAME NAMES.