[rabscuttle385]

Hey Scozzabama, get out and go join Arlen Specter!

[GeronL]

bump

[rabscuttle385]

Running a Democrat as a Republican, against an actual conservative with electoral traction.

Wtf.

Now I know why the GOP is called the Stupid Party.

Wait, I already knew that last November...

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

But...but..(El Rushbo’s mocking voice here) “She’s a moderate! An enlightened, spiritual, centrist who’ll can reach out to those confused voters in need. Why are the Dems attacking her?” < /S >

[GeronL]

I hope the conservatives of NY-23 don’t fall for the R at all costs ploy. They need to line up behind Hoffman.

[Man50D]

The parts are interchangeable since they all belong to one big socialist Republicrat party.

[moose2004]

Wow, what a shock, rabscattle385 and his friends attacking Repubs. Do you see see a RINO around every corner? By the way, Bob McDonnell, Bill Bolling and Ken Cucinelli are all three going to win landslide elections, and Chris Christie will win a close one.

[manc]

another rat running in the GOP.

The GOP needs to stop this crap once and for all.

since when did the GOP have a platform of
homo marriage
abortion
more Govt
raise taxes
card check
etc
etc

answer they never have and NOR SHOULD THEY

[Cedric]

Are you a member of the Republican party?

[Mariner]

HOPEFULLY, the National GOP will use this revelation as an excuse to drop their support of her.

[Jim Robinson]

No more RINOS!!

[M203M4]

Followed this link from Wikipedia's entry on Scozzafava.

Club for Growth darling Doug Hoffman is running on the Conservative Party line, and has even garnered the endorsement of Fred Thompson. The guy has legitimate traction, fueled by the fact that Dede Scozzafava, the Republican, is actually the most liberal candidate in the race. (Heck, she has run on the very liberalWorking Families Party ballot line in the past.)

Sure, she is a Republican, and opposes the public option. But she's been willing to raise taxes when budgets require it, and is to the left of most Democrats on social issues (including supporting gay marriage). That's why conservatives are panicked about her -- for a party that is becoming more regional, more conservative, more ideologically rigid, Scozzafava's brand of moderate conservatism is grating. Hence, Hoffman has a real shot at not just playing spoiler and undermining the GOP candidate's chances, but also of potentially winning.

The "Democrat" isn't even a Democrat -- he was a registered independent when selected by the district's Democratic county chairs for the special election. On social issues, he's pro-choice, but opposes gay marriage. On health care, he opposes a public option but doesn't have the balls to say so, so he talks all squishy like claiming he has no "litmus test" on the issue. He's a Lieberdem Blue Dog, and would strengthen the part of the Democratic caucus that is actually the problem, rather than the solution.

So who to root for? A Blue Dog who would strengthen the Democrats' corporatist faction, or a Republican version of a Lieberdem, who will probably be muzzled, but could -- if she remained true to her record in Albany -- be more of a Susan Collins-type Republican, a moderate in an ideologically rigid party willing to give the Dems fake "bipartisan" cover with crossover votes every once in a while.

If Republicans lose the seat, it'll dent that sense of momentum they believe is headed their way. If they win the seat, it will have been with a liberal Republican, suggesting that their path to electoral relevance in the northeast is to ditch the Southern-fueled ultra conservatism. Both are good for us.

If the Democrat loses the race, we lose nothing -- it was previously held by a Republican. If he wins the seat, we gain another obnoxious Blue Dog, undermining our caucus from within while adding just a single vote to our already dominant House majorities. More than likely, a net disadvantage.

So it's official, I'm rooting for the Republican to win. As a congresswoman, she could either move even more to the left to properly represent her progressive-trending district and be a pain in the side of the GOP caucus (they have nothing like our Blue Dogs), or Democrats can field a real Democrat to challenge her in 2010.

[pissant]

Scoffalawza is a real winner.

[napscoordinator]

Why didn’t Hoffman run for the Republican party??? This race is going to be won by the Democrat because two Republicans basically ganged up on each other and both are so selfish to look out for their district and only care about themeselves. Idiots!!! Oh well thank God they are not in my district!!!!

[Gondring]

It's New York State... Running on Line A doesn't mean you have to become a Democrat. Candidates are often on both lines A & B (Democrat and Republican), and sometimes also listed for Liberal and Conservative parties simultaneously, too, though usually that's for local races.

[headstamp 2]

What a clusterflop!

[LeavingNewYork]

I wonder if Sean Hannity will ask his good friend Newt Gringich about Newt’s support of Dede? Ya think?

[NonValueAdded]

RATs making sure to split the vote betwixt the Conservative and RINO candidates? Good example of the troubles of a third party. Of course, if it was a four party race it could get very interesting. If the NY GOP is so good at finding liberals to run, why not set up a DINO party?