The GOP's New York Fiasco - Republicans try to lose a House seat

Wall Street Journal ^ | 10/21/09

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Words just utterly fail me in this race on the GOP's stupidity.

How can anybody, any organization be this fricking brain-dead.

[KC_Conspirator]

As far as I can tell, this Modello loser is probably the reason why this is happening. Good riddance.

[ez]

Dems infiltrating the R side of the tickets? I’ve often thought of registering as a conservative Dem to try and move their party back to the middle.

[ellery]

More evidence that the Republican party should be put out of our misery at the earliest practical election. Is anyone else planning on hosting a stay-at-home party election day?

Not a chance--staying at home is counterproductive.

[ellery]

They’re not brain-dead—they’re doing this purposefully.

Sincere conservatives embarrass the current leaders of the GOP, and threaten their gad-about-town, backslapping, crony cocktail-circuit lifestyles. Overt and covert democrats play along.

[ellery]

Exactly—the leaders of the RNC, the NRCC, and other false-flag organizations think their congressional seats are safe, so they can do anything they want.

They need to be disabused of that notion.

[MamaLucci]

These are the same political geniuses that supported
liberal republican turned democrat Arlen Specter's
re-election over a conservative....how'd that work out for em...?

[HonestConservative]

While we are at it, lets clean up PA as well.

Michele Malkin comes out in June with a corruption book that hits the Republican party. This should be great.

[Clintonfatigued]

Ginny Brown-Waite is supporting Marco Rubio in Florida. It’s surprising that she would do this.

[Man50D]

New York needs to clean up its Republican Party.

Conservatives need to leave the OP(formerly the GOP)and support Conservative candidates. Oh wait, they're doing that with Hoffman! It's the start of a trend.

[ntnychik]

I agree that Hoffman needs our support and all Republican and Conservative votes in his district.

Just a point of fact: New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) is an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers (AFL-CIO), not the National Education Association.

[oldbill]

Any wonder so many of us have stopped sending money to the RNC?

Remember just a few months ago when Kantor and a few other elites had a closed kick-off party for a “listening tour” of rank-and-file voters?

We’re still waiting for Kantor and his elittist ilk to come by.

[Tailback]

Michele Malkin comes out in June with a corruption book that hits the Republican party. This should be great.

Really? This should get interesting. I can't wait to see which radio folks do or don't have her on their shows, especially establishment Republicans like Medved and Hewitt.

[darkangel82]

PA is beyond repair I’m afraid.

[ken5050]

The current situation may turn out to be a blessing in disguise, after all. Remember that there is a redistricting after the 2010 census. This is the ONLY GOP seat in the NY congressional delegation, and NY will lose one or two seats. The Dems control the state legislature, and they will make this district DISAPPEAR. So, if the GOP wins, it’s a one-term hold, IMHO. However, it has caused the conservative base of the party, even in NY, to rebel against the bosses, and exert grass roots strength. It will send a message..

[darkangel82]

It is not the only GOP seat. Peter King holds the other, if you can still call him a member of the GOP.

[Lancey Howard]

Good post. It illuminates exactly what the GOP’s problem is.
Meanwhile, my checkbook remains slammed shut.

[HonestConservative]

Amen.

[ken5050]

You are correct..what I neglected to say is that because of the geography of Long Island..i.e, that it is an island..it is almost impossible to redistrict King out of his seat..