[Labyrinthos]

Mr. Hoffman has more than 20% support in the latest poll, which is only a few points behind Ms. Scozzafava, who is only a little behind Democratic lawyer Bill Owens.

The problem is not just with the local GOP leadership who hand-picked Ms. Commie as the GOP candidate, but with the rank and file Republicans who will vote for her simply because she is the party's nominee.

[DangerZone]

This is why conservatives should work to take over the Republican party as opposed to creating a national third party. Even after all the abuse by the party leadership, too many will simply vote for the home team.

Even in this one, you can see it with Scuzzy still pulling in most Republicans (at least according to the last poll). That's too big of a factor to ignore and can cost conservatives elections.

If conservatives had gained control over the Republican leadership at least in District 23, we could be looking at a Hoffman vs Owens race here instead of a conservative vs two Republicrat liberals with die hard Republicans voting for Scuzzy. I still think Hoffman can pull it off and urge conservatives to support him using whatever means at their disposal.