How the heck did she get Party backing????
Nobody vette her???
Newt Gingrich vetted and then endorsed her. After he announced his strong support, the GOP had the cover to give her over $100,000 in direct contributions, along with paid staffers and additional advertising money.
This all happened late last week.
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The Democrats thought about putting her on their ballot spot but decided her brothers tax problems would get in the way. Apparently she has some friends in the local/state GOP party.
She was selected by the county chairs for the counties in this district. They passed on Hoffman and selected Scozzafava. I’m not sure why.
Adder wrote:
How the heck did she get Party backing????
Nobody vette her???
Then, the RCCC didn’t raise any red flags. I believe Pete Sessions, chairman of the RCCC, has blamed staffers there for not vetting the candidate properly. Still, last week, the RCCC led the way with an all in move to back Scozzafava. They should have stepped back and let the race develop on it’s own. At most, they should have provided the bare minimum to meet their contractual requirements.
There was no primary, and the voters wouldn’t have elected this woman. She is far too liberal for this district. She had a 15% rating from the New York Conservatives with her votes in the New York Assembly. The Congressman who was elected last year with 65% of the vote had a 71.55% lifetime rating from the American Conservatives Union and an 82% rating from the US Chamber of Commerce.
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I don’t understand how the Republican National Committee is supposed to support a candidate from an opposing party...that does not make sense to me. First of all, the voters voted this nitwit into this position. The Republicans had a primary and picked this candidate. Don’t ask me why but they did. I am not in the district and if I was would not vote for her...however, I still don’t see why the RNC is being bashed for supporting the candidate that the voters chose to represent the Republicans....
On the issues, Doug Hoffman is closest to the man that got 65% of the vote last year.
As for why the RNC should support her, or shouldn’t support her. I think that the RNC has a fiduciary duty to only support candidates who support much of the Republican party platform. If local Republicans in some district elect or appoint a candidate who opposes this much of the party platform, they should be denied funding from the RNC.
The RNC and RCCC accepted that money from donors to support the party platform. It is fraudulent for them to spend it supporting a candidate like Scozzafava who opposes so much of that platform.
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