She ran on the WFP line because she was unopposed in several races so the WFP just gave the line to her its not like she was competing against a Democratic candidate for the ballot line.
And there are other reasons why she is not as liberal as potrayed to be.
On the Albany Project, a Democratic Party leaning blog they list all the non-progressive votes she made in the last few years that angered them. Here is a summary:
- Scozzafava voted against the Farmworkers Bill of Rights that passed the Assembly. This was seen as a pro-labor and pro-worker bill to support farm laborers who face unpleasant conditions in some instances.
- Among the many areas, one area that Scozzafava seems to have a consistent record of voting “no” in is housing. This year, the Assembly has passed 20 pieces of legislation related to housing. Of those 20 bills, Scozzafava voted against several of them. The bills she voted against include: A rent increase cap, rent increases linked to inflation rate, Section 8 housing being included in rent regulation, landlord rental unit recovery, affordable housing preservation, excessive rent increase shield and expansion of the Loft Law.
Just like MD-1 or MI-7, Nancy Pelosi is ecstatic due to us in-fighting making it easy for her to retain the speakership. I could understand us doing primary fights in Utah or South Carolina, but in Blue states we should let it be.
It’s not a primary freakin’ fight! Did you even read the history here (Scozzafava nominated by Party Chairmen’ dictate, not “primary”), and even so HAVE you even heard some of her positions? Pro-Abortion, Pro-Bank Bailouts, Pro-”Card Check”, Pro-Gay Marriage, Pro-Tax Increases..? Pro Cap & Tax? These alone are enough to disqualify a candidate from being a Republican Congressional nominee, IMO.
True, but the working families party could have left their line blank. They obviously did not find her positions too objectionable.
Munson wrote:
She ran on the WFP line because she was unopposed in several races so the WFP just gave the line to her its not like she was competing against a Democratic candidate for the ballot line.
As for her voting record, I checked her rating and voting record on conservative issues, and she got a 15% score from the Conservative Party of New York. 46 New York Democrats in the Assembly voted more conservative than Scozzafava. That record doesn’t seem consistent with what this district has elected in the past. Their last congressman, John McHugh, had a 71.55% lifetime rating from the American Conservative Union and an 82% cumulative rating from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. With that record, he carried this district with 65% of the vote last year.
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