Posted on 10/24/2009 4:19:43 AM PDT by Libloather
Top Republicans jump ship in NY-23
Andy Barr – Fri Oct 23, 7:12 pm ET
Some of the most prominent names in national Republican Party politics are lining up against the GOP nominee in a key upstate New York House special election, the latest being former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, who weighed in Friday.
In endorsing Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman in the Nov. 3 contest, Santorum joined former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, Minnesota Rep. Michelle Bachmann, former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson, and former presidential candidate Steve Forbes, all of whom announced their backing for the conservative third-party candidate this week.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty suggested Friday that he might be the next well-known Republican to break with the party establishment and support Hoffman. When asked about the race Friday during an interview with ABC, he expressed frustration with GOP nominee Dede Scozzafava and said he will “probably” endorse in the race.
Scozzafava, a state assemblywoman who supports gay marriage, abortion rights and has a close relationship with leading labor officials in her region, has been the target of sustained criticism from conservatives who claim that she is so liberal that they cannot in good conscience support her candidacy. As evidence, they point to her unofficial endorsement from the leading liberal blog Daily Kos.
While Scozzafava can point to many other prominent conservatives who support her bid—including former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Republican leaders on Capitol Hill—this week’s surge of leading conservatives to Hoffman’s camp is a troubling sign for her campaign and the national GOP establishment since several of the recent Hoffman endorsers have significant followings and represent the most energetic part of the Republican base.
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Tine for Newt Gingrich to jump ship as well!
This is good news from two fronts:
First, it is great to see conservatives rally around another conservative.
Second, it shows that Sarah Palin is the political leader of the conservative movement.
10 days to go ‘til the election. If Hoffman can keep momentum he should just squeeze out a win. I’m not sure who would be more upset about the win, Obama or the Republican National Committee.
What?
LOL!
Andy you couldn't catch a clue if Blue showed you where it was!
Did you notice the order of the list.....Madame President, then the others.... seems like a trend is developing
It doesnt matter if she wins or the dem nominee wins, they will both vote liberal.
So sending the message to the democrats that we will only support the conservative candidates
will send a chill up their spine that wont quit.
Opps. I think you screwd up. LOL!
Excellent point.
Is Newt a true conservative? He jumped on the global warming train.
I hope she isn’t getting funds from the GOP.
So, maybe you need to pick your candidates a bit more carefully in the future. We will be watching you.
Scozzafava? Yes, she is. Bucket loads.
Palin will have to leave the increasingly socialist Republicrat party if she is to have any chance of advancing the Conservative cause.
Conservative Republicans? Mmm-maybe they are starting to get the message. Re-adopt conservative values or go for a hike. Can you hear us now Michael Steele?
Newt's well within current standards.
Still, the whole GW crowd are begining to look pretty stupid ~ hasn't been any for the last 11 years.
Worth reading up on are the science news stories about how certain viruses INFECT cyanobacter in the ocean and cause them to ramp up their oxygen production.
The implications of that particular piece of knowledge are truly profound ~ first of all, the researchers tell us this combo provide HALF the oxygen in our atmosphere. Further, there are probably other combos pulling apart CO2, and other chemicals.
The things we don't know how the great machinery of "Life on Earth" works probably far exceed what we now know.
The GW folks all suffer from extreme hubris and turn out to be anti-intellectual!
Newt’s problem is that he’s looking at the empty seat on the floor of the house, instead of the person who’s going to fill it. He doesn’t seem to realize that if she’s elected she’s going to be a reliable vote for the Democrats regardless of the “R” after her name.
Despartly trying to keep up with the Palins...
This article has reminded me of a call we got this week.
The RNC called to ask for money by invoking our great conservative senator Jim DeMint’s name. Funny, they didn’t say a thing about Lindsey Graham.
Don’t let them use the party’s few conservatives to raise money for a party that won’t yet take a conservative stand and is full of mostly RINOs.
Donate instead directly to the candidate of your choice, not the RNC.
Newt jumped the shark long ago. Now he is just an embarrassment.
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