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RNC Backs Hoffman in Upstate New York House Race
The Wall Street Journal ^ | 10-31-09 | Naftali Bendavid

Posted on 10/31/2009 9:25:06 PM PDT by GOP_Lady

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele says the committee is endorsing the conservative in New York’s 23rd Congressional District race after Republican Assemblywoman Dierdre Scozzafava suspended her campaign and released her supporters.

Calling Scozzafava’s move a “selfless act,” Steele says the RNC’s change of course is effective immediately and will include financial backing and get out the vote efforts for Conservative candidate Doug Hoffman.

(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: hoffman; ny2009; ny23; nygop; weathervane
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1 posted on 10/31/2009 9:25:08 PM PDT by GOP_Lady
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To: GOP_Lady

Better late than never, I guess.


2 posted on 10/31/2009 9:26:36 PM PDT by MitchellC
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To: GOP_Lady

“Gee, thanks a bunch, RNC!” I’m sure the RNC’s involvement will be a real difference maker with just hours left before the election. Way to jump on the bandwagon.


3 posted on 10/31/2009 9:31:20 PM PDT by FoxInSocks (B. Hussein Obama: Central Planning Czar)
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To: MitchellC

Not really. Hoffman is better off w/o that baggage.


4 posted on 10/31/2009 9:31:44 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: FoxInSocks

Dumbasses.


5 posted on 10/31/2009 9:32:07 PM PDT by aliquando (A Scout is T, L, H, F, C, K, O, C, T, B, C, and R.)
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To: GOP_Lady

Mighty big of you Mr. Steele...now can you get back the $1M or so of the money we ENTRUSTED to you to spend wisely, and use it in New Jersey and on next year’s races.


6 posted on 10/31/2009 9:32:35 PM PDT by BobL
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To: pissant

Well, the GOTV couldn’t hurt.


7 posted on 10/31/2009 9:33:59 PM PDT by MitchellC
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To: GOP_Lady

And Newt endorsed Hoffman via twitter. Via. Frickin. Twitter. Wuss.


8 posted on 10/31/2009 9:41:01 PM PDT by rae4palin
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To: MitchellC

They are slow learners!


9 posted on 10/31/2009 9:46:09 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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To: MitchellC

Who knew the GOP had a dog in this fight. If the GOP-RNC can’t run with the big dogs, they better stay on the porch, and stay the heck out of the way. There is work to be done in this country.


10 posted on 10/31/2009 9:48:17 PM PDT by healy61
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To: GOP_Lady
Hoffman should have rejected the help, after all he is not running as a GOP. Now the National GOP liberals will claim it was their help that got Hoffman elected even though he would have been elected without their help and even with their opposition. This is the same type of disgusting, cynical, principless maneuvering that most Hoffman supporters have rejected. Screw the GOP. Let them get their own conservatives, if that’s what they really want. Don’t sully the election of a true conservative.
11 posted on 10/31/2009 9:54:16 PM PDT by Prokopton
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To: aliquando
Dumbasses.

I am not sure who you mean, but who you should mean are most of those commenting on this thread.

The GOP has to support the GOP candidate even if a liberal state GOP picks a liberal candidate as in this case. The national GOP did not pull out all stops for her and probably helped pave the way for her to drop out. It just amazes me that people here have so little understanding of how such things work.

We can support who we want. The National GOP is constrained by their position. Don't any of you have bosses that you expect to support your decisions?
12 posted on 10/31/2009 9:56:58 PM PDT by JLS
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To: GOP_Lady; MitchellC; FoxInSocks; SWAMPSNIPER; aliquando; BobL; pissant; rae4palin; republican; ...

Ping. Please Freepmail me if you want off my ping list.

I have been communicating with the Scozzafava campaign via email for about 10 days, trying to convince them to ask Dede Scozzafava to drop out of the race. At first I didn’t want to throw the weight of our group behind Hoffman. We’re already heavily committed in New Jersey and our donors had given a lot this month to the Christie campaign.

I promised Matt Burns, Scozzafava’s communications director that if Dede withdrew of the race immediately and endorsed Doug Hoffman, she would have our support for a statewide position next year. I mentioned the NY state comptroller’s office, which is a logical next step in her career. There is no other Republican who has declared an interest in the position.

Yesterday, I sent Matt another email and said, “This is Dede’s last chance.” She has done the honorable thing for the good of the party.


13 posted on 10/31/2009 9:58:12 PM PDT by Philo1962 (Iraq is terrorist flypaper. They go there to die.)
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To: GOP_Lady; shibumi
"Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele says the committee it is endorsing the conservative."

This is how it should always read.

14 posted on 10/31/2009 10:04:00 PM PDT by Semper Mark (May God help us.)
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To: GOP_Lady; MitchellC; FoxInSocks; SWAMPSNIPER; aliquando; BobL; pissant; rae4palin; republican; ...

Ping. Please Freepmail me if you want off my ping list.

I have been communicating with the Scozzafava campaign via email for about 10 days, trying to convince them to ask Dede Scozzafava to drop out of the race. At first I didn’t want to throw the weight of our group behind Hoffman. We’re already heavily committed in New Jersey and our donors had given a lot this month to the Christie campaign.

I promised Matt Burns, Scozzafava’s communications director that if Dede withdrew of the race immediately and endorsed Doug Hoffman, she would have our support for a statewide position next year. I mentioned the NY state comptroller’s office, which is a logical next step in her career. There is no other Republican who has declared an interest in the position.

Yesterday, I sent Matt another email and said, “This is Dede’s last chance.” She has done the honorable thing for the good of the party.


15 posted on 10/31/2009 10:04:34 PM PDT by Philo1962 (Iraq is terrorist flypaper. They go there to die.)
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To: Philo1962

Thanks for the ping!


16 posted on 10/31/2009 10:09:46 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: Alamo-Girl
The only national political party that has been working for Doug Hoffman right along:

America's Independent Party

AIP is a Meta-Party

Platform

Affiliation Agreement

The Reagan List

America's Summit

17 posted on 10/31/2009 10:12:29 PM PDT by EternalVigilance (We're winning.)
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To: Prov1322; Dacula; taxcontrol; Rudder; moonrush23; conservativeinbflo.; WesternMA; Tamzee; ...

By the way, in that last email I pointed out to Matt all that has happened in the campaign over the last ten days, and mentioned that on October 22, after I saw that Dede wasn’t going to drop out of the race immediately, I put out the call to my friends.

The response was heartwarming. My friends have gone “above and beyond the call of duty.” After giving generously to the Christie campaign, they gave again to the Doug Hoffman campaign. Calls were made and Hoffman endorsements started piling on. We can’t take all of the credit, or even half of the credit for Doug’s enormous growth in the past 12 days. But we were a big factor.

Thanks, everybody.


18 posted on 10/31/2009 10:15:02 PM PDT by Philo1962 (Iraq is terrorist flypaper. They go there to die.)
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To: EternalVigilance

Thanks for the links!


19 posted on 10/31/2009 10:18:24 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: JLS

My problem is with how things work. I do not support a boss when they do something stupid. I support them when they have the best interest of the company. I hate playing politics and have left jobs because of it.


20 posted on 10/31/2009 10:23:13 PM PDT by aliquando (A Scout is T, L, H, F, C, K, O, C, T, B, C, and R.)
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