That was the first time Hoffman ran, and yes Scozzafava was so bad the much of the conservative/Tea Party establishment collectively turned against her. The problem is Hoffman did it AGAIN in 2010 and was listed as the NY conservative candidate. He got 6% of the vote and made no serious effort to make sure conservative/Tea Party folks cast their ballots for the Republican Matt Doheny. The result, Democrat Owens won by 2%. Hoffman acted as a spoiler and cost us that seat. And now some NY dunderheads will undoubtedly waste their votes again on another 3rd party candidate.
I agree, and that is why I didn’t mention the second time.