There are no honest rats...so let us edit this down to "I prefer a rat." I believe that. rat is the new conservatism at FR. Now be honest with yourself.
really.
Scuzzy would have voted with the GOP 40% of the time. Owen 0%. You still prefer Owen.
Owens will have to run in 12 months and will lose the next go around. NY-23 would have been stuck with DeDe for ever.
Rats don't earn the primary free-ride that we tend to grant to rino's.
We end up with Jeffords and Spector for life. Always fearful that they will finally turn ultimate traitor... instead of issue-by-issue traitor... and finally they do.
At least with a Rat in the seat, a conservative has a clear shot next go round. Had Dede won, we'd be stuck with her for 20 years.
“Scuzzy would have voted with the GOP 40% of the time.”
Evidence? She wouldn’t even commit to staying an R.
“I believe that. rat is the new conservatism at FR.”
Huh?
Do you think it would be asking too much (before contributing $900,000 to an candidate) that the GOP have a minimum standard that the candidate vote with them 51% of the time?
Do you think it is a viable long term concept to support people who are going to vote with your opponent 60% of the time?