In about 10 days we are going to see yet another longtime Republican held seat where the Republican candidate loses. I don't even want to rehash all the details of how flawed the candidate was or how badly they campaigned. You can read about that all over the internet searching for the NY-23 tag.
What I want to know is what do you do in a situation like this?
The big difference compared to other races we've lost is in this contest there is a Conservative Party backed candidate (who's registered as a Republican) with a shot at winning. Doug Hoffman has been picking up major endorsements from conservative Republican leaders left and right, and money as well.
All that would need to happen is for the Republican candidate Scozafava to drop out out of the race. Could that happen?
Who knows? Pride and politics is a touchy business.
In the mean time, add my name to the list of conservative republican leaders supporting Doug Hoffman for Congress, sending Doug a campaign donation, and calling for Scozafava to hang it up.
4 comments:
OY. VEY.
We, here in NY are [expletive of your choice]. How on earth could that R candidate have been selected?
Also, with the possible exception of his apparent position on abortion, just what makes Mr. Hoffman a "conservative"? He could have have a mainstream Democrat 15 or more years ago.
I am also troubled by Gov. Romney not having endorsed Mr. Hoffman--WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?
I am glad Mitt has stayed out of NY-23 myself.
It is a mess. But, it's up to NY-23 voters to decide who best represents them. Not outsiders, especially someone from Alaska, or talk radio entertainers, who want to use a small Upstate New York race to carry on their fight against the "establishment."
I just hope this GOP in-fighting gets resolved before 2012.
I recognize the interest in not looking like an "interloper," but when the GOP candidate seems no more Republican than than Democrat, doesn't supporting the real Republican agenda need to prevail?
But wait. Newt Gingrich seemed to describe Scozafava in surprisingly conservative terms, so are the "non-liberal" blogs and radio misrepresenting her true colors? Some clarity on that point would be appreciated...
Gingrich is backing Scozafava because he says "if you want to be a perfect minority, you will remain in the minority" or something like that. Scozafava back gay magiage, is pro-choice, and won't commit to protecting the secret ballot for unions. This is supposed to be a Republican district, so the Republicans should have run a real conservative to begin with. Then the conservative vote wouldn't be split and the Republicans would be winning right now.
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