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Gateway Pundit: Shocker. Scozzafava Urges Supporters to Vote for Democrat
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News: A changed race (Scozzafava Tells Supporters To Vote For Dem) Owens is best-equipped to represent NNY
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Pretty amazing that they switch endorsement within hours. http://bit.ly/2Q3Aui Now endorsing Owens. #p2 #tcot 25 days ago |
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"Of the two, Bill Owens is by far the superior and only choice." http://bit.ly/2Q3Aui Watertown Newspaper switches endorsement to Owens. #p2 25 days ago |
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"During the day Saturday,Scazzafava... encouraged her supporters to vote for Dem Owens" http://bit.ly/1Qp5Ej #tcot 25 days ago |
Shocker. Scozzafava Urges Supporters to Vote for Democrat
Gateway Pundit —
What a shock. The Daily Kos candidate Dede Scozzafava is supporting the democrat.
Former GOP far left candidate Dede Scozzafava urged her supporters yesterday to vote for democrat Bill Owens.
The Watertown Daily Times reported:
In her statement Saturday morning, the assemblywoman explained the reasons behind her decision: “It is increasingly clear that pressure is mounting on many of my supporters to shift their support. Consequently, I hereby release those individuals who have endorsed and supported my campaign to transfer their ...
A changed race (Scozzafava Tells Supporters To Vote For Dem) Owens is best-equipped to represent NNY
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
Source: http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20091101/OPI... A changed race Owens is best-equipped to represent NNY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2009 Dierdre K. Scozzafava's decision to suspend her campaign for the 23rd Congressional District seat is a shocking development in what had already been an extraordinary race. In her statement Saturday morning, the assemblywoman explained the reasons behind her decision: "It is increasingly clear that pressure is mounting on many of my supporters to shift their support. Consequently, I hereby release those individuals who have endorsed ...
Scozzafava for Owens?
Hotline On Call —
... First, in a Watertown Daily Times' editorial switching its endorsement from Scozzafava to atty Bill Owens (D), the Daily Times notes that Scozzafava "began to quietly and thoughtfully encourage her supporters to vote for" Owens after her withdrawal announcement 10/31. ...
Scozzafava Pushing Owens In NY - 23
Riehl World View —
... It seems Dede Scozzafava's integrity can only be counted upon within range of a microphone. Behind the scenes she's pushing the Democrat Owens. I imagine that party change is simply a matter of time, now. h/t ...
Is Scozzafava Supporting Owens?
Ace of Spades HQ —
Is Scozzafava Supporting Owens? Not officially (yet) but maybe behind the scenes. The Watertown Daily Times, which had endorsed switched their endorsement to the Democrat today and included this tidbit . During the day Saturday, she began to quietly and thoughtfully encourage her supporters to vote for Democrat William L. Owens. I can't find any statement from her to that but it might be a behind the scenes deal as the paper says. Scozzafava's husband, labor activist Ron McDougall, ...
Scozzofava Endorsing Former Opponent?
Little Green Footballs —
... The Watertown Daily Times, in New York’s 23rd congressional district, switches their endorsement from Republican Dede Scozzofava to Democrat Bill Owens — and they report that Scozzofava is doing the same. ...
Will Scozzafave Endorse A Democrat In NY-23 ?
Below The Beltway —
... A fascinating tid-bit in an editorial from the Watertown Daily Times endorsing Bill Owens in the 23rd Congressional District race in New York: ...
From Scozzafava To Owens
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... The local paper, The Watertown Daily Times, switches its allegiance. The trouble with the Hoffman candidacy, a man who doesn't even live in the district and had no responses to local questions when grilled by the WDT, is that it cannot be described as grass-roots. Hoffman did not come up from the ground of this district; he was flown in as a candidate to represent the party of Palin in a national, ideological struggle. The WDT editorial: ...
Scozzafava quietly encourages supporters to vote for Owens
Wizbang —
... social issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage. And Scozzafava is a mainstream conservative by New York standards; one statistical measure found her voting record slightly to the right of her fellow Republicans in the Assembly. But she has occasionally strayed from orthodoxy on social issues (abortion, same-sex marriage) and endorsed the Obama stimulus package. Michelle Malkin isn't buying it. I'd say Rich would have a more convincing argument if Scozzafava wasn't now quietly supporting the Democrat . (Hat tip: Gateway Pundit .) In her statement Saturday ...
We've Got Ours In NY-23
Winds of Change.NET —
... (Iowahawk made his judgement based on wheel wells and secondarily, ideology). I have a mild predisposition to seeing Democrats win, but that has been badly eroded over the last decade.
So why am I writing about this, you ask?
Because a local editorial encapsulated what has me so furious at our political classes that I do think we simply need to turn our statehouses over and shake them very hard.
Here's quote, from the editorial in the 'Watertown Daily Times':
The Democratic candidate has demonstrated a ...
More on NY 23
The Mahablog —
... This is fun — Scozzafava is telling her supporters to vote for the Democrat, Owens, instead of the wingnut, Hoffman. The Watertown Daily Times has endorsed Owens and says Hoffman would be bad for the district: ...
An Endorsement, and a Class Act
The Moderate Voice —
... The Watertown Times has endorsed Bill Owens, the Democratic candidate to represent New York State’s Congressional district seat: ...
Confirmed: Dede Scozzafava is a DIABLO* [Darleen Click]
protein wisdom —
Democrat In All But Label Only* During the day Saturday, she began to quietly and thoughtfully encourage her supporters to vote for Democrat William L. Owens. ...
NY-23: Scozzafava Backs Owens
Swing State Project —
... Bill Owens."
"As a life-long labor activist, I know that Bill Owens understands the issues important to working people. On the other hand, Doug Hoffman has little regard for the interests of workers."
"Hoffman's opposition to the Employee Free Choice Act, coupled with his support for the failed policies of the Bush Administration make him a poor choice to serve the citizens of the 23rd Congressional District."
Similarly, the Watertown Daily Times had no problem enthusiastically backing Owens (they had previously given their nod to Dede):
Of ...
NY-23: Did Doug Hoffman Throw The Democrats A Lifeline?
Daily Kos —
... , immediately turned to the Democrat Owens rather than her fellow Republican, Hoffman. This morning, one of the more prominent newspapers in the district, The Watertown Daily Times, followed suit, switching its endorsement from Scozzafava to Owens. ...
National press turns to Watertown paper
Michael Calderone's Blog —
... Robert Stacy McCain wrote an item at her desk.
It was Hoffman’s appearance before the board that’s gotten the most pick-up among liberal pundits and columnists.
As the Daily Times editorial board wrote: Hoffman “showed no grasp of the bread-and-butter issues pertinent to district residents.” (Those local issues appeared on the editorial page that morning).
After first endorsing Republican Dede Scozzafava, the board switched to Owens after she dropped out.
When asked if he’s received criticism from ...
