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The New Republic blogs: Gaming Out That Crazy House Race in Upstate NY
The Caucus: BlogTalk: Dede and the N.Y. 23rd
Think Progress: GOP establishment-backed candidate Dede Scozzafava withdraws from NY-23 special election.
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#NY23 is battleground for GOP ideological course. RNC supported moderate candidate Dede Scozzafava has now pulled out, http://bit.ly/yRjiW 11/1/2009 |
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Republicans to Moderates: "You're Not Welcome Here!!" http://bit.ly/yRjiW 11/1/2009 |
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#Palin has the midas touch. http://bit.ly/yRjiW #GOPfail #Hoffman 10/31/2009 |
Gaming Out That Crazy House Race in Upstate NY
The New Republic blogs —
When I read just now that Dede Scozzafava, the Republican nominee for that special election in New York's 23rd congressional district, was dropping out , I had the same reaction Nate Silver did : This does not necessarily seal if for the Conservative Party candidate, Doug Hoffman, who basically forced Scozzafava from the race. Here's Silver: Although a majority of Scozzafava's supporters are Republican (about 62 percent, by my reckoning), it is safe to assume that they are mostly rather moderate Republicans, because almost all the conservative Republicans had already gone over to Hoffman . To wit, two-thirds of Scozzafava's supporters say ...
BlogTalk: Dede and the N.Y. 23rd
The Caucus —
Forgive us in a headline for using the first name of Republican candidate Dede Scozzafava, who — apparently in tears – suddenly dropped out on Saturday of the special election in New York’s 23rd Congressional District. What a development on a slow weekend heading into trick-or-treating. Twitter has gone nuts through Saturday morning, with many on the right directly challenging former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who stuck with his endorsement of Ms. Scozzafava despite other prominent Republicans abandoning her in droves for the Conservative Party favorite, Doug Hoffman. As ...
GOP establishment-backed candidate Dede Scozzafava withdraws from NY-23 special election.
Think Progress —
... , with “big tent” and “establishment” Republicans — such as Newt Gingrich, the RNC, and the NRCC — backing Dede Scozzafava, and “purist” Republicans — such as Sarah Palin, Rick Santorum, and Bill Kristol — backing Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman. Scozzafava had been “under siege” from these conservatives “because she supported gay rights and abortion rights and was considered too liberal on various fiscal issues.” Today — just three days before the election — ...
Scozzafava pulls out of NY-23 House race, GOP's extremist right scores another major victory
The Reaction —
... On this All Hallows' Eve 2009, Dede Scozzafava, the (official) Republican candidate in the special election in New York's 23rd Congressional District, has suspended her campaign just days before the vote, giving up in the face of inevitability and essentially handing her official GOP nod to far-right Republican and Conservative Party insurgent Doug Hoffman. ...
GOP establishment-backed candidate Dede Scozzafava withdraws from NY-23 special election.
The Hollywood Liberal —
... , with “big tent” and “establishment” Republicans — such as Newt Gingrich, the RNC, and the NRCC — backing Dede Scozzafava, and “purist” Republicans — such as Sarah Palin, Rick Santorum, and Bill Kristol — backing Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman. Scozzafava had been “under siege” from these conservatives “ because she supported gay rights and abortion rights and was considered too liberal on various fiscal issues.” Today — just three days before the election — ...
What a difference a month makes
Political Animal —
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A MONTH MAKES.... Within a few hours of Dede Scozzafava suspending her campaign in New York's 23rd, the Republican National Committee announced that it just loves Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman after all. "Effective immediately, the R.N.C. will endorse and support the Conservative candidate in the race, Doug Hoffman," Michael Steele said. "Doug's campaign will receive the financial backing of the R.N.C. and get-out-the-vote efforts to defeat Bill Owens on Tuesday." Around the same time, the House Republican leadership -- Minority Leader John Boehner ...
Great Moments For Democracy
The Talent Show —
... Moderate Republican Dede Scozzafava committed the unforgivable sin of supporting abortion rights, marriage equality, and the economic stimulus package. She had the endorsement of the RNC, Republican leaders in Congress, and fer chrissake Newt Gingrich; more importantly, she reflected the views of her district’s Republican voters. This was not enough for a coalition of mostly D.C.-based crybabies from ...
Douglas L. Hoffman's America
BAGnewsNotes —
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Doug Hoffman, the congressional candidate in upstate NY, and this week's now fuel-injected darling of the radical right, has three personal photos on his campaign media page.
The one above is virtually identical to one of the others except the other ...
