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As Steven Taylor notes , the third-party candidacy by Doug Hoffman in New York’s 23rd congressional district seems to have backfired , delivering a solid Republican seat for generations to Democratic candidate Bill Owens. While some conservatives like my Twitter pal (and OG blogger) Jayvie ...
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Off-Year Election Reax II
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — ... been considerably more difficult, and a unified GOP should win this district — especially given the signals sent everywhere else to Democrats. Erick Erickson: I have said all along that the goal of activists must be to defeat Scozzafava. Doug Hoffman winning would just be gravy. A Hoffman win is not in the cards, but we did exactly what we set out to do — crush the establishment backed GOP candidate. Chris Lawrence: Would Hoffman have been a more reliable Republican vote than ...

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