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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire: Behind the Scozzafava Endorsement
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Want to understand what happened behind the 23rd district? http://bit.ly/jDUZ1 This is what happens when national politics comes local. 12 days ago |
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"She was a Repub as long as it enhanced her electability," said Armey, reached while petting a goat at his Texas ranch. http://bit.ly/2svkbL 12 days ago |
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Newspaper Roundup for Tuesday, November 10, 2009
CNSNews.com Headlines —
... Would suspend rules governing state worker layoffs Washington Post: 'Scozzafava' turns into epithet "My name's a verb now," she said. New Jersey Star-Ledger/AP: ...
Behind the Scozzafava Endorsement
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
The Washington Post has a great piece on how the White House orchestrated a campaign to get Dede Scozzafava (R) to endorse Bill Owens (D) in the wild special election in New York's congressional district. ...
Will Olympia Snowe Get 'Scozzafaved?'
Politics Daily —
Filed under: Republicans, Health Care, Polls, Poll Watch, ConservativesThere was a piece in the Washington Post today about how the name of Dede Scozzafava - the upstate New York Republican who got run out of a congressional race by conservative activists - has joined such other luminaries like onetime Supreme Court hopeful Robert Bork in seeing her name get turned into a political verb. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Americans Divided on Health Care Legislation
The Hollywood Liberal —
... The Washington Post has a great piece on how the White House orchestrated a campaign to get Dede Scozzafava (R) to endorse Bill Owens (D) in the wild special election in New York’s congressional district.“The conservative movement’s third-party candidate, Doug Hoffman, expected her support but, she said, the newcomer accountant ‘had no integrity.’ Plus, the Democrats were so nice ! They called. They sympathized. They made her feel good about tossing her support to Bill Owens, who — with her help — became the area’s first Democratic representative in more than a century.” ...
When Your Name Becomes A Verb
Delaware Liberal —
The Washington Post has a profile on unsuccessful Republican House candidate Dede Scozzafava and the fallout from the unusual race for NY-23. Even as she now hopes to return to her normal life of local politics, laundry and choir practice for next month’s big performance of Bach’s Christmas Cantatas, the political forces that swept her up have not entirely let her go. Last week, while watching a news show about the next sharply contested Senate Republican primary in Florida, her parents reported that one of the commentators asked whether the moderate was in peril of getting ...
Brushfires & Fantasies: How long before health care bill is too big to pass?
The Note —
... "My name's a verb now." -- Dede Scozzafava, to The Washington Post, now that it's possible for candidates to get "Scozzafaved." ...
WaPo Charges 'Grand Old Purging' of Scozzafava Shows 'Republican Dysfunction'
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... The Washington Post is still having trouble with how the voters rejected their favorite Democrats. The bias erupted in a front page headline on Tuesday: ...
Scozzafava, the moderate banished by conservatives, vows to fight for the soul of the GOP
Top of the Ticket —
... "There is a lot of us who consider ourselves Republicans, of the Party of Lincoln," she said. "If they don't want us with them, we're going to work against them." ...
Scozzava Out Of GOP Conference...Plus: How Dems Won Her Endorsement
The Atlantic Politics Channel —
Republican Dede Scozzafava, who dropped out of New York's 23rd district special election amid Conservative Doug Hoffman's surge--and endorsed Democrat Bill Owens--is out of the state Assembly's GOP conference. The Albany Times Union reports that Republicans are looking for a new Leader Pro Tempore, after Scozzafava and Republican leader Brian Kolb sat down to talk. The Washington Post, meanwhile, chronicles how Democrats won her endorsement. It began with a condolence call from Owens soon after she dropped out; then, White House Political Director Patrick Gaspard (under orders from Rahm Emanuel) orchestrated an aggressive campaign that included phone calls from New ...
Dede's Revenge: 'We're Going to Work Against' Palin and Others
The Note —
ABC News’ Rick Klein reports: Just when you thought you wouldn't have to spell "Dede Scozzafava" anymore, the Republican nominee in that upstate New York special election is back -- lashing out at Sarah Palin and others who worked against her bid. In a revealing interview with The Washington Post, Scozzafava, a member of the New York State Assembly ...
An Object Lesson on Not Being Jerks
Balloon Juice —
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The closing bits of this WaPo piece on the NY-23 affair really sums it all up:
Scozzafava, who was stripped of her Republican leadership position in the New York State Assembly on Monday, says she has no regrets and even leaves open the possibility of running for the seat again as a Republican. She sees herself as a ...
Wish fulfillment journalism, Part Two
Power Line —
The Washington Post hits a new low in foolish, partisan reporting in this front-page story about Dede Scozzafava and the race in New York-23. Written by Jason Horowitz, with all the finesse of a third-tier lefty blogger, the piece bears the nuanced title: "'Scozzafava' Turns Into Epithet: It's a Grand Old Purging as moderate's ouster spotlights Republican dysfunction."
The claim that Scozzafava is, in fact, a "moderate" constitutes the core of Horowitz's over-the-top claim that the Republican party is "dysfunctional." Accordingly, Horowitz repeats this assertion several times. He fails, however, to support it. His only reference to Scozzafava's actual positions on ...
Poll: Snowe would lose GOP primary to generic conservative
Daily Kos —
Via Dave Weigel, a new poll from Public Policy Polling shows that by a 2:1 margin, Maine Republicans would back a conservative challenger to Olympia Snowe: Tough future for Snowe as a Republican It looks like Olympia Snowe could have a pretty hard time getting nominated for another term in the Senate as a Republican. There are now more folks in her party who disapprove than approve of Snowe's job performance. 46% of GOP voters think she's doing a bad job to 40% who give her good marks. The key nugget: Asked how they would vote in a primary contest between Snowe and a more ...
Quote of the Day
Political Animal —
QUOTE OF THE DAY.... The Washington Post ran a terrific piece today on Dede Scozzafava and the events that led her to drop out of the congressional race in New York's 23rd, and soon after, endorse her Democratic opponent. Of particular interest was the disappointment she feels about high-profile members of her own party endorsing Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman. "How can Sarah Palin come out and endorse someone who can't answer some basic questions," Scozzafava asked. "Do these people even know who they are endorsing?" Well, on the first question, since Sarah Palin can't answer some basic questions either, I suspect Hoffman's ignorance didn't bother her much. On the ...
Midday Open Thread
Daily Kos —
Michael Steele on being black and a Republican: Responding during a interview to NewsOne’s Roland Martin, who said that "white Republicans have been scared of black folks," Steele replied: "You’re absolutely right." "I’ve been in the room and they’ve been scared of me," said Steele, the first African-American RNC chairman. "I’m like, ‘I’m on your side.’" Mary Jo Kilroy (D-OH) says that during the health care debate in the House, Republicans were loud, rude, disrespectful and sexist towards the Democratic Women's Caucus. Dede Scozzafava ...
Dede Scozzafava Is No GOP Moderate -- By: Deroy Murdock
Articles on National Review Online —
Re-canvassed votes in upstate New York’s 23rd Congressional District foreshadow the second coming of third-party candidate Doug Hoffman. As Mark Weiner of the Syracuse Post-Standard reported Thursday morning, Conservative nominee Hoffman’s 5,335-vote deficit behind Democrat Bill Owens has shrunk to just 3,026 after Election Night tabulation errors were corrected. Some 10,200 absentee ballots remain uncounted. State Board of Elections spokesman John Conklin told Weiner, “All ballots will be counted, and if the result changes, Owens will have to be removed.” However this develops, before ...
