Scozzafava suspends campaign
Home/News — ... "Today, I again seek to act for the good of our community," Scozzafava wrote in a letter to supporters, obtained by the Watertown Daily Times. "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 support as they see fit to do so." ...

Scozzafava suspends campaign
News — ... "Today, I again seek to act for the good of our community," Scozzafava wrote in a letter to supporters, obtained by the Watertown Daily Times. "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 support as they see fit to do so." ...

Republican Candidate Drops Out In NY-23 As Poll Shows Hoffman Tied For Lead
Below The Beltway — Only three days before Election Day, a stunning development: Dede Scozzafava, the Republican and Independence parties candidate, announced Saturday that she is suspending her campaign for the 23rd Congressional District and releasing all her supporters. The state Assemblywoman has not thrown her support to either Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Party candidate, or Bill Owens, the Democratic candidate. “Today, I again seek to act for the good of our community,” Ms. Scozzafava wrote in a letter to friends and supporters. “It is ...

Scozzafava Drops Out of NY-23 Race
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts — The news just started bubbling up on Twitter a few minutes ago. Via the Watertown Daily Times:  SCOZZAFAVA SUSPENDS 23RD CAMPAIGN Dede Scozzafava, the Republican and Independence parties candidate, announced Saturday that she is suspending her campaign for the 23rd Congressional District and releasing all her supporters. The state Assemblywoman has not thrown her support to either Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Party candidate, or Bill Owens, the Democratic candidate. I don’t think it much matters to whom she ...

BREAKING NEWS: Scozzafava Suspends NY-23 Campaign
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — Dede Scozzafava, the Republican and Independence Parties' candidate for the 23rd Congressional District of New York state, announced Saturday that she is suspending her campaign and releasing all her supporters. So reported the Watertown Daily Times moments ago: "Today, I again seek to act for the good of our community," Ms. Scozzafava wrote in a letter to friends and supporters. "It is increasingly clear that pressure is mounting on many of my supporters to shift their support. Consequently, I hereby release those ...

Was Siena or Steele the End? -- By: Kathryn Jean Lopez
The Corner on National Review Online — Scozzafava has suspended her campaign. From the Watertown Daily Times: Dede Scozzafava, the Republican and Independence parties candidate, announced Saturday that she is suspending her campaign for the 23rd Congressional District and releasing all her supporters. The state Assemblywoman has not thrown her support to either Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Party candidate, or Bill Owens, the Democratic candidate. "Today, I again seek to act for the good of our community," Ms. Scozzafava wrote in a letter to friends and ...

SCOZZAFAVA SUSPENDS 23RD CAMPAIGN. New Poll Says Hoffman And Ownes Tied
Ace of Spades HQ — ... (pdf) says Hoffman has 35% and Ownes is at 36%. Hoffman already had 50% of Republicans and plurality of independents. Wow. Dede Scozzafava, the Republican and Independence parties candidate, announced Saturday that she is suspending her campaign for the 23rd Congressional District and releasing all her supporters. The state Assemblywoman has not thrown her support to either Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Party candidate, or Bill Owens, the Democratic candidate. "Today, I again seek to act for the good of our community," Ms. Scozzafava wrote in a letter to friends and ...

Hoffmania's First Victim
Talking Points Memo — Dede Scozzafava is suspending her campaign in NY-23. Just to be clear, in effect, that means she's dropping out. Though her manner of doing it probably has a lot to do with her unhappiness at being forced out. In her comments to the Watertown Daily Times Scozzafava explicitly referenced this morning's Siena poll as evidence she was likely too far behind to come back. ...

How Out Of Touch Is The GOP?
QandO — ... Maybe a better question is “how far out of touch is the RNC” since Dede Scozzafava was their candidate? ...

Teabaggers have forced moderate GOP candidate to quit race in NY-23
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — The teabaggers now own the Republican Party. The GOP candidate for Congress in New York's 23rd CD, Dede Scozzafava, has suspended her campaign. Scozzofava was under assault from the hard-core wing of the GOP because she was pro-choice and supported lgbt equality. The local paper has the story and an excerpt from Scozzofava's letter to her supporters announcing the decision. ...

Scozzofava Quits NY-23 Congressional Race
Flopping Aces — She released her supporters but did not endorse Hoffman, the Conservative candidate! SCOZZAFAVA SUSPENDS 23RD CAMPAIGN SIENA POLL SUGGESTS REPUBLICAN CAN’T WIN By JUDE SEYMOUR Watertown Daily TimesSATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2009 Dede Scozzafava, the Republican and Independence parties candidate, announced Saturday that she is suspending her campaign for the 23rd Congressional District and releasing all her supporters. The state Assemblywoman has not thrown her support to either Doug ...

Tea Leaves
Neptunus Lex — ... for the governor’s mansion in California, while the GOP-endorsed candidate in a traditionally safe Republican seat has to yield to a more traditionally conservative political newcomer in New York? ...

GEORGE: Scozzafava Dropping Out
ABC News: Politics — ... Scozzafava Dropping Out October 31, 2009 11:06 AM Watertown Times reports that the Republican candidate in NY-23 is suspending her campaign. The news comes after ...

Breaking: DeDe Scozzafava Drops Out of NY-23 Race
Wizbang — ... Scozzafava broke down in tears. My husband's first comments upon hearing this news were that he is not that convinced her dropping out will actually help the conservative. If she's so liberal that Kos felt comfortable endorsing her (which he pulled later because it helped Hoffman's chances), he wonders if it will actually drive more voters to the Democrat. Update: She's not endorsing anyone as she leaves the stage. Instead she tells her supporters to support who they want. From the Watertown Daily Times : "Today, I again seek to act for the good of our community," Ms. ...

This Doesn’t Fit The Dems’ Template
California Conservative — ... ASAP: Pick the candidate with gravitas and charisma over the candidate with the built-in fundraising network and name recognition. We’ve seen what Ron Paul and Howard Dean did through the internet fundraising network. Anyone caring to wager that Jason Chaffetz, Marco Rubio and Doug Hoffman won’t be properly funded in 2010 should contact me ASAP. I can use the easy money I’d make on those bets. UPDATE: WOW!!! I didn’t see this coming: Dede Scozzafava, the ...

Quitters
Outside The Beltway | OTB — ... Now, in New York’’s 23rd Congressional District (vacant since moderate Republican John McHugh resigned in September to become Secretary of the Army) Republican nominee Dede Scozzafava has dropped out (technically, suspended her campaign) to give Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman (already endorsed by Newt Gingrich and other prominent Republicans) are legitimate shot to beat Democrat Bill owens. ...

Scozzafava Drops Out of NY-23 Race
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — Dede Scozzafava (R) announced "that she is suspending her campaign for the 23rd Congressional District and releasing all her supporters," the Watertown Daily Times reports. ...

GOP Candidate Drops Out in Upstate New York House Race
WSJ.com: Washington Wire — ... She hasn’t endorsed either of her rivals, but told her local paper that a Siena Research Institute poll out today showed her too far behind to be a viable candidate. ...

Scozzafava: "I hereby release those individuals who have endorsed and supported my campaign to transfer their support as they see fit to do so."
Althouse — "I am and have always been a proud Republican."

Gone
Blue Crab Boulevard — ... Dede Scozzafava has suspended her campaign in NY-23 , clearing the field for Conservative Doug Hoffman to battle the Democratic candidate in a two-way race: Dede Scozzafava, the Republican and Independence parties candidate, announced Saturday that she is suspending her campaign for the 23rd Congressional District and releasing all her supporters. The state Assemblywoman has not thrown her support to either Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Party candidate, or Bill Owens, the Democratic candidate. I think it would have been a bit more classy if she had endorsed Hoffman, but at ...

Game-changer in 23rd CD: Scozzafava drops out
Capitol Confidential — ... The Watertown Daily Times reports that Republican Dede Scozzafava is folding her tents due to a lack of funds and a new Siena poll, released just this morning, that finds her too far behind Democrat Bill Owens and insurgent Conservative candidate Doug Hoffman to stand a chance of winning Tuesday’s special election in the north country. ...

The conservative CPA trumps the RINO
Betsy's Page — It seems that Dede Scozzafava, the RINO candidate whom for some reason the local GOP had chosen as their candidate in the special election in NY-23, has dropped out. Within a month, the grassroots support for the Conservative candidate, Doug Hoffman, has been steadily climbing while she's been falling like a stone. It was becoming a two-man race between Hoffman and the Democratic candidate, Bill Owens, with Scozzafava serving as a spoiler to the third-party candidate. She read the tea leaves in her sinking poll number and dropped out. What was amazing was that the Republican ...

Scozzafava Drops Out of NY-23 Race
The Political Carnival — ... Dede Scozzafava (R) announced "that she is suspending her campaign for the 23rd Congressional District and releasing all her supporters," the Watertown Daily Times reports. [...] ...

Scozzafava's Supporters Like Obama, Dislike Hoffman and Owens
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right — Certainly, the conventional wisdom would be that when the Republican candidate suspends her campaign and encourages her supporters to vote for someone else, it would help the Conservative candidate more than the Democrat. And that's where the betting is on ...

NY-23: Scozzafava Drops Out, Saving Face for Petrified National Republicans
Daily Kos — Surprising, if not shocking, news from the Watertown Daily Times this morning: Dede Scozzafava, the Republican and Independence parties candidate, announced Saturday that she is suspending her campaign for the 23rd Congressional District and releasing all her supporters. The state Assemblywoman has not thrown her support to either Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Party candidate, or Bill Owens, the Democratic candidate . . . Ms. Scozzafava told the Watertown Daily Times that Siena Research Institute poll numbers show her too far behind to catch up - ...

Official GOP Nominee Backs Out Of Congressional Race In NY-23-- Shockwaves Across America
DownWithTyranny! — ... The Republicans haven't lost a congressional race in the northeastern corner of New York State since around the time of the Civil War. But after polling showed their mainstream candidate, Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava, coming in third after conservative Democrat Bill Owens and the teabagger candidate, ultra right extremist Doug Hoffman, Scozzafava pulled out 3 days before election day! A ...

GOP Leadership Backs Hoffman
Hotline On Call — The guy that was once labeled a spoiler may now be in the drivers' seat come 11/3 in NY-23. Accountant Doug Hoffman (C) stands to be the one who gains the most by today's announcement by Assemb. Dede Scozzafava (R) is dropping out of the race. And toward that end, the GOP leadership announced today that it was backing his candidacy. In a statement from Min. Leader John Boehner, Min. Whip Eric Cantor and NRCC Chair Pete Sessions, the GOPers said they "look forward to welcoming" Hoffman into the Conference. "He is the only active candidate in the race who supports ...

GOP Candidate Scozzafava Suspends NY-23 Campaign
Firedoglake — ... Dede Scozzafava, the Republican candidate for Congress in New York’s far north 23rd district to succeed GOP Congressman-turned-Obama-Army-Secretary John McHugh, suspended her campaign today in light of polls suggesting she can’t win. This means Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman, the anointed candidate of Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann, will likely win this seat, held by Republicans since the Civil War. ...

Scozzafava quits
Fausta's Blog — SCOZZAFAVA SUSPENDS 23RD CAMPAIGN SIENA POLL SUGGESTS REPUBLICAN CAN’T WIn Betsy explains why: It was becoming a two-man race between Hoffman and the Democratic candidate, Bill Owens, with Scozzafava serving as a spoiler to the third-party candidate. She read the tea leaves in her sinking poll number and dropped out. What was amazing was that the Republican county leaders, facing a GOP district, felt that they had to pick Scozzafava for their candidate. She isn’t even a moderate, she’s basically a ...

GOP establishment-backed candidate Dede Scozzafava withdraws from NY-23 special election.
Think Progress — ... and was considered too liberal on various fiscal issues.” Today — just three days before the election — Scozzafava has announced that she’s withdrawing because polling ...

Breaking: Scozzafava quits after Siena poll; Update: Hoffman campaign asking for endorsement?
True North - Pointing Minnesota in the Right Direction — ... Bob Owens.  Reportedly, she tearfully withdrew and threw her support to Hoffman: Just confirmed that Republican candidate Dede Scozzafava has quit the race. Speaking to supporters, Scozzafava broke down in tears. UPDATE: Scozzafava, the hand-picked choice of the New York state GOP in the key 23rd District special election, reportedly will throw her support to Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman. This has been confirmed by the local Watertown Daily Times, but report that she has not made an endorsement:

Scozzafava Out
Lawyers, Guns and Money — Conservative third-party candidate knocks GOP nominee out of the race in NY-23. I think we can be pretty confident that this won't be followed by a series of claims about how Republicans are bad for having a "litmus test" on abortion, despite the fact that their position is the minority one... ...

New York District 23 a Tossup?
The Mahablog — ... The bombshell news this afternoon is that Republican candidate Dede Scozzafava has withdrawn from the New York 23rd district congressional race, which makes the teabagger candidate, Doug Hoffman, the favorite. Conventional wisdom said she and Hoffman were splitting the Republican vote and possibly giving the district to the Democrat, Bill Owens. With Scozzafava gone, conventional wisdom says Hoffman ought to be a clear winner. “ ...

Big Tent Party!
INSTAPUTZ — Not. This is really good news. It will convince the GOP to go full wingnut in 2010, setting themselves up for epic fail in 2012. ...

No More Mister Nice Blog — ... You've probably heard the news that Dede Scozzafava, the official Republican candidate in New York's 23rd congressional district, has dropped out of the race, after nearly the entire GOP establishment began rallying around Doug Hoffman, the litmus-test wingnut who's running on the Conservative Party line. ...

NY-23: Dominoes Fall, And A Reflection On Moderates and Women
Daily Kos — ... It did not take long, upon the shocking revelation that DeDe Scozzafava had walked the plank, for a number of political dominoes to begin to fall: ...

Reason #549 Why It's Good Not To Be A Big Party Guy
The Iconic Midwest — I'm sorry, but it is next to impossible for me to get excited about some congressional district race in New York between two people I've never heard of, and will likely hear precious little about the winner after maybe Wednesday. ...

Sarah Palin is Now the GOP Establishment
Taylor Marsh — ... It’s the second time this year that Sarah Palin going rogue has paid off. Her “death panels” squeal set Pres. Obama and the Democrats back on their heals, and when she came out to endorse Mr. Hoffman it seemed laughable to many. It doesn’t matter that Dick Armey was out there too, as he’s yesterday’s news. Mrs. Palin is not. Among the stories of Dede Scozzafava’s bombshell election bailout comes one reporting that Newt Gingrich has tucked his tail in to endorse Mr. Hoffman, after first siding with ...

Dede’s Out, Lefty Pundit (& Bloggers) on Warpath Against Stalinist Right-wingers Who Live Inside their Heads
GayPatriot — I’ll leave it to other conservative bloggers to analyze the angry ramblings of left-wing bloggers and pundits now that liberal Republican Dede Scozzafava has suspended her campaign for election to Congress from New York’s 23rd District.  Those posts (and column) I’ve read focused not on actual arguments conservatives have been making against the “stimulus” and “card-check” supporting Republican nominee, but on the antics of the conservatives make in the realm of their ...

GOP establishment-backed candidate Dede Scozzafava withdraws from NY-23 special election.
The Hollywood Liberal — ... and was considered too liberal on various fiscal issues.” Today — just three days before the election — Scozzafava has announced that she’s withdrawing because polling ...

NY-23: Did Doug Hoffman Throw The Democrats A Lifeline?
Daily Kos — ... For all intents and purposes, the special election to replace Republican Congressman John McHugh should have been over the second GOP nominee DeDe Scozzafava decided to fall on her sword and drop out of the election. ...

Remembering the Moderate Republican
MNpublius.com — Once upon a time in American politics, there was a character known as a Moderate Republican. The defining characteristic of the Moderate Republican was his or her tendency to occasionally Compromise on Things. Very young political observers may not understand what I’m talking about, but there was a time when the occasional Republican would actually vote for a bill sponsored by a Democrat. Today, however, Republicans fit into a much narrower band of ideologies. In fact, Newt Gingrich, a onetime leader of the conservative wing of the party, is now on the moderate side of his party. Anyone to the left of Gingrich is considered an ...

NY-23: The Final Day of A Truly Bizarre Campaign
Daily Kos — ... That led us to this past weekend, which absolutely defied belief. It began with the stunning announcement that the GOP nominee, DeDe Scozzafava, was dropping out of the race. Then came yesterday's ...

On Party Purity and Eleventh Commandments
Daily Kos — ... That said, neither Parkinson nor Reagan probably could have envisioned today's GOP. In the past several months, the Republican Party has moved internecine warfare to a new level. The two most glaring examples were the sabotage of the party's own nominee in New York's 23rd Congressional District for insufficient conservatism, and the revelation this week that members of the Republican National Committee are pushing the idea of a proposed ...