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A day after Republican Dede Scozzafava dropped out of the NY-23 special election, the Watertown Daily Times -- the biggest newspaper in the district -- backed Democrat Bill Owens. It's a dramatic shift, especially for a newspaper which generally has a (small-c) conservative-leaning editorial ...
Republicans catch a BIG break in New York 23
firstread.msnbc.msn.com 10/31/2009 — From NBC's Chuck ToddAs first reported by the Watertown Daily Times, the Republican nominee in the New York 23rd Congressional special election, Dede Scozzafava, announced this morning she's suspending her campaign. Her exit leaves Conservative Party ...
Scozzafava Drops Out of NY-23 Race
politicalwire.com 10/31/2009 — 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.
"The state Assemblywoman has not thrown her support to either Doug Hoffman, ...
Scozzafava for Owens?
hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com 11/1/2009 — Two tidbits from today's papers give us an indication of where Assemb. Dede Scozzafava (R), who left the NY-23 special election yesterday, wants her supporters to go on 11/3. And, not shockingly, it's not accountant Doug Hoffman (C).
First, in a ...
More on NY 23
mahablog.com 11/1/2009 — 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:
Mr. Hoffman is running as an ideologue. If he carries out his pledges on ...
Shocker. Scozzafava Urges Supporters to Vote for Democrat
gatewaypundit.firstthings.com 11/1/2009 — 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 ...
Scozzafava Endorses Democrat Bill Owens
weeklystandard.com 11/2/2009 — The Watertown Daily Times posts Scozzafava's endorsement of Democrat Bill Owens-- a big development in the NY-23 race:
I want to thank you for your support and friendship. Over the past 24 hours, I have had encouraging words sent to my family and ...
GOPer Scozzafava Appears At Dem Owens Campaign Event
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/2/2009 — Dede Scozzafava, the former Republican candidate in the NY-23 special election who has now endorsed Democrat Bill Owens, made a surprise appearance at an Owens event last night.
The Watertown Daily Times reports:
On Sunday, at an Owens ...
More on NY 23 and the Purge
mahablog.com 11/4/2009 — Some local bloggers at the Watertown Daily Times provide insight into the teabaggers’ loss in NY congressional district 23. Bob Gorman writes ,
The delicate dance of dips and faints that Republicans perform to keep some semblance of a two-party system in New York was turned into a ...
The blue and the red gray
balloon-juice.com 11/5/2009 — Leave it to the managing editor of a little newspaper, Bob Gorman of the Watertown Daily Times, to nail NY-23 in a way that the national media never could:
Despite the national media attention on Northern New York right now, we should all ...
Why Dick Armey is a Perfect Asshole
shakespearessister.blogspot.com 30 days ago — When Doug Hoffman was thrust onto the northern New York stage to win one for the teabaggers, it was very clear that his complete lack of familiarity with the district would pose some problems. In fact, when he met with the Watertown Daily Times' ...
Hoffman Concedes —
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts
Via the Watertown Daily Times : HOFFMAN THROWS IN TOWEL .
There are still several thousand outstanding absentee ballots to be counted, but the numbers are such that Hoffman would have to win practically all of them to capture the seat, and that is, to put it mildly, highly improbable.
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NY-23: Look Familiar? —
Hotline On Call
We asked earlier tonight if this race would be a repeat of the extended NY-20 election. Well, it's looking like that's very possible.
With over 86% of the precincts reporting, Owens is holding steady with his 49-45% lead. The Watertown Daily Times notes that there are roughly 6K absentee ...
Hoffman Out, Owens Wins in NY-23 —
Swampland
Doug Hoffman, the Conservative candidate in NY's 23rd congressional district race, just conceded the election to his opponent Democrat Bill Owens, according to the Watertown Daily Times. Hoffman's come from behind, Tea Party-supported grassroots campaign, which forced establishment Republican ...
Owensmentum? —
Talking Points Memo
There's been some back and forth in NY-23 over the course of the evening. But it's now at 2/3 of the vote in and Owens is up by a bit more than 3500 votes.
Plus there's this: we've got this report from the Watertown Daily Times that there are four precincts in St. Lawrence County where the ...
Early Returns -- By: Mark Steyn —
The Corner on National Review Online
The Watertown Daily Times is updating election results from NY-23. I like these early numbers from Clinton County:
Doug Hoffman (C) 340 votes (75.4%)
Bill Owens (D) 103 votes (22.8%)
Dede Scozzafava (R) 8 votes (1.8%)
Judging from those eight votes, the likelihood of confused electors ...
National press turns to Watertown paper —
Michael Calderone's Blog
From New York Times columnist Frank Rich yesterday to MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell on “Morning Joe” today, members of the chattering class have referencing the Watertown Daily Times ’ coverage of the NY-23 race .
But editor and publisher John B. Johnson Jr. ...
Shocker: Scozzafava endorses Democrat in NY-23 race —
Sister Toldjah
A bitter liberal Republican throws her support behind the Democrat. Who’da thought? The Watertown Daily Times reports :
Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., was among those who urged Dierdre K. Scozzafava to endorse Democratic congressional candidate William L. Owens, the senator’s ...
No Doubt About It: Scozzafava Endorses Dem —
Hotline On Call
Assemb. Dede Scozzafava (R) -- who had reportedly been telling those close to her to support atty Bill Owens (D) -- has now publicly backed the Dem in Tuesday's special election.
From Scozzafava's release to the Watertown Daily Times :
It's not in the cards for me to be your ...
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 ...
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:
Dierdre K. Scozzafava’s decision to suspend her campaign for the 23rd Congressional District seat is a shocking development in what had already ...
Is Scozzafava Supporting Owens? —
Ace of Spades HQ
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...
Scozzafava Endorsing Dem? —
Talking Points Memo
In its endorsement of Democrat Bill Owens today, the Watertown Daily Times said that over the course of yesterday Dede Scozzafava, the regular GOP nominee who bowed out yesterday, "began to quietly and thoughtfully encourage her supporters to vote for Democrat William L. Owens."
Scozzafava Drops Out of NY-23 Race —
The Political Carnival
By GottaLaff Sarah Palin steps in to endorse a conservative rival, others pile on , and Scozzafava says buh-bye : 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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
Watertown Daily Times Endorses Scozzafava —
The Moderate Voice
The Watertown Daily Times has endorsed Republican Dede Scozzafava for the race to represent the 23rd Congressional District in New York. Below is their endorsement.
The national attention focused on the special election for New York’s 23rd Congressional District has proved exhilarating, ...
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