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Dede Scozzafava stabs GOP and Conservatives in the back http://tinyurl.com/yeldcpe #ocra #tcot #sgp #gop 19 days ago |
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the White House in on effort to secure Scozzafava’s endorsement. http://bit.ly/4CxOYT What deal was reached? #tcot #ny23 19 days ago |
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Winning Dede Scozzafava: How Democrats got her nod - Jonathan Martin and Charles Mahtesian - POLITICO.com: http://bit.ly/40crTT via @addthis 19 days ago |
Obama Buys Off Scozzafava For Agreeing To Switch Parties - Announcement Shortly
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
Reputable NY sources indicate that Dede Scozzafava will shortly be announcing her “switch” to the Democrat Party. In the meantime, here’s a story touching on why she backed the Dem in NY 23 from Politico….
Politico:
Fearful that the party had almost no chance of winning the Nov. 3 New York special election after Republican nominee Dede Scozzafava abruptly announced Saturday that she was dropping out, high-ranking national Democrats immediately began working to secure her endorsement of Democrat Bill ...
The Note's Must-Reads for Monday, November 2, 2009
The Note —
... CONGRESS:
ABC News’ Kristina Wong: “New York Republican Dede Scozzzafava Backs Democrat Bill Owens, After Suspending Her Bid for U.S. House Seat” LINK
ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos: “Jarrett: NY-23 Shows Republicans More and More Extreme” LINK
The Washington Times’ Kara Rowland: “Outsiders’ influence irks voters in N.Y. House race” LINK
Politico’s Jonathan Martin and Charles Mahtesian: “Winning Dede Scozzafava: How Dems got her nod” LINK
Politico’s Glenn Thrush: “Israel met secretly with Scozzafava” LINK
The Wall ...
New York 3-Way Gets Even More Interesting
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines —
... The party lines in New York’s 23rd congressional district got even more confused Sunday. A day after a conservative third-party campaign hounded Dede Scozzafava out of the race, the moderate Republican turned around and endorsed her Democratic rival. Politico reports on the Democrats’ flash campaign to win her support. ...
Need To Read: November 2, 2009
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo —
Today's must-reads:
GM's Money Trees (MoJo)
GOP Candidate in NY-23 Special Election Drops Out, Endorses Dem Instead of Conservative: How it happened (Politico)
Dems hoping to hold governorships in Virginia and New Jersey (NYT)
Neocon Smear on "Iran's Man in Washington" (MoJo)
Climate bill facing long odds in Senate (WaPo)
Krugman: "We need much faster growth" (NYT)
The Chance Of ...
How Democrats Won Scozzafava
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
Politico has a good behind-the-scenes piece on how Democrats won over Dede Scozzafava (R) to endorse Bill Owens (D) in New York's 23rd congressional district special election after she dropped out of the race a day earlier.
McDonnell on the Way to Big Win
The Hollywood Liberal —
... Way to Big Win The final Public Policy Polling survey in Virginia shows Bob McDonnell (R) leading Creigh Deeds (R) by 14 points, 56% to 42%. Analysis: “In a finding that may sum up what happened here 63% of voters in the state think McDonnell made a strong case for why he should be Governor while only 34% said the same of Deeds. Even 36% of Deeds’ supporters said he hadn’t made a good argument for why he should be elected.”[image] How Democrats Won Scozzafava Politico has a good behind-the-scenes piece on how Democrats won over Dede Scozzafava ...
Strange Brew: GOP war clouds comeback picture
The Note —
... Politico's Martin and Charles Mahtesian: "When some senior Democrats worried Scozzafava might be wavering about the endorsement, according to another account, the White House got Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, one of the most powerful figures in the state, and New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to place calls to the assemblywoman on Saturday evening to coax her into delivering it. Sen. Charles Schumer, who had been in touch with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and Israel, also weighed in." ...
A.M. Roundup
Capitol Confidential —
... Doug Hoffman. (WDT)
Elizabeth Benjamin reports that Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said he told Scozzafava she has “a lot of friends” on the Democratic side of the aisle and pledged to “do whatever I could do to limit the amount of damage [the Republicans] can do to her.”
Susan Arbetter launches her new radio show, The Capitol Pressroom, today! (TU)
Scozzafava has recorded a robocall for Owens; Rudy Giuliani has recorded one ...
Shocker: Scozzafava endorses Democrat in NY-23 race
Sister Toldjah —
... The Politico has the story on how “high-ranking national Democrats” began to work on obtaining her endorsement moments after she ...
Scozzafava for Cuomo -- By: Kathryn Jean Lopez
The Corner on National Review Online —
From JMart:
When some senior Democrats worried Scozzafava might be wavering about the endorsement, according to another account, the White House got Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, one of the most powerful figures in the state, and New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to place calls to the assemblywoman on Saturday evening to coax her into delivering it. Sen. Chuck Schumer, who had been in touch with White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel and Israel, also weighed in.
Two senior Democrats with ties to the White House praised Cuomo’s role in ...
The Daily Grind
Weekly Standard Blog —
... third quarter and forecast a 'solidly profitable' 2011."
I knew I loved the Reagan-loving spy from "Chuck!" Now I know it's because he loves Reagan in real life.
Cool: Fox Sports in Afghanistan next Sunday.
Wait, MSNBC's audience is only 1 percent more Democratic than Republican?
"Get those kids graduated and get 'em working, so they can pay for my Social Security."
PPP poll: Christie leading by six?
How Dems got Dede.
Jillian Bandes: Scozzy's Endorsement Came After White House Prodding
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
Obama sent a delegation to prod Scozzy to endorse Owens. She was very receptive after widespread conservative attacks. From Politico : Scozzafava, according to one account, was receptive to the entreaties after becoming a target of intense conservative opposition over the past month. ...“She’s devastated that these outside interests are trying to hijack her moderate wing of the party," said one New York Democrat who had spoken to Scozzafava.
Revelations: NY - 23
Riehl World View —
... That we now have two generic national political parties content to win, or lose elections with expensive PR campaigns to mask a tragic lack of principles and dedication to any ideals has never been more concisely revealed than in this Politico item. The consequence is that one can't trust that the D, or R on a ballot means anything. There are simply two DCs in too many cases. The important questions are: who is on the side of the American people? And where can citizens feeling increasingly disconnected from their Federal Government turn for redress of grievances? ...
NY-23: Scozzafava might change parties
Daily Kos —
I'll have more on this race later today, but one of the argument I made in my supposed "endorsement" of Republican Dede Scozzafava was the potential for her to switch parties and be a better Democrat than the pretend "Democrat" on our party's ballot line. Ahem: Two senior Democrats with ties to the White House praised Cuomo’s role in the operation, saying they were confident Scozzafava was on board after learning that she told Cuomo: "You're going to be the next governor of New York." Also critical was Silver’s assurance, in a ...
The Cuomo connection.
Althouse —
Why Scozzafava endorsed Owens.
NY-23: Hoffman Leads Two-Man Race, But Undecideds Shoot Up
Swing State Project —
... Politico has some interesting behind-the-scenes details of how the Scozzafava endorsement of Owens took a lot of wheel-greasing from the state Democratic establishment, including a major play by Andrew Cuomo and also Democratic Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver. (The article hints that a party switch may be in the offing for Scozzafava, who will remain in the Assembly.) The ...
The NY 23 race: does Joe Biden really think…
neo-neocon —
... Meanwhile, RINO extraordinaire Dede Scozzafava, in a fit of understandable pique (and after being heavily courted by influential Democrats), continues to campaign for her previous Democrat opponent, Bill Owens, as well as to contemplate a change of party for herself. ...
BlogTalk: Countdown to Election Day
The Caucus —
... on FireDogLake. A story in Politico about how the White House engineered the campaign for Ms. Scozzafava to endorse the Democrat in the race, Mr. Owens, prompted speculation on some blogs about whether she herself would switch parties and become Democrat. Politico wrote about how the White House enlisted Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Andrew Cuomo, the state attorney general, to urge Ms. Scozzafava to endorse Mr. Owens. Also critical was Silver’s assurance, in a phone conversation with Scozzafava, that the state Assembly Democratic caucus would embrace her if she chose ...
Republican Scozzafava Robocalling for Democrat Owens
Swampland —
... I strongly believe Bill Owens is the only candidate who can build upon John McHugh's lasting legacy in Congress. In Bill Owens I see a sense of duty and integrity. He will be an independent voice, devoted to doing what is right for New York. To address the tough challenges ahead we must rise above partisanship and politics, and work together. Please join me in voting for Bill Owens on Tuesday.” And, for the record, maybe the White House and other national party leaders shouldn't get all the credit for Scozzafava's bombshell decision to endorse Owens. Yes, Scozzafava received ...
Election Tuesday: Palin Hits VA with Ralph Reed
Taylor Marsh —
... National Republican Congressional Committee chairman, said he still believes the race is a tossup but also expected Scozzafava supporters to swing toward Owens. “This is not a Sarah Palin district, and they tried to make it that way. In a three-way race, you could have gotten 35 to 40 percent to win the seat, and now they need close to 50 percent,” Davis said. “It’s clear in the Watertown part of the district that Hoffman is not the second choice.” – Winning Dede Scozzafava: How Democrats got her nod ...
Election Tuesday Eve: Palin Hits VA with Ralph Reed
Taylor Marsh —
... district, and they tried to make it that way. In a three-way race, you could have gotten 35 to 40 percent to win the seat, and now they need close to 50 percent,” Davis said. “It’s clear in the Watertown part of the district that Hoffman is not the second choice.” – Winning Dede Scozzafava: How Democrats got her nod ...
Should Liberals Want Dems to Lose NY's 23?
Real Clear Politics - TIME.com —
... went this far over the weekend: It's even better for Democrats if Hoffman wins. Punch-drunk with this triumph, the right will redouble its support of primary challengers to 2010 G.O.P. candidates they regard as impure… Of course, the opposite is true. As Politico reported , Democrats applied a full court press to secure Dede Scozzafava's endorsement of Democrat Bill Owens. It's logical why Democrats want to win this seat. It's a vote in the House with national resonance. Democrats would naturally spin a victory as another data point in the decline of the Republican Party. It ...
Quid Pro Quisling
Blue Crab Boulevard —
... A report in The Politico makes it rather obvious that Dede Scozzafava is not done with her betrayals. Democratic heavyweights all the way up to the White House rather obviously offered her something for her endorsement of the Democrat in NY-23. Politico points out that she appears likely to switch parties and deliver her state assembly seat to the Democrats. (Which they don’t have any real need for, incidentally. Democrats have dominated the lower house in New York for as long as I can remember.) When some senior Democrats worried Scozzafava might be wavering about the ...
Decision ‘09: Watershed For Obama
Pajamas Media —
... out. A win by Hoffman in the heavily Republican district, unthinkable a fortnight ago, would be a shocker. It would send a message to national Republicans that conservative activists are tired of supporting unconservative candidates. Will they get that message in Washington, D.C.? That remains to be seen. We’ll be updating this post regularly throughout the day on Tuesday, as news filters in about the races. Make sure to check back regularly for the latest. (Note: Newest links on top) Politico has the inside story of how the Democrats turned Dede Scozzafava and got her to ...
Is Rahm’s Luck Running Out?
GayPatriot —
... Politico has a fascinating story of the lengths to which Democrats went to secure Dede Scozzafava’s endorsement of Democrat Bill Owens in the special election in New York’s 23rd congressional district tomorrow. The effort in involved the White House Chief of Staff, New York State’s senior senator, the Speaker of the New York Assembly, the chair of the state Democratic Party and other heavy hitters. They even dispatched one Long Island Democrat to the district to meet with the one-time Republican candidate. ...
ROBERT A. GEORGE OP-ED: A Promise Unfulfilled
Booker Rising —
... as a whole? And with all the big issues on its plate, how is it that the White House still manages to plunge itself into obscure congressional special elections in upstate New York? Or pulls out all the stops to ...
Senior White House official gloats: “We’re 2-0 against Palin” now
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... for Owens; the vice president showed up for an eleventh-hour rally in the district; and the White House worked every connection it could to flip Scozzafava, leaving the nominees of both major parties working against him. That’s a lot of effort to narrowly defeat someone who’d supposedly already received the kiss of death. But don’t look for logic on this subject: NBC’s own Palin-centric spin on the race ...
