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| GOP officials: We won't abandon Dede |
| 2009-10-26 |
| The National Republican Congressional Committee remains committed to embattled GOP nominee Dede Scozzafava in the upstate New York House special election, even as many of the party's top names throw their support to Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman. This is why the NRCC doesn't deserve to recapture the House in 2010 ... And likely won't... Two party officials tell POLITICO that the NRCC will continue to air TV ads propping up Scozzafava in the days leading up to the Nov. 3 contest and plans to keep up a near relentless barrage of press releases slamming Hoffman. Brilliant. When the Dems capture the seat the NRCC can then try to figure out how to pick up the pieces and win in 2010. Only Hoffman won't be their man, Dede will slink away, and they'll have no one to run against a now incumbent Dhimmicrat. Scozzafava, a state assemblywoman who supports gay marriage, abortion rights and has a close relationship with leading labor officials in her region, has been the target of sustained criticism from conservatives who claim she is too liberal for them to support her candidacy. Hoffman, an accounting executive, is attracting an ever-growing group of conservative backers, including former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) and Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.) have also endorsed the third-party candidate. Public and private polls have shown Hoffman gaining on Scozzafava but both trail the Democratic nominee, attorney Bill Owens. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #14 I said this yesterday on another NY-23 thread, but probably too late for anyone to respond - hope it's okay if I repeat... This is the perfect time and place for Sarah to fire a really large-bore shot across the R(INO)NC "leadership's" bow. I'm not talking about just a Hoffman endorsement via her MySpace page - I'm talking about hopping on a plane to Albany, showing up in the district, speaking at campaign events, working the phones and knocking on doors during the day, and bunking in with local families at night. If she did this, there's a good chance that both the real Dem and the DIABLO would get absolutely plowed under on election day. Sure, not a hell of a lot of near-term impact on the House floor, but if it worked, Sarah could firmly establish her ability to work around the MSM's hostility and move the needle for conservative candidates. The Trunk leadership could then ignore her only at the risk of becoming a permanent minority. |
| Posted by: Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2009-10-26 21:32 |
| #13 NY23 is a shot across the bow for the RNC in 2010. If you do not listen to your conservative base, now, you might not elect anybody next year. On top of that, Palin appears to set the agenda, with Pawlenty just following. Those two factors must set panic amongst the Trunk elite; hence the effort to support the RINO in NY23. The only way to snuff out the Palin brushfire is to elect a Democrat, there-by rendering the Palinites and Tea Parties neutered and dispirited. Forget Iowa, 2012 is being fought in the Adirondacks. |
| Posted by: Skunky Glins**** 2009-10-26 20:53 |
| #12 What OldSpook said, with that some are young and pissed off. Seems like every time I consider registering R they do something like this; good to see Tiahrt on the page. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2009-10-26 15:02 |
| #11 LATEST Likely Voter Poll: 10/24 - 10/25 300 LV Hoff 31 Owen 27 Scoz 20 Hoffman (C) +4 NRCC and GOP = STUCK ON STUPID! |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2009-10-26 13:40 |
| #10 Richard, why should I donate money to the RNCC when they spend it on someone who is pro-union, pro-cardcheck, pro-tax (100+ votes to raise them as a state legislator), pro-spending (backed Porkulus), pro-abortion (Margaret Sanger award winner), and backed by ACORN groups, Daily Kos and other left wing special interests? Why shoudl I support someone that will repeatedly vote with Pelosi regardless of party label? All that in a district that has been conservative and republican for over a CENTURY! Explain that one to me - how is it "stupid" of me to with hold my support for someone that epitomizes all the things I oppose? The GOP is NOT going to recapture the house - they keep thinking the way to win is to abandon core principles of small government, strong defense, limited spending and lower taxes. As long as they do that, THEY WILL LOSE. The GOP is self destructing, so don't blame ME and those like me for the idiocy of the Beltway-Manhattan cocktail party elite power-mongering morons at the top of the party. Maybe its time for the GOP to disappear like the Whig party did -- it now stands for nothing except power for its own upper crust, no philosophical soul anymore. Its is now a Zombie and deserves to die. We have been trying from the inside for years now to overcome that idiot George W Bush and his "big government" Rockefeller gobshites. The only thing Bush got right was the war and tax cuts. Everything else he was a walking disaster, I wish they HAD impeached him. Perhaps its now time to let them fall and go elsewhere. Sorry, but we cannot continue a guerrilla war from inside the GOP forever. We're getting tired, and some of us are getting old and ill. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2009-10-26 13:34 |
| #9 Crosspatch, its not Hoffman that's splitting the Republican vote you nitwit, its Scozzafava that's splitting it - she's in LAST place. Give up the political asskissing. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2009-10-26 13:22 |
| #8 Just sent back two RNC pools/fund raisers with notes about Dede, Crist and the rest of the Rinos with no money. I sent the original envelopes too because I think it costs them more. |
| Posted by: Hellfish 2009-10-26 12:25 |
| #7 Conservatives and Republicans are showing stupid again. |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2009-10-26 10:23 |
| #6 GOP, if you won't abandon Dede, your base will abandon you. Toodles! |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2009-10-26 09:42 |
| #5 The NRCC has no desire to run 'conservative'. They just want a piece of the pie that they concede in total to the Donks. Running another Donk against a Donk is not a choice because they vote the same on issues. The only issues the NRCC is interested in is perks they get in Congress from the ruling party. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-10-26 08:02 |
| #4 link to real clear politics poll compilation link to Syracuse newspaper article on local polls |
| Posted by: lord garth 2009-10-26 07:56 |
| #3 I still believe that FIFY, crosspatch. |
| Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie 2009-10-26 04:56 |
| #2 if Hoffman dropped out, and Dede won, he would still be throwing the seat to a Democrat... but Dede would do more damage than a non DIABLO as it would give the rest of the donks cover when she votes along with them to enact Soci@list nirvana |
| Posted by: abu do you love 2009-10-26 02:47 |
| #1 "but both trail the Democratic nominee, attorney Bill Owens" And what would their combined total be? If only one of them were running, would the Republican candidate be ahead? I still believe that Hoffman, how much I like him notwithstanding, is splitting the Republican vote and allowing the Democrats an easy win. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2009-10-26 02:25 |