Posted on 10/28/2009 10:52:47 AM PDT by neverdem
Three Republican lawmakers on Wednesday endorsed Doug Hoffman's third-party campaign for the special House election in New York -- a slap in the face to the party's leadership and the current top brass at the National Republican Congressional Committee.
Endorsing Hoffman in the 23rd District contest were Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina, Reps. Dana Rohrabacher of California and Tom Cole of Oklahoma, who also served as NRCC chairman from 2006 to 2008.
The party's preferred candidate is GOP nominee Dede Scozzafava. Hoffman's name will appear on the upstate ballots as the Conservative Party nominee.
The nods from the three Republicans further cement the fact that Hoffman has moved from fringe candidate to a mainstream alternative on the right.
In his endorsement letter, Cole called Hoffman "the only Republican who can win this special election." Democrats seem to be coming around to that viewpoint, too, shifting their fire from Scozzafava to Hoffman in the latest Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee ad, and seeking to fundraise off the possibility that he could be elected to Congress.
Cole, who is a member of the Republican Steering Committee, wrote that Hoffman "clearly represents the mainstream values and positions of the Republican Party." He declined to directly criticize Scozzafava, the subject of countless attacks from the right for her moderate record in the state Assembly, but ticked off a number of issue areas where she and Hoffman diverge. "He opposes the stimulus, cap and trade, card check, the Democratic health care bill and the Obama administration's reckless spending binge. He is a pro-life fiscal conservative who is committed to restraining the growth of government," Cole wrote.
Rohrabacher called Hoffman "the only candidate in the race that shares my conservative Republican principles" and DeMint wrote in a piece on conservative blog RedState.com that "Doug Hoffman has..."
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This must be repudiation against steele for his effort to dictate to sitting congressmen.
I do believe I hate the republican “professionals” more than I hate the libs.
An enemy within is much worse than an outside one.
There is hope for the diligent. Keep up the good fight.
Well, it would be surprising if the party didn't prefer the nominee, especially since in this case the nomination was sent down from above as opposed to being the result of a primary. The urinalist probably should have written something like "The GOP nominee and the party's preferred candidate is Dede Scozzafava."
In his victory speech, I hope Hoffman pokes Mark Davis in the eye.
Unfortunately, more sitting congressmen have endorsed or supported Scozzafava than Hoffman. There are at least 17 Republicans in the House who have supported Scozzafava, plus Susan Collins in the Senate.
longtermmemmory wrote:
This must be repudiation against steele for his effort to dictate to sitting congressmen.
And, just a reminder, contact the RNCC about the California 10th district race. They are ignoring this race and leaving Doug Harmer without any support. He is a conservative Republican who is in a very close race in a “safe Democrat district.” He hasn’t had any congressional endorsements or support from any conservative PACs. But he could pick up a seat for the Republicans with some support.
| From the desk of cc2k: |
Candidates I support: Doug Hoffman for Congress, NY 23rd (PayPal), David Harmer for Congress, CA 10th (website for info). Please, spread the word about these important special elections on November 3, 209: New York’s 23rd congressional district and California’s 10th congressional district. |
Actually, Hoffman is on the ballot of the NY Conservative Party, so he technically is a third party nominee. Maybe there should be more statewide Conservative Parties to keep all the RINOs in check in various states, but those states would have to allow cross endorsements, and allow nominees to run on multiple party lines with the total vote on all the party lines added up to a grand total. Usually NY's Conservative Party endorses the GOP nominee, except when they go off the reservation like DeDe.
Rush that Newt was attending a health-care meeting with Howard Dean. Will Newt be a friend or foe of Howard Dean?
Make that “Rush said that Newt”
The other day Hoffman again said he is a Conservative Reagan Republican
If we want to be technical Dede wasn’t the will of the people but a backroom deal. Hoffman is not 3rd party as we understand 3rd party - as in Perot, the spoiler.
Spoke to one of Hoffman’s office - and their large signs are being stolen. He seems to be getting the Palin treatment - coming after him personally. Liberals/RINO’s hate truth and goodness!
Actually, they’re debating opposite sides...magritte
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