Posted on 10/22/2009 9:23:24 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The congresswoman takes sides against a Republican candidate, and rumor is the former governor may too.
As a rule, special elections held to fill open congressional seats aren't the most exciting events. But the campaign in New York's 23rd congressional district is starting to get pretty interesting, with an intra-party squabble on the Republican side of things getting more juice by the day.
The district leans Republican, and the seat has been in the GOP's hands to this point -- the race is being held because Rep. John McHugh resigned when President Obama named him secretary of the Army. But it's still upstate New York, which may be more conservative than the state as a whole but is still pretty moderate by comparison to other Republican-dominated areas of the country. So the party chose a moderate, State Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava, as its nominee. That enraged conservative activists, who've given their support instead to third-party candidate Doug Hoffman.
Scozzafava still enjoys the support of establishment Republicans, but her campaign's been imploding quite publicly lately under the strain of Hoffman's candidacy. Now, the independent is getting a further boost as the GOP continues to splinter over the race. In an appearance on Laura Ingraham's radio show Wednesday, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., appeared to endorse Hoffman, saying, "Hoffman is on the ascendancy,” she said, “and we have to win this seat, and people need to get behind the winning candidate, and it looks like that’s Hoffman.” (As David Weigel points out, Hoffman's actually polling in third place; the Democrat, Bill Owens, is in first place.)
Bachmann has a fair amount of conservative supporters these days. But she doesn't have anything close to the star power of another woman rumored to be ready to endorse Hoffman: former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
At this point, even an endorsement from Palin probably wouldn't be enough to put Hoffman over the top. But it could certainly have an impact, if not on this race than on the candidates Republicans pick for 2010; the national party would probably be forced to go farther to the right than it would like in some areas, which could benefit Democrats.
Hahahaha! Yeah, keep telling yourselves that! LOL
Keep kidding yourselves.
Hoffman ping
Any chance that the locals can force Dede to withdraw?
And throw her support to Huffman?
you know if the 3rd party candidate is really conservative they’ll vote with the repubicans on the right issues anyways.
“So the party chose a moderate, State Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava, as its nominee. “
Beeeeeeeeeep! Thank you for playing. We have some lovely parting gifts for you backstage.
So lets keep exploding deficits, 10% unemployment, devaluation of dollar, ignoring generals for months, foreclosures, government determining your salary, government monopoly of health care, no private vote for union intimidation, pushing more damaging economic legislation on this hoax global warming. Branding anyone who disagrees with this is an enemy of the state.
Bachmann and Palin are doing the right thing and the Republican Party in DC with some exceptions hasn’t learned a thing from 2006 or 2008.
Well, they could certainly team up against me anytime!
(rim shot)
Okay, having gotten that out of my system, might I say I'm having the time of my life watching these two "little women" handing the mostly-male RINO GOP establishment their...collective arses.
Palin-Bachmann Overdrive 2012.
It’s pretty much hickville up there and I say that as someone who enjoyed the college years in the area.
This is just a very low income district where the education level is also low. Yes they have Ft Drum but overall there isn’t much industry and it’s dairy country.
From what I have seen of her, and her recent calling the police on the Weekly Standard reporter (then lying about the whole thing), there is close to zero chance that she'd ever step aside or back Hoffman. Hard line leftists hardly ever do that. You see, it's all about her and her quest for power, not the good of the Republican Party or conservatives. Heck she as every bit as anti-conservative as Pelosi is.
If they know what’s good for them and the party, THEY WILL!!!
I really like Michelle and Sarah. Bachmann has the fire.
The GOP should represent a specific value system so, when you vote, you are confident that pulling that lever at least gives you a good chunk of your common values. Instead, they are acting like an American Idol contestant just singing whatever songs get them Paula's clap and keeps Simon from being too mean to them.
Throw in Marsha Blackburn and you can have the Republican Charley’s Angels.
Paging Jeff_Head...Jeff_Head, plase pick up the white courtesy phone...
Let's teach them another lesson in 2010. Yeah, let's lose another 10 senate seats and another 45 in the house. Maybe that will show them !!!
“So the party chose a moderate, State Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava, as its nominee.”
A moderate???? If she’s a moderate then most of the posters at DU are downright Conservative.
You are consistent at least.
Woo hoo! Anyone got some picks? I really like Bachmann. She is supposedly a tax attorney.
She had said she and her husband had a good business but she went to DC because the country is being destroyed. She is trying to make a difference.
The POS RINO GOP cut off her money when she attacked Islamic terrorists of something during the election.
Talk show listeners contributed and Mitt also helped out. I know he is a RINO but I will always cut him a little slack for trying to help her.
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