Dede Scozzafava has dropped out of the NY-23 race.
In her statement, she said
I hereby release those individuals who have endorsed and supported my campaign to transfer their support as they see fit to do so. I am and have always been a proud Republican. It is my hope that with my actions today, my Party will emerge stronger and our District and our nation can take an important step towards restoring the enduring strength and economic prosperity that has defined us for generations.
She did not endorse Hoffman or Owens. No doubt she’ll vote for Owens.
More importantly, WE WON!
Now, I hope everyone rallies behind Hoffman and gives him the momentum and energy he needs to win on Tuesday. Let’s rally.
I said this was our hill to die on, but to paraphrase Patton, we won my making the other guys die on our Hill!
I'm speechless!
VizBiz Saturday, October 31st at 11:36AM EDT (link)Could this be the tipping point for Hoffman?
Runs with scissors, walks with Wacom.
He was already winning
redtillimdead Saturday, October 31st at 11:38AM EDT (link)In new PPP poll, after 200 surveys, it was
Hoffman 45-Owens 26-DeDe 17
Nancy Pelosi can kiss my asstroturf.
"No doubt she’ll vote for Owens."
redtillimdead Saturday, October 31st at 11:38AM EDT (link)Maybe not. http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/31/breaking-scozzafava-quits-after-siena-poll/
She is expected to endorse Hoffman.
I kinda feel bad for her. She broke down in tears speaking to her supporters. I have a lot more respect for her now. She put her ego aside to do what is best for her party and her district.
Nancy Pelosi can kiss my asstroturf.
we'll see
E Pluribus Unum Saturday, October 31st at 11:49AM EDT (link)I think the burning anger of conservatives is directed much more at the NRCC than at her specifically. She’s just a lefty so countless other Republicans in that part of the country.
She has time to do the right thing. I hope she does, that would be a magnanimous gesture, and would allow for some healing for all parties down the road.
Carthago delenda est
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GO Hoffman!
antisocial Saturday, October 31st at 11:38AM EDT (link)Full speed ahead.
DEDE - Endorse Hoffman if you care for the party.
No you can’t - Moe Lane
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The Emperor has no clothes!!!
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Republicans who lost the Crap-and-Raid fight in the House -
Mary Bomo Mac (CA-45)
Mike Castle (DE)
Mark Kirk (IL-10)
Frank A. LoBiondo (NJ-02)
Chris Smith (NJ-04)
Leonard Lance (NJ-07)
John M. McHugh (NY-23)
Dave Reichert (WA-08)
Nevermind the party...
Rightshift Saturday, October 31st at 12:07PM EDT (link)…endorse Hoffman (and other conservatives) for the sake of the country!
“Sometimes the law defends plunder and participates in it. Sometimes the law places the whole apparatus of judges, police, prisons and gendarmes at the service of the plunderers, and treats the victim - when he defends himself - as a criminal.” — Frederic Bastiat
Dede said...
harlan Saturday, October 31st at 11:39AM EDT (link)“I am and have always been a proud Republican.”
Paraphrasing Indigo Montoya…Dat werd, republican…I don tink it means wot you tink it means.
ROTL..nt
JadedByPolitics Saturday, October 31st at 11:43AM EDT (link)..
Whoever has his enemy at his mercy &
does not destroy him is his own enemy
Indeed (N/T)
BigGator5 Saturday, October 31st at 11:42AM EDT (link).
“There are worse things out there than reptiles.” -BigGator5
I couldn't agree more that this was our hill to die on....
JadedByPolitics Saturday, October 31st at 11:42AM EDT (link)It NEVER mattered if Mr Hoffman won and I am happy that he will because it was ALWAYS about SMACKING the NRCC for putting up the most liberal candidate since Arlen “the ghost” Specter (put up by the NRSC) and telling us to SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP while he continuously voted with the Democrat block!
I am pleased as punch that Ms Scozzafava has decided to support Hoffman but it certainly was not needed. This is a new day in the GOP & I certainly PRAY that they will walk with us so that WE do not have to FIGHT them!
Whoever has his enemy at his mercy &
does not destroy him is his own enemy
Well I think a few good knocks in the head should do the trick
Richard Mullins Saturday, October 31st at 11:48AM EDT (link)yes is one of those knocks in the head so we need some more and after that they should come to their senses.
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Knocks on the head only work if there is anything in there...
penguin2 Saturday, October 31st at 12:06PM EDT (link)to rattle around. Every time we think our party will wake up, they do something stupid. OTOH, there are times when they do they right thing, and that certainly is better for us than the other party.
At least in this case, it looks like the RNCC got the message. We cannot let up in any way, the direction we want the party to go in. The message: we will not accept Dem-lite candidates.
Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.
Benjamin Franklin
They have something in there head to rattle
Richard Mullins Saturday, October 31st at 12:12PM EDT (link)unlike the Brain Dead party that we are opposed to(we know who it is). All we need is for our conservatives to win and their Hand picked candidates to lose. It might be 10, it might be 100, but I’m sure that they will get the message.
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Three cheers for primaries? (nt)
SteveLA Saturday, October 31st at 11:43AM EDT (link)______________________________________
Competency over ideological purity
As long as it's a closed primary.
SoFiMil Saturday, October 31st at 12:47PM EDT (link)The only thing worse than the NRCC selecting the candidate is allowing liberals to pick our candidate.
http://www.suvstrategery.blogspot.com
Ok...if
SteveLA Saturday, October 31st at 12:51PM EDT (link)SoFiMil
I’m good with that too, if the people who are voting in the Primaries are good with that rule too.
But keeping outside money of all kinds out of Primaries is not a bad start in my book. If a hard line conservative appeals to the local electorate good, same as if a so called RINO wins the primary, as long as outsiders of all persuasion stay out of the primaries, that would be good in my view.
______________________________________
Competency over ideological purity
Paging Newt Paging Newt
Scope Saturday, October 31st at 11:47AM EDT (link)What say you now Newt? I can wait for your answer as you wipe the eggs off your face.
Paging Newt Paging Newt
Scope Saturday, October 31st at 11:47AM EDT (link)What say you now Newt? I can wait for your answer as you wipe the eggs off your face.
Republican County Chairmen are LINING UP behind Hoffman...
JadedByPolitics Saturday, October 31st at 11:49AM EDT (link)More breaking news
Whoever has his enemy at his mercy &
does not destroy him is his own enemy
Applaud her
proudgop Saturday, October 31st at 11:51AM EDT (link)I applaud her for this decision for doing what right for the party it showed some courage even if she saw writing on the wall.
I agree
Jack_Savage Saturday, October 31st at 12:22PM EDT (link)She could have handled it differently.
Pete Sessions Statement out shortly
redtillimdead Saturday, October 31st at 12:01PM EDT (link)He will officially back Hoffman
Nancy Pelosi can kiss my asstroturf.
I wunder if Huckabee will endorse Hoffman now? -nt
E Pluribus Unum Saturday, October 31st at 11:51AM EDT (link)Carthago delenda est
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He can always wait for the swearing in. nt
redneck_hippie Saturday, October 31st at 11:56AM EDT (link)“We must not lose our faculty to dare, especially in dark days.” - Churchill in March, 1942.
Remember NY-23.
Doubtful
Scope Saturday, October 31st at 11:59AM EDT (link)He’s basking in the attention he is getting by not endorsing. Don’t know why his endorsement would have meant anything anyway. He is so last election.
5!
SoFiMil Saturday, October 31st at 12:49PM EDT (link)I’m glad I wasn’t eating or drinking anything while in front of my laptop.
http://www.suvstrategery.blogspot.com
I am so thrilled for Hoffman and for all of us.
redneck_hippie Saturday, October 31st at 11:55AM EDT (link)As jaded said above, winning the election will be icing on the cake. We picked our hill and we also know who stood with us and who went awol. Per hotair, a contingent of activists have trudged to Scozzafava HQ to pry an endorsement out of her. Why that should be necessary is a question for the angels.
Remember NY-23.
“We must not lose our faculty to dare, especially in dark days.” - Churchill in March, 1942.
Remember NY-23.
Doug Hoffman still needs our help
WarEagle01 Saturday, October 31st at 11:58AM EDT (link)to make this happen.
“A wise, doughy leg with rich tingly experiences will always reach better conclusions than will a more tanned, muscular leg that hasn’t felt those thrills.” –Chris Matthews’ Leg
In case anyone had doubt that this was the right Hill to Die On
tankertodd Saturday, October 31st at 12:00PM EDT (link)The fact that she didn’t endorse Hoffman, to me, is compelling. The one communication she knew would get wide distribution and she didn’t do it.
I suspect the reason why the Northeast GOP is not competitive is because it has been no different than the Democrats. Here’s a first step to turning that around, creating a distinct choice, making a compelling and resonant argument, and letting the voters decide.
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The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race - Chief Justice Roberts
Dede won't endorse Doug
michigan Saturday, October 31st at 12:06PM EDT (link)because she’s just exposed herself as the consummate opportunist. Good riddens.
Half the harm that is done in this world
Is due to people who want to feel important
They don’t mean to do harm
But the harm does not interest them.
Or they do not see it, or they justify it
Because they are absorbed in the endless struggle
To think well of themselves.
T. S. Eliot
She Won't Endorse Either
DavidSage Saturday, October 31st at 12:14PM EDT (link)She WANTS to endorse the Democrat Owens, but that would only reinforce what her critics have been saying all along.
She won’t endorse Hoffman because he and his supporters are reason she was humiliated in this election.
If she wanted to help Owens...
mustango Saturday, October 31st at 12:27PM EDT (link)…she’d have simply stayed in the race to the end and continued on with the illusion that Hoffman was the vote-splitter who needed to get out of the way.
Scozzafava hasn’t been around long enough to be like Specter and think herself greater than the party she’s a part of. She joined the GOP knowing it contained many people holding views with which she sharply disagreed.
An explicit Hoffman endorsement would be nice, but she’s done the loyal Republican thing and at this stage that will suffice for me.
I Don't Think Her Dropping Out Was Out Of GOP Loyalty
DavidSage Saturday, October 31st at 1:08PM EDT (link)I’m much more cynical, I think Dede saw the writing on the wall, and decided to quietly exit rather than suffering an embarrassing 3rd place loss.
The local or national GOP may even have cut her a deal to drop out so they wouldn’t lose this House seat.
Dede truly was a Republican only in name, I’ve yet to see a RINO that had such loyalty to a political party that they disagree with on every single issue.
I think this decision was all about Dede. One way or another though, she ended up doing the right thing.
We should look to promote conservatives
antisocial Saturday, October 31st at 12:20PM EDT (link)and avoid targeting individuals in the party. I am glad she dropped out. I would be happier if she can endorse Doug Hoffman.
We don’t want to damage the party. We just want to bring it back from wonderland to where it belongs.
Let us focus on promoting Hoffman. Dede is history.
No you can’t - Moe Lane
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The Emperor has no clothes!!!
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Republicans who lost the Crap-and-Raid fight in the House -
Mary Bomo Mac (CA-45)
Mike Castle (DE)
Mark Kirk (IL-10)
Frank A. LoBiondo (NJ-02)
Chris Smith (NJ-04)
Leonard Lance (NJ-07)
John M. McHugh (NY-23)
Dave Reichert (WA-08)
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antisocial Saturday, October 31st at 12:21PM EDT (link)was meant for …
michigan Saturday, October 31st at 12:06PM EDT
No you can’t - Moe Lane
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The Emperor has no clothes!!!
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Republicans who lost the Crap-and-Raid fight in the House -
Mary Bomo Mac (CA-45)
Mike Castle (DE)
Mark Kirk (IL-10)
Frank A. LoBiondo (NJ-02)
Chris Smith (NJ-04)
Leonard Lance (NJ-07)
John M. McHugh (NY-23)
Dave Reichert (WA-08)
NRCC Officially Endorses Hoffman
redtillimdead Saturday, October 31st at 12:37PM EDT (link)http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/10/nrcc-to-officially-back-conservative-partys-hoffman-in-ny-23.php?ref=mp
Nancy Pelosi can kiss my asstroturf.
Heh.
bs Saturday, October 31st at 12:42PM EDT (link)New flash, guys - it’s been that way all along. Admit it - you screwed it up from the start.
Decorum is fo’ suckas
bs change your sig: Identity politics is fo' suckas.
redneck_hippie Saturday, October 31st at 12:47PM EDT (link)Dede’s “natural base of donors” was proven a LAME GAMBIT.
Didya get that one NRCC?
“We must not lose our faculty to dare, especially in dark days.” - Churchill in March, 1942.
Remember NY-23.
Whoa, whoa there Redneck...
eburke Saturday, October 31st at 1:02PM EDT (link)surely you’re not implying that the moderate, mushy middle doesn’t back their moderate, mushy convictions with hard cash?
You…you…you…closed-minded, conservative purist, you.
Snark: off
“All that need be done for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.”
“Dead fish go with the flow” ~ izoneguy
“We have a Statue of Liberty not a Statue of Necessity” ~ ColdWarrior
Subtle, but oh, so cutting. I like it! nt
redneck_hippie Saturday, October 31st at 1:16PM EDT (link)“We must not lose our faculty to dare, especially in dark days.” - Churchill in March, 1942.
Remember NY-23.
Way to get out front and lead guys ::rolling eyes into the nether reaches of his head. nt
eburke Saturday, October 31st at 1:03PM EDT (link)“All that need be done for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.”
“Dead fish go with the flow” ~ izoneguy
“We have a Statue of Liberty not a Statue of Necessity” ~ ColdWarrior
Well, bless their hearts.........
LDahl752 Sunday, November 1st at 9:07AM EST (link)But, I’ll be waiting for a more formal “apology” of sorts from the NRCC before I send them another dollar. Wouldn’t it be heart warming to hear Sessions admit they made a mistake? And, the RNC handed over a million dollars to the NRCC to help Scozzafava! How clueless could they be? I want to hear the so-called leaders of the GOP begin talking about how they’re hearing us and finally understanding. Surely they must know that conservatives are more than just restless. We’re hoping the old-line party members end ALL the pandering and actually BELIEVE in the principles which will pull this country back from its pending bankruptcy. How about advocating for some genuine shrinkage of the central government?
Linda D, Henderson NV
A sword to fall on?
Castor Saturday, October 31st at 12:51PM EDT (link)Not exactly. If she endorses Hoffman - O:K then.
I would like to know who placed the phone call to tell her to drop out.I´m sure she didn´t take the decision without a push from someone.
I'd like to think Michael Steele had a hand in it. nt
redneck_hippie Saturday, October 31st at 12:54PM EDT (link)“We must not lose our faculty to dare, especially in dark days.” - Churchill in March, 1942.
Remember NY-23.
News flashes for the NRCC:
TNJim Saturday, October 31st at 1:02PM EDT (link)1) Next time support, from the beginning, the candidate that identifies with the base.
2) The base is still conservative, despite your desire to say it isn’t. Reagan may be gone, his political philosophy is not.
3) The base sure as hell is not liberal. The candidate you endorse should not be, either.
NRSC, RNC? See above. Don’t make the same mistake next year.
“No. You can’t” -Moe Lane
While being in total agreement with what you penned, TNJim,
eburke Saturday, October 31st at 1:08PM EDT (link)considering your target audience, this may still be too difficult for them to comprehend (you did use several 2 and 3 syllable words in it).
Maybe mono-syllabic words with some pictures?
“All that need be done for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.”
“Dead fish go with the flow” ~ izoneguy
“We have a Statue of Liberty not a Statue of Necessity” ~ ColdWarrior
eburke, Newt is smart, what's his excuse?
peg_c Saturday, October 31st at 1:11PM EDT (link)Other than beltwayitis, that is.
Government cannot be the solution when government is the problem.
ummmm....beltwayitis pretty much covers it peg.
eburke Saturday, October 31st at 2:13PM EDT (link)I was, until a couple of years ago starting w/the Pelosi love-fest, a HUGE Newt fan. I know we kid/joke alot on here about folks going to Washington and falling in love w/the Georgetown cocktail circuit gang but I REALLY believe that’s what happens. You go up there with the best of intentions and the next thing you know everyone is kissing your arse and you get seduced by the power. I think that’s what happened to Newt and that’s what’s happened to such conservative stalwarts like Cornyn and Sessions.
You so much crave the power that you delude yourself into thinking that what you’re doing is really in the best interest of ‘the movement’ and you don’t even realize you’re doing it. You get to DC, get bombarded with the ‘dumb, flyover rube’ meme and you forget to dance with what brung ya ’cause you start doubting whether it’ll actually sell.
Yet one more example of the genius of the Founding Fathers when they envisioned citizen-legislators who served for a few years and went home.
And then…there’s the short answer - some of these clowns are just power-hungry meglomaniacs who never really believed but just crave the power. I personally believe Newt is the former who morphed into the latter.
“All that need be done for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.”
“Dead fish go with the flow” ~ izoneguy
“We have a Statue of Liberty not a Statue of Necessity” ~ ColdWarrior
Heh, eburke.
TNJim Saturday, October 31st at 1:13PM EDT (link)Good point.
Or I could just staple it to their foreheads. Whatever works.
“No. You can’t” -Moe Lane
True...true...but you realize that if the staples actually
eburke Saturday, October 31st at 2:16PM EDT (link)penetrate the cranial cavity of some of these clowns, the escaping rush of air might prove to be dangerous and possibly even life-threatening.
“All that need be done for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.”
“Dead fish go with the flow” ~ izoneguy
“We have a Statue of Liberty not a Statue of Necessity” ~ ColdWarrior
Catch more flies with honey... (nt)
Neil Stevens Saturday, October 31st at 2:17PM EDT (link)Want to run for conservatives? Give.
There Is No Crisis
To Kowalski, News flash 4)
TNJim Saturday, October 31st at 1:25PM EDT (link)Before you declare conservatism dead, check for a pulse.
This site might be a good place to look first. Kudos to Erick for being on the front lines of this from the beginning.
“No. You can’t” -Moe Lane
I honestly did not think she'd do this
peg_c Saturday, October 31st at 1:09PM EDT (link)Good for her, now she needs to ENDORSE Hoffman!
There are union thugs and Dem operatives running around all over NY-23 this weekend. Hopefully their job just got a thousand times harder!
Go, Doug!!
Government cannot be the solution when government is the problem.
A victory for conservatism!
frankmac Saturday, October 31st at 3:24PM EDT (link)Best news since Chicago got denied the Olympics!