Your analysis is right on the money, too.

Think of it — Doug Hoffman garnered a greater percentage of the vote, despite all the obstacles, than an incumbent governor of a very blue state who spent millions of dollars and had three visits from the president.

Let’s keep building momentum and recruiting troops for the coming 2010 contests.

Thank you.

ColdWarrior
www.theprecinctproject.wordpress.com

If a candidate concedes, and then enough of the remaining uncounted votes go his way to put him over the top, can he un-concede and claim the seat?

Now, I know we have a lot of, er, bi-state [1] voters — but surely it hasn’t become official policy that we in FL submit our candidates for approval on NY ballots?

[1] “I live six months of each year in each state, so why shouldn’t I vote in both places?” /facepalm. dadburned snowbirds…

Will the NRCC, the NRC, and the NRSC be smart enough to actually get the meaning of the message?

and that means we should take heart. Doug Hoffman struggled against three gigantic political entities. Initially, he was pounded into the ground by the Republican Party powers-that-be. He took a beating from the Democratic Party’s professional campaign machine. He was up against the ruthless and corrupt George Soros’s Working Familiies Party (whose candidate of choice, lest we forget, was the one also endorsed by the Republican Party, Dede Scozzafava).

All things considered, it is astounding that Reagan Republicans from around the country nearly elected our first “citizen” candidate. We can learn from this. In 2010, we will elect citizen candidates (read not professional politicians) with an R besides their names in all the States.

“In NY-23 we lost a fight and improved our strategic position.”

It is remarkable that Hoffman made it as far as he did. Every move (such as the appointment of the former representative of NY23 to an administrative post in his regime by the Great Leader) is calculated to further absolute control of the country.
If Scozoffava had been elected as a Republican, she would have voted with the Dems and helped with the “bipartisan” support myth of his socialist/fascist agenda.
Hoffman’s loss did not change the balance of power in the Congress, but it does keep aye votes with the Dems for change you can never believe in or support.
The bigger issue is, can the GOP be changed from a progressive lite party, to a conservative based party and defend the nation from being transformed into a third world socialist mess?

Mac since I’ve read about politics I’ve always wondered why more veterans aren’t in Congress and in government. I live in an area with a lot of retired military and so many of the men are really good men that I would love to help get elected but they don’t run. Now I see why with what you wrote with difficulting of getting into DC. That was really brilliant that part about DHS.

the Democrats won with a candidate who was more Conservative than the (initial) Republican candidate.

If nothing else, this probably reminded the State Republican leadership that the State is Conservative in most Districts, particularly on economic issues.