Last night, I received a call on behalf of the Susan B. Anthony List. The group — whose stated goal is getting “pro-life women” elected to Congress — is mobilizing to NY-23 in support of Doug Hoffman.
The caller informed me that the group is sending out volunteers and community organizers to hand out SBA literature and Hoffman signs, and to rally social Conservatives to the Hoffman cause. Hoffman’s campaign, he noted, is primarily concerned with TV ads (given the amount of time and limited finances), while grass-roots activism is being largely left up to individuals and groups like SBA.
Given the budget and time constraints of the Hoffman camp, this secondary support could well prove important to the campaign. In an email to supporters, Hoffman campaign staffer Daniel Odescalchi noted other grass roots groups coming out:
The regional Huck PAC folks have also offered to canvass the district on our behalf.
And a group of Patriots are coming up from Westchester, NY to help too.
GOP candidate Dede Scozzafava, meanwhile, held a meet-and-greet dinner in Lowville, where she was approached by a reporter asking questions about her stated policies, versus her various actions (such as her declining to sign the No-tax pledge until just before receiving Newt Gingrich’s endoresement). After supplying vague answers to the reporter, Scozzafava finally refused to answer any more questions, and staffers blocked the reporter from approaching her. Police were later called in (after the reporter had retired to his vehicle to write his article on the night’s events) to explain things to him and ask him to leave her alone.
Across the proverbial aisle, Bill Owens has also recently run into a spot of trouble — with the California Milk Processor Board. In a new ad, Owens ends up with a variation of the group’s now-infamous “Got Milk?” slogan — which then morphs into “Got Milk Money?” A clever idea, but one which was not, apparently, run by the CMPB first. They’ve issued a cease-and-desist order, which is being largely ignored by the Owens campaign, except to say that their usage consititues “fair use.”
Voters may well wonder if THIS is the fight the Owens camp really needs to be waging right now — and what that might portend as far as which battles Owens would pick as an elected representative.
You can contribute to the Hoffman campaig through his website, http://www.doughoffmanforcongress.com.
UPDATE: According to WaPo, intraparty polls are suggesting Hoffman is now in second place, behind Owens.
(Cross-posted at SLC Republitarian and The Minority Report)
FRED!!
Hooah_Mac Tuesday, October 20th at 7:41PM EDT (link)http://fredthompsonshow.com/premiumstream?dispid=321&headerDest=L3BnL2pzcC9tZWRpYS9mbGFzaHdlbGNvbWUuanNwP3BpZD03ODc3JnBsYXlsaXN0PXRydWUmY2hhcnR0eXBlPWNoYXJ0JmNoYXJ0SUQ9MzIxJnBsYXlsaXN0U2l6ZT01
Not sure if that link will work, but Fred has weighed in on this one as well. I’d diary it, but don’t have the time tonight.
“You can call yourself a Republican, but if you’ve lost the support of Fred Thompson, you are an unholy thing that will be destroyed by a rain of fire.” -IMAO
I've mentioned it here and there; I can't recall whether I made it a diary or not.
randy streu Tuesday, October 20th at 7:48PM EDT (link)But this is a very happy thing.
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If the NRCC had any sense
Hooah_Mac Tuesday, October 20th at 8:13PM EDT (link)And the ability to prove it could fix a mistake, it would pull support from Scozzafava. Even toss in a mea culpa. It might get a little bad press out of it, but earn a lot of good will (and perhaps future donations) rom conservatives nationwide. There is no way at this point that Scozzafava can win, the NRCC has to have figured it out. It is either Hoffman or the democrat.
“You can call yourself a Republican, but if you’ve lost the support of Fred Thompson, you are an unholy thing that will be destroyed by a rain of fire.” -IMAO
I tend to agree.
randy streu Tuesday, October 20th at 8:34PM EDT (link)I understand why they went with Scozzafava — but they AREN’T the national party, and didn’t have to make that choice.
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Newt is dead wrong here
bk Tuesday, October 20th at 8:24PM EDT (link)The Corner has more. Says Newt: “I endorsed the Republican who has been endorsed by the National Rifle Association, opposes the Obama health plan, signed the ‘no-tax-increase’ pledge, and supports a comprehensive energy plan like I do…. If you seek to be a perfect minority, you’ll remain a minority.”
More like if you try to elect Democrat Lites, you end up with Democrats. Been there / done that.
The NRA endorsed her because she has a pro-gun record, whereas Hoffman hasn’t been in office. Hoffman is actually an NRA member, but that didn’t help.
She doesn’t oppose Obamacare any more than Hoffman does.
She signed the pledge this past Thursday. Where had she been before then? Then right after that, she tries to get a reporter arrested who questions her about that and a couple other things. Hoffman signed it more than two months ago.
And she can’t have any more of an energy plan than Hoffman I’m sure.
This is crap. Newt, why not just be honest and say you’ll back any person that has an R after their name. That’s the same approach that had us pouring money down the toilet for people like Jeffords, Chaffee, Specter, etc. Dede is a perfect candidate to switch parties after using R money to get elected if it will suit her cause. Why not say you’re backing the Kos Kandidate?
Newt is making himself irrelevant more and more these days
E Pluribus Unum Wednesday, October 21st at 11:10AM EDT (link)Once upon a time, he was a ground-breaker, a thinker who had crazy-good ideas. This was after he was a power-partisan as Speaker, and before he morphed into a standard party hack.
Carthago delenda est
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Neil Cavuto Interviewed the reporter...
DavidS1787 Tuesday, October 20th at 9:54PM EDT (link)Repost Neil Cavuto Interviewed
DavidS1787 Tuesday, October 20th at 10:02PM EDT (link)the reporter today.
Sorry abot this repost..... the way I saw it on my computer
DavidS1787 Tuesday, October 20th at 11:41PM EDT (link)was if it just posted a picture………
Re: Scozzafava has reporter arrested........
DavidS1787 Tuesday, October 20th at 10:08PM EDT (link)Reporter interviewed by Neil Cavuto today
Sorry about this repost.....
DavidS1787 Tuesday, October 20th at 11:46PM EDT (link)I thought the video didn’t post because the way I saw it on my computer was asif there was an uposted picture.
I just wanted to make sure if my video wasn’t posted that the link was…..
once again I am truly sorry…
Newt threw his career down the drain with his support of Dede....
JadedByPolitics Wednesday, October 21st at 8:54AM EDT (link)though for me personally I dismissed him when he sat with Pelosi to LIE about global warming and I think the best SMACKDOWN of him is over at Malkin’s site…
http://michellemalkin.com/2009/10/20/dear-newt-gingrich-meet-ronald-reagan/
“A political party cannot be all things to all people. It must represent certain fundamental beliefs which must not be compromised to political expediency, or simply to swell its numbers.” prior comment brought to you by the best President EVAH…Ronald Reagan.
Newt has decided that money is more important then principle. He has decided that being part of the problem is better then being part of the solution.
Newt Gingrich is DONE!
Whoever has his enemy at his mercy &
does not destroy him is his own enemy
Newt, Gecko, Chameleon
Ausonius Wednesday, October 21st at 9:01AM EDT (link)Never trust lizards: ask Newt’s ex-wives, especially Marianne Ginther.
The man is not and was not ever presidential material: character matters! If we were willing to impeach Clinton for the Lewinsky Affair - and I supported that (think of the threat to National Security via blackmail) - then we must be willing to cut Gingrich loose and ignore him.
After watching this video, I'm REALLY glad I donated to Hoffman's campaign!
ColdWarrior Wednesday, October 21st at 2:29PM EDT (link)This is hard to watch. Can you hear the fear in her voice?
Doug Hoffman will be on Glenn Beck’s TV show tomorrow, according to the e-mail I received from his campaign.
Thank you.
ColdWarrior
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Is it wrong that I find it amusing?
Xasteius Wednesday, October 21st at 2:53PM EDT (link)The ‘Hoffman for Congress’ signs make her speech tragically comedic.
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