The Party That Brought Us Dede Scozzafava Wants to Stop Ann Marie Buerkle

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  March 9th at 07:20 AM  | 

Remember Dede Scozzafava? In 2009, the New York Republican Party tried to foist her on the people of New York. She was a liberal Republican who, with the backing of unions, almost got elected until conservatives stood up and said no. She wound up dropping out and endorsing the Democrat. The same New York GOP that gave us her and spectacularly saw the next several | Read More »

The Willingness of the Press to Believe Democrat Spin

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  May 25th at 09:38 AM  | 

The press’s ready willingness to believe Democrat spin is yet again driven home this morning by the Republican loss in New York last night. Immediately, the press was adopting Democrat spin that this was all about medicare. The press has a history of doing this. In April of 2009, the GOP lost a special election in New York with Jim Tedisco as the nominee. Carl | Read More »