| Conservative Party's Hoffman Loses Plurality to Democrat Owens in NY Congressional Race | | Print | |
| Written by Thomas R. Eddlem | ||||||||||||
| Wednesday, 04 November 2009 05:24 | ||||||||||||
|
Democrat Bill Owens narrowly defeated Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman by a 49-45 percent plurality, where Republican nominee Dede Scozzafava had withdrawn from the race and endorsed the Democrat Owens days before the election. The District had become a national lightning rod for conservative unhappiness with the national Republican leadership for its persistence in picking liberal nominees that lose elections. Several nationally known Republicans had campaigned for Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman after Scozzafava's positions in favor of abortion, same-sex marriage, and fiscal liberalism became more widely known. Scozzafava had also been endorsed by ACORN's Working Families Party, the ultra-leftist founder of the DailyKos.com blog, NARAL, and the leftist teachers' union, NYSUT. While the Conservative Party nominee Hoffman was hardly a traditional conservative noninterventionist on foreign policy issues, he had campaigned on a platform that pushed social conservatism and small government economics. As such, he drew the support of former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, Sarah Palin, and Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty. Though the election was nominally a defeat for the Republican Party and the conservatives in it, some conservatives drew comfort from the election. Red State.com's Erick Erickson explained on his blog that the election means "the GOP now must recognize it will either lose without conservatives or will win with conservatives.... In 2008, many conservatives sat home instead of voting for John McCain. Now, in NY-23, conservatives rallied and destroyed the Republican candidate the establishment chose." For its part, the national GOP leaders have charged to the head of the parade and are claiming to be leading it. "It sends a clear signal that voters have had enough of the president's liberal agenda," GOP National Chairman Michael Steele told the press after a Republican had emerged as the gubernatorial victor in Virginia. But Steele had been sent a similar message about his own party just a week earlier with Scozzafava. Despite Steele's protest on CNN on the eve of the election that “this was a local decision.… I don't pick candidates,” Erickson noted that “despite the Beltway spin, we know for certain based on statements from the local Republican parties, that they chose Scozzafava based on advice from the Washington crowd.” Photo: AP Images
Set as favorite
Email This
Trackback(0)
Comments (5)
Zee
said:
|
Democrats narrowly won a plurality in New York's 23rd Congressional District Tuesday, a District that hadn't been held by a Democrat in more than 100 years.
TrackBack URI for this entry
Subscribe to this comment's feed |
conservative really? I don't know this guy (hoffman) sounds like a wimp as well - Where do you stand on health care reform? Although universal health care sounds great in theory, we can’t afford to do everything at once… especially when it means adding an additional trillion dollars to the deficit we are handing to our children and grandchildren. I believe our first step should be to bring the spiraling costs of healthcare under control so the cost of healthcare does not destroy the budgets of hardworking families and retirees. Then, as the economy picks up we can work to insure everyone. so socialized medicine, but not now. thanks hoffman and then - Where do you stand on illegal immigration? There is no question that our immigration policies are flawed. The answer, though, is not to put up a wall and stop all immigration. The answer is to create an easier path for immigrants to enter the United States – and to work here – while at the same time getting tough on illegal immigrants who commit crimes. hmm wait isnt be an ILLEGAL immigrant a crime?? gee thanks sounds familiar someone who will not protect the border all this is from his website. again it sounds like conservatives don't have a party anymore. if you believe in the constitution then please leave America, or Earth for that matter  |
Don Folkers
said:
 |
Eddlem Calls It Right! I have learned to trust Tom Eddlem. His research is quite well done. In this case he gave us the pluses -- and the negative about Hoffman -- that he was interventionist. Nice to have ALL the facts! Don Folkers |
Zee
said:
 |
... Don't get me wrong. I was not trying to disparage what Mr. Eddlem was saying I was just mad that this was the best 'conservative' they (the GOP) could find. The article did list the negatives as well as the positives, I was just venting a bit. |
