Republican leaders shift toward Hoffman
In a sign that Dede Scozzafava's sagging numbers are draining her support in Washington, DC, top GOP leaders have begun extending the welcome mat to third-party Conservative Doug Hoffman.
“He would be very welcome, with open arms,” Sessions told POLITICO in an interview off the House floor...
On Thursday afternoon, Sessions appeared to tacitly acknowledge that Hoffman may represent the GOP’s best chance to keep the Republican-held seat from being picked up by a Democrat.
Until today, Republicans had continued to level fire at Hoffman, as well as Democrat Bill Owens, while funneling thousands of dollars to Scozzafava's underfunded campaign.
But rank-and-file House members within the GOP declined to share their war chests with her. With four full campaign days ahead, and very little cash left to spend, Scozzafava's position looks increasingly lonely.
Today's statement from Sessions could also further endanger Democrat Bill Owens, who appears to need a divided Republican vote to prevail.
If Hoffman can consolidate center-right voters in the coming days, his remarkable surge could put him over the top.
-Brian Mann, NCPR
Labels: election09
posted by Brian Mann @ 10/29/2009 06:47:00 PM
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10 Comments:
I think at this point dede may be hurting Owens more than Hoffman.
I agree with previous comment. Any further movement from DS will be toward Owens. I think most undecideds have been torn between DS and BH. The Hoffman candidacy is paving the way for an intraparty struggle that further weaken the Republican Party, here in NY and nationally.
wishful thinking. liberals hate it when they get beat fair and square...boohoo. Neither Obama nor Clinton nor a herd of RINOs could hold back the Hoffman tide....
If Hoffman wins it will be interesting to dissect how it happened - was it from a genuine groundswell of right wing conservatives in the North Country coming out to support "their boy"? Or will it be because of all the media hype his candidacy and campaign has ben getting? It won't be because he represents the majority of North Country residents - not likely he will carry over 50% of the voters and I would suspect that most of those that vote for the other two candidates wouldn't be supporters of Hoffman. We'll have a "representative" that represents a minority of North Country residents. But it won't make much of a difference anyway. The national conservatives are going to be running his seat in Congress. Hoffman isn't particularly experienced and he certainly isn't much of a speaker. I suspect that the national right that controlled his campaign will be there to manipulate his "representation" of us North Country residents. He's no John McHugh, that's for sure.
If Hoffman should win. as the most junior member of the minority party, he will be a zero in Washington and, in any event, his seat will be redistricted out of existance in 2010/11 anyway.
But if voters in a district which fragile economic existance is entirely dependent on government programs from Albany and Washington want a representative who is against all that "big government waste" that's their choice.
He (Hoffman) is no John McHugh. You are so right. Obama dangled a carrot in front of McHugh to remove him and McHugh bit. Now we will have a Congressman in NY23 who will not bite.
As far as I'm concerned if people vote for Hoffman based on principal then that's okay. I like Dede, but I can't vote for her. I don't want another RINO or Democrat "representing" me. What's my choice?
I know a bunch of other folks who feel as I do. We want some change, but not the type that been coming out of Albany and DC for the past 30 years.
Right. At least Hoffman will be a change in that the North Country will be represented by a Southern-style Congressman like Dick Armey, and who has support from the Minutemen. He'll get on TV a lot, and won't need local fund-raising, or to pay attention to local issues, because Beck's got his back.
So we'll be in step with Dixie, finally. I always thought this region was on the wrong side of the Civil War, to be honest.
Both sides of my family fought FOR the Union and some participated in the Underground Railroad. There are also records of them having fought at Lexington as Minutemen and elsewhere in the Revolution. So kindly stop the racist garbage. I have no issue with the modern day Minutemen either. Our gov't isn't stopping illegal immigration, so the citizens will.
If Hoffman does win and becomes a tool for Armey or anyone else, I will be among the first to vote him out. It's his call. But why is having him maybe being a tool of some GOP big wig bad, but having Dede be a tool of the RINOs or Owens be a tool for Schumer and Pelosi better?
You're right, Bret, the RINOs have a lot of power.
I remember when George Pataki won the presidency...
Oh, wait.
South's gonna do it again!!!!!
About time!
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