rssNY-23: Palin for Hoffman, No Endorsement from Pawlenty
Friday, October 23, 2009 at 10:07 am
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John McCormack had the news first. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who has largely stayed away from candidate endorsements this year, swung for the fences yesterday and endorsed Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman in New York’s 23rd Congressional District.
Political parties must stand for something. When Republicans were in the wilderness in the late 1970s, Ronald Reagan knew that the doctrine of “blurring the lines” between parties was not an appropriate way to win elections. Unfortunately, the Republican Party today has decided to choose a candidate that more than blurs the lines, and there is no real difference between the Democrat and the Republican in this race. This is why Doug Hoffman is running on the Conservative Party’s ticket.
Palin’s endorsement moves this campaign from the sidelines to the center stage of the off-year elections. It’s sort of telling that Jake Tapper of ABC News mistakenly thought that Dick Armey was endorsing Hoffman as a reaction to Palin. Armey actually endorsed Hoffman on Monday — it’s just that the national media wasn’t quite paying attention yet.
The first repercussion of Palin’s move? Last time, reporters got a chance to ask Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-Minn.) if he’d make an endorsement in the race, and Pawlenty said he hadn’t been following it. That the little special election has become a litmus test is a story in itself; that Pawlenty, who is promoting his political action committee right now, passed on a chance to endorse a moderate Republican in a historically Republican district is another story.
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Comment posted October 23, 2009 @ 3:05 pm
She is anything but a genuine conservative. She is a fair-weather sideshow coming in at the final hour on this race only to seal the unfortunate fate of Doug Hoffman. If he was gaining any momentum it will surely be lost as the news of her endorsement spreads through the District. For every vote she may bring to the polls through her “popularity” she will bring three Democrats into the fold. Her endorsement called upon images of Reagan and true conservatism – sadly this is a vision she can only play lip service to as it is certainly not a reflective of her own ideological composition. http://republicanredefined.com/2009/10/23/palin…
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Comment posted October 25, 2009 @ 4:21 pm
Palin's still around?
Alaska has had it with the quitter. She has no more cred than Fox noise. The fact that she's endorsing nutjobs that are extremist right-wing (Yes, EXTREMIST) comes as no surprise, after the Republican party threw her under the bus after the election. Having been dissed by the professionals, she just wants a little retribution. Gee, I thought the Repubs were already in trouble, but they make enemies from their own ranks!
All the winky-winky, “you betcha's” can only last so long, before folk see they have been duped, by someone who really isn't that good at it. I wonder how stupid they will feel.
Think of this, all you Repubs….your party is turning into the very thing W was hot to fight. Even if the definition of right-wing has changed, the definition of extremism has not. All you Repubs complain about the “biased” media, how liberal it is, so your answer is to become extremists to “fight” it?
So, keep listening to the parrots, like Palin. I keep seeing more and more proper, decent Republicans changing parties, because the Republican party does not speak for them anymore. It's hard to know WHO they speak for, but it's not the people, that's for sure.
Comment posted October 29, 2009 @ 2:50 pm
It is now 6 days after your post.
The Daily Kos poll..surely no right wing slanting poll, now shows a surge for Hoffman…up 9 points in one week.
He is behind Democrat candidate Owens by only 1 point..in a historically GOP district.
What were you saying about “momentum”??
Comment posted October 29, 2009 @ 3:00 pm
How can you rant about “extremism” in the GOP, and be so blind to the extremism that is now nin TOTAL control of the Democrats?
Your claims deserve a reality check.
If Republicans are deserting the GOP..how do you explain the fact that the Rasmussen poll now shows the GOP consistently beating the Democrats in the generic ballot??
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/…
How about the GOP being trusted by likely voters MORE than the Democrats on the top 10 issues?
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/…
Have you checked out the Virginia governors race?
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/…
How about the New Jersey govenor's race..where the Republican now leads the Democrat..in an OVERWHELMINGLY Democrat state?
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/…
How is THAT an endorsement of Obama or the Democrats?
You are welcome to your opinion..but the facts say otherwise.
Comment posted November 20, 2009 @ 3:34 pm
livfreeordie,
It's been three weeks, election's over. Hoffman L-O-S-T. What were YOU saying about momentum? Hmmm?
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Comment posted December 7, 2009 @ 12:18 pm
Yup.. Hoffman lost.
It was a long shot.. but it looked good for him there for a while…but then Scozzafava showed her true colors..proving that she was the RINO Hoffman said she was..by dropping out of the race when it was obvious the voters were rejecting her..and endorsing the Democrat!
Owens promptly broke at least two and possibly campaign promises within hours of taking office by voting for Obamacare..probaly figuirng there is no way he will be re-elected anyway.
I would have loved a trifecta… but I'll take the governors races in BOTH Virginia AND overwhemingly Democrat New Jersey as MORE than adequate consolation.
Face it.. if you were a Democrat on election day..you got hosed.
By the way.. noticed Obama's poll numbers lately?
You guys are in trouble..BIG trouble.
See you in 2010!!
Comment posted December 7, 2009 @ 5:18 pm
Yup.. Hoffman lost.
It was a long shot.. but it looked good for him there for a while…but then Scozzafava showed her true colors..proving that she was the RINO Hoffman said she was..by dropping out of the race when it was obvious the voters were rejecting her..and endorsing the Democrat!
Owens promptly broke at least two and possibly campaign promises within hours of taking office by voting for Obamacare..probaly figuirng there is no way he will be re-elected anyway.
I would have loved a trifecta… but I'll take the governors races in BOTH Virginia AND overwhemingly Democrat New Jersey as MORE than adequate consolation.
Face it.. if you were a Democrat on election day..you got hosed.
By the way.. noticed Obama's poll numbers lately?
You guys are in trouble..BIG trouble.
See you in 2010!!
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