The Washington Independent

Posts Tagged Conservative Party

NY-23: ‘Doug Rode the 50-Foot Wave’

By | 11.03.09 | 8:59 pm

SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. – Supporters are slowly trickling into Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman’s election night party at the Hotel Saranac, into a small ballroom with four flatscreen TVs tuned to election coverage. The reaction to Bob McDonnell’s long-expected victory in Virginia’s gubernatorial race was muted — no bursts of More…

NY-23: [UPDATE] Hoffman Accuses Democrats of ‘Stealing the Election’

By | 11.03.09 | 4:27 pm

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — At a short press availability in his campaign office here, NY-23 Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman said that a GOTV volunteer’s tires had been slashed, and all but blamed Democrats for the dirty trick.

“There are reports that they’re bringing in the troops and they’re bringing in More…

NY-23: Hoffman on the Stump (VIDEO)

By | 11.03.09 | 11:08 am

WATERTOWN, N.Y. — As I mentioned today in my story, some reporters have been frustrated by how calm, and downright shy, NY-23 Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman can be in speeches and interviews. The best example of how the media here reacts to Hoffman came in the More…

NY-23: Young Christians for Hoffman

By | 11.03.09 | 9:37 am

WATERTOWN, N.Y. – Dozens of activists from Generation Joshua have made the trip to New York’s 23rd Congressional District, and on Monday they organized into groups of four to eight people and canvassed the district for Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman. In between canvassing trips, they gathered in this small More…

A New Conservative Star Wrestles With the Spotlight

By | 11.03.09 | 9:12 am

WATERTOWN, N.Y. – Fred Thompson sounded like he was about to choke up. The former Tennessee senator and current conservative radio host, one of the first national political figures to endorse Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman in New York’s 23rd Congressional District, was introducing his candidate at the final pre-election More…

NY-23: ‘Hoffman, Baby, Hoffman!’

By | 11.02.09 | 1:56 pm

WATERTOWN, N.Y. — I don’t blog everything that Sarah Palin writes on Facebook, but her response to Vice President Joe Biden’s jab at her energy policy — made at a Bill Owens rally in Watertown — seems noteworthy. First, there’s the speed with which it went up. Second, there’s More…

NY-23: Biden Backs Owens, Slams Limbaugh and Palin

By | 11.02.09 | 11:26 am

WATERTOWN, N.Y. – Rallying support for Democratic congressional candidate Bill Owens before Tuesday’s special election in NY-23, Vice President Joe Biden today told a mostly full room at the North Side Improvement League to “teach a lesson” to right-wing activists. Ideological activists, said Biden, forced Republican candidate Dede Scozzafava out More…

NY-23: Hoffman Leads by Five Points in New Siena Poll

By | 11.02.09 | 10:34 am

WATERTOWN, N.Y. — The final Siena poll (pdf) of the NY-23 special election is out, and while it finds Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman leading Democrat Bill Owens, many of purged GOP candidate Dede Scozzafava’s supporters have moved into the “undecided” column.

On the eve of Election

More…

NY-23: Hoffman’s Last Day on the Trail

By | 11.02.09 | 9:19 am

WATERTOWN, N.Y. — As I reported in my story today, the campaign of Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman is not talking or thinking much about purged GOP candidate Dede Scozzafava. Some in the campaign are disappointed that more wasn’t done to court Scozzafava and keep her on the fence. More…

NY-23: Rudy Giuliani Robocalls for Hoffman

By | 11.01.09 | 9:04 pm

WATERTOWN, N.Y. — On a Sunday evening conference call with conservative bloggers — where he was joined by former Dede Scozzafava campaign manager Matt Burns — Rob Ryan, spokesman for NY-23 Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman, said that former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani had recorded a robocall for the More…