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NY-23: Do You Believe in Miracles?

By | 11.17.09 | 8:51 am

Notwithstanding analyses of the remaining ballots in the NY-23 special election, which suggest that Rep. Bill Owens (D-N.Y.) will solidify his win, defeated Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman is still talking about an upset.

NY-23: Absentees (Still) Point to a Democratic Win

By | 11.16.09 | 5:54 pm

I see that Doug Hoffman has “un-conceded” in the NY-23 special election after some prodding from Glenn Beck. Unfortunately for the Conservative Party candidate, the absentee ballot count so far points to a victory for Rep. Bill Owens (D-N.Y.). The key problem for Hoffman: Dede Scozzafava, the Republican candidate who More…

NY-23: Hoffman, Holding Out Hope

By | 11.16.09 | 9:49 am

Doug Hoffman, he failed Conservative Party candidate in the NY-23 special election is clearly relishing the surprise twist in his election – errors in the count that have put him only around 3,000 votes behind his opponent, Rep. Bill Owens (D-N.Y.), with around 6,000 absentee ballots outstanding. He appeared More…

A Tea Party Candidate Promises Fiorina a Fight

By | 11.16.09 | 6:00 am

Carly Fiorina announced her 2010 campaign for California’s U.S. Senate seat in the usual way. She rolled out a new Website. She bounded across a stage at a “green detergents” factory to the strains of “Surfin’ U.S.A.” and gave a short More…

NY-23: Hoffman Campaign Looks at Overturning the Election

By | 11.12.09 | 11:05 am

On election night, Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman conceded defeat to Democratic candidate Bill Owens after dramatically under-performing in key counties and deciding that he couldn’t overcome the gap. Today, the campaign is “looking very closely” at a recanvass of the district that has revealed, as recanvasses often do, More…

NY-23: A Conservative Polling Memo on Hoffman

By | 11.11.09 | 12:46 pm

Earlier today I talked with conservative pollster Rick Shaftan of Neighborhood Research, who has released a post-mortem memo and survey on the NY-23 special election. How did Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman lose to Democratic candidate Bill Owens? A few of Shaftan’s arguments:

- Dede Scozzafava’s endorsement of Owens — More…

Sorry About Your Unemployment Benefits, But We Need to Fight ACORN

By | 11.06.09 | 11:46 am

This rundown of why a vote on unemployment insurance benefits was delayed by five weeks seems like a nadir in the War on ACORN. According to Ryan Grim, the GOP objected to an early vote because they “were trying to introduce unrelated amendments attacking ACORN and the financial-industry More…

Huckabee: Conservative Party Asked Me Not to Get Involved in NY-23 (Video)

By | 11.04.09 | 8:21 pm

Here’s another nugget from former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s appearance today in Washington. Huckabee caught some heat from the right, particularly from RedState’s Erick Erickson, for withholding his endorsement for NY-23 Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman until Republican Dede Scozzafava had dropped out of the race.

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Huckabee: NY-23 GOP Candidate Scozzafava ‘a Total Train Wreck’ (Video)

By | 11.04.09 | 8:00 pm

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee came under harsh criticism from the right for withholding his endorsement for NY-23 Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman until after Republican Dede Scozzafava withdrew from the race. At an event today at the St. Regis Hotel in Washington, Huckabee ripped into the GOP candidate — More…

NY-23: Hoffman 2010?

By | 11.04.09 | 3:37 pm

SARANAC LAKE, NY – Will Doug Hoffman mount another bid for Congress in 2010? Jim Tedisco, the other New York GOPer who lost a special election in neighboring NY-20, is already set for a 2010 rematch with Rep. Scott Murphy (D-N.Y.). And before the polls closed, it was very clear More…