Batting .750 Ain’t Bad
I must admit, I developed an emotional attachment to the NY-23 congressional race; so it got me right in the kischkes when Democrat Bill Owens topped Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman. If it’s any consolation, Hoffman is much better known now than he was just a month ago; which means he may be a [...]
Showdown Alarms
“REPUBLICAN” SCOZZAFAVA
The NY-23 special election on Tuesday has the attention of
the White House at the highest levels, with White House sources
saying that the endorsement of Democrat Bill
Owens by “Republican” Dede
Scozzafava came only after a call from White House
chief of staff Rahm [...]
Dede Goes Down Upstate
Hell hath no fury like a RINO scorned and anyone who expected
Dede Scozzafava to lose gracefully got a rude awakening
over the weekend. Having stubbornly stayed in the upstate New
York congressional race long past the point where her defeat was
a certainty, Scozzafava made a tearful exit [...]
Wow, That Was Quick: Scozzafava Drops Out of NY-23 Race
I think my predictions for the special election in New York’s 23rd district are pretty safe now:
Republican Dede Scozzafava has suspended her bid in next Tuesday’s NY 23 special election, a huge development that dramatically shakes up the race. She did not endorse either of her two opponents — Conservative party candidate Doug Hoffman or [...]
NY23: ‘Do You Believe in Miracles’?
What a difference two weeks can make. Toward the end of an
Oct. 14 conference call organized by David
Keene of the American Conservative Union, congressional
candidate Doug
Hoffman plaintively asked, “Does anybody know how to get
Glenn Beck interested in this?”
Monday afternoon, Hoffman was interviewed [...]
Doug Hoffman, Ordinary American
State Route 3 runs through New
York‘s
23rd Congressional District
from Hannibal on the west end near Lake Ontario to
Plattsburgh on the shore of Lake Champlain that forms the
state‘s eastern border with the
Vermont.
From Hannibal, it takes about an hour and a half [...]
