Time out from "Stalinism"
Boris Shor, a professor at the University of Chicago, makes what appears to be a persuasive case that Scott Brown, the Republican candidate for the Senate in Massachusetts, is a liberal. Indeed, Shor argues that, objectively speaking, he is more liberal than Dede Scozzafava, the candidate for Congress in New York against whom [...]
Does Lindsey Graham hear footsteps?
Sen. Lindsey Graham offers the least cogent commentary about New York-23 I’ve seen. Graham told Politico:
To those people who are pursuing purity, you’ll become a club not a party. Those people who are trying to embrace conservatism in a thoughtful way that fits the region and the state and the district are [...]
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 [...]
Scozzafava Spoils Doug Hoffman’s Run?
Saranac Lake, N.Y.
With 92 percent of precincts reporting, Democrat Bill Owens claimed victory over conservative Doug Hoffman by a 49 percent to 45 percent margin. Republican Dede Scozzafava got six percent of the vote. Her name remained on the ballot though she dropped out of the race and endorsed the Democrat over the weekend–a move [...]
Scozzafava Endorses Owens
Vindicating all who criticized her as an unsuitable Republican nominee, Dede Scozzafava, having suspended her fading campaign yesterday, endorsed Democrat Bill Owens today.
UPDATE: Glenn Reynolds quotes Ms. Scozzafava, and comments:
Scozzafava on Friday: “I have been a Republican my entire life, I will be a Republican until I die. I believe in the [...]
NY-23: Hoffman Leads - and Now It Looks Like He Really Does!
Politico now reports new polling in the NY-23 special election that shows that the previous poll by the Club for Growth, which we talked about in an earlier post, was no fluke: Even the Daily Kos’s polling now sees a huge surge towards conservative candidate Doug Hoffman in the last week before Tuesday’s vote.
And [...]
