Coakley’s Titanic Ride
When New York-23 House candidate Doug
Hoffman surged in the polls, to knock
pseudo Republican Dede Scozzafava
out of the race, the White House and the Democratic
National Committee asked AFL-CIO and SEIU officials to carpet
bomb the upstate New York district in get out the vote efforts [...]
Recanvassing Reduces Owens Lead to 2 Points in NY-23
Via Drudge, Syracuse.com reports that Democrat Bill Owens, who was sworn in as a congressman last week, has had his lead reduced from 5,300 to 3,000 votes after recanvassing took place:
Conservative Doug Hoffman conceded the race in the 23rd Congressional District last week after receiving two pieces of grim news for his campaign: He was [...]
Wish fulfillment journalism
Chris Cillizza is a talented but partisan political reporter for the Washington Post. One of his specialties is purporting to draw lessons about political candidates from obscure and rather meaningless comments and events. Somehow, these lessons typically reflect favorably on liberal Democrats and unfavorably on conservative Republicans.
For example, I wrote here about [...]
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 [...]
A Victory in NY 23 for Conservatives
Even if you’re not generally a fan of the winning-by-losing theory, Republicans and conservatives really should be glad that conservative Doug Hoffman chased liberal Republican Dede Scozzafava from the field in New York’s 23rd congressional district. Why’s that?
First, Scozzafava couldn’t have won in a two-way race anyway. She was a terrible candidate and more liberal [...]
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 [...]
