The Scozzafava Scandals
Ordinarily, I dote on every word writ by Rich Galen, cybercolumnist extraordinaire, proprietor of Mullings, my favorite non-blog blog (neg-blog?) Alas, I think he has really gone off the Newtonian end on the NY-23 race.
In today’s Mullings, Rich writes the following:
The Conservatives nominated a guy named Doug Hoffman who does not live in the [...]
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 [...]
NRCC Chairman Sessions: We Would Welcome Hoffman With "Open Arms"
Politico reports:
The House Republican leadership is prepared to welcome Doug Hoffman into its ranks, National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) said Thursday, a sign that the GOP establishment is recalibrating its approach toward the contentious New York special election and the Conservative Party nominee whose candidacy has divided the party.
“He would be very [...]
Kristol: Former NRCC Chair Tom Cole Endorses Hoffman in NY-23
THE WEEKLY STANDARD has learned that veteran and widely-respected Rep. Tom Cole (R, Okla.), former chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee and a member of the GOP Steering Committee and a Deputy GOP House Whip, will be endorsing Doug Hoffman in the NY-23 race.
This is significant. Cole is a conservative, but not a fire-breathing [...]
Shouldn’t the Republican Establishment Help a Republican Win a Congressional Seat?
A new poll in the November 3 special election for the congressional seat, NY-23, vacated by Army Secretary John McHugh, confirms what knowledgeable observers have suspected for a while: The candidacy of the official Republican nominee, liberal Dede Scozzafava, selected by local party officials and supported by the national Republican establishment, is collapsing. The Republican [...]
Losing It Over Scozzafava
National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Rep.
Pete Sessions (R-Texas) lashed out at
conservative Republican colleagues during a meeting on Capitol
Hill Wednesday when asked why the NRCC chose to back liberal,
ACORN supported candidate Dede
Scozzafava, in the upcoming special election to
succeed Rep. John McHugh in [...]
