I do hope Doug Hoffman does win this election. if he does, maybe the Republican party will take notice and run more conserative candidates.
NY congressional race - the 'perfect storm'
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=741490Jim Brown - OneNewsNow - 10/28/2009 7:15:00 AMA political analyst says a special election in northern New York Tuesday could be one of the most important congressional races ever, and may even lead to a split in the Republican Party.
A poll released by the Club for Growth yesterday shows Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman with a narrow lead in the special election in New York's 23rd congressional district to replace John McHugh, the former congressman who recently became Secretary of the Army.
The poll of 300 likely voters shows Hoffman at 31 percent, Democrat Bill Owens at 27 percent, Republican Dede Scozzafava at 20 percent, while 22 percent remain undecided. Hoffman has won the endorsements of Republican Party heavyweights such as Sarah Palin, Tim Pawlenty, and Fred Thompson, while Scozzafava is being backed by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and House GOP leaders like Minority Leader John Boehner and Eric Cantor. The GOP candidate has also received awards and thousands of campaign dollars from some of the country's leading pro-abortion activists (see below).
David Corbin, assistant professor of politics at The King's College in New York City, says he is not surprised by Hoffman's surging poll numbers because "American politics is ready for a perfect storm."
"I don't think any of us expected that the perfect storm would occur in northern New York, but the conditions were right for an election like this. The way the country is moving in terms of the Obama administration, the reaction to that movement from conservative groups across the country, and the lack of a Republican response to the Obama administration -- I think all of those things together point to something like this happening."
Corbin contends that for years, Republican leaders have been convinced that "it's better to be an echo than a choice." He says Republican leaders in New York state who chose Dede Scozzafava are "trying not to lose an election" instead of "trying to win an election."
Scozzafava's pro-abortion supporters
The Republican National Committee earlier this month made a six-figure transfer to the New York Republican Party to help GOP candidate DeDe Scozzafava in her bid for the state's 23rd Congressional seat. According to Congressional Quarterly, the RNC is also giving $85,000 to the state party, the maximum allowed for a coordinated campaign, and has two staffers on the ground in the district.
Many conservatives have expressed outrage over the Republican Party's endorsement of a candidate who supports abortion and same-sex "marriage," and who has backed President Obama's "stimulus" package and the $700-billion bank bailout.
In March 2008, Scozzafava, who has served on the board of Planned Parenthood, received the Margaret Sanger Award from Family Planning Advocates of New York State. In her acceptance speech, she voiced support for abortion on demand.
"The only way we ever cure those things of the human condition is by listening to people. And each person is an individual with his or her own rights. And when you look at it that way, a lot of issues become very simple -- issues that are seemingly complex become simple."
Scozzafava has received $1,000 from the Planned Parenthood PAC and $2,500 from the New York Choice PAC. She has also been given donations by several labor unions, including the National Education Association's political action committee, which doled out $5,000 for her campaign.
