RSSNew York 23 An Interesting Race Now Without Scozzafava
J.J. Jackson | November 1, 2009
Liberal RINO Dede Scozzafava is out. Not able to get any real traction among the heavily Republican district in New York where she was trying to win a seat in Congress, Scozzafava finally saw the writing on the wall and bowed out. Accounts, to be sure are varying, with some people in the Republican Machine there locally telling me that Scozzafava was actually forced out by the more conservative and more traditional Republicans of the area with enough power. Other people have emailed saying that Scozzafava just simply realized she couldn’t win election and bowed out gracefully like the reports claim.
The result though is clear that a liberal Republican did not stand much of a chance and now the GOP is cowering and trying to make nice with the candidate that should have been on their ticket in the first place!
As the House stands on the cusp of the forthcoming vote on a trillion-dollar healthcare reform measure, it is vital that we unify behind a candidate that will support reining in massive government spending and work with Republicans in Congress to restore fiscal sanity and propose thoughtful measures to get our nation’s economy on the right track.
“With Assemblywoman Scozzafava suspending her campaign, we urge voters to support Doug Hoffman’s candidacy in New York’s 23rd Congressional District.
“He is the only active candidate in the race who supports lower taxes, fiscal responsibility and opposes Nancy Pelosi’s agenda of government-run healthcare, more government and less jobs.
“We look forward to welcoming Doug Hoffman into the House Republican Conference as we work together for the good of our nation.”
- Joint Statement House Republican Leader John Boehner, House Republican Whip Eric Cantor, and NRCC Chairman Pete Sessions
Also Michael Steel has weight in with a similar mea culpa:
“The Republican National Committee respects Dede’s decision to suspend her campaign. This selfless act of releasing her supporters provides voters with the opportunity to unite around a candidate who shares Republican principles and will serve the interests of his constituents in Congress by standing in opposition to the liberal policies of President Obama and Speaker Pelosi.
“Effective immediately, the RNC will endorse and support the conservative candidate in the race, Doug Hoffman. Doug’s campaign will receive the financial backing of the RNC, and get-out-the-vote efforts to defeat Bill Owens on Tuesday.
“I appreciate the hard work Dede put into her campaign, and for understanding the political reality of this race. By releasing her supporters she has gracefully placed the Party before her own self interest, and for this she deserves enormous credit and respect.”
It is a big loss for the establishment within the GOP; the same establishment that brought us John McCain for President in 2008. We will have to wait and see how this all turns out. Hopefully it will be the begining of the end for the week-kneed Republicans, often lead by Newt Gingrich and who was a big Dede proponent in this race, whose whole philosophy seems at times to be nothing more than eh, a little bit of socialism is ok if WE control the pursestrings.
Now the race in NY-23 is about one thing; liberalism versus conservativism. And we are going to see how many RINOs are up there and will not support liberty.
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