Thread: BREAKING: Scozzafava suspends NY 23 campaign

tom_in_sac wrote: Super Cat wrote: I've always been accustomed to the person who was right calling the person who was wrong stupid, not the other way around. Crazy world, eh? Not so crazy after all.  I said Owens would win, and now that the votes are counted, he did.  That extends the Dem grip on the House. LOL You said he'd win by a horse length.  +5 points was your prediction wasn't it? Well, had...

How would you know? You're a RINO, a moderate, and you have no place to go. The dems don't want you, they want to get rid of the blue dogs. We don't want you because you only ruin the republican party with your lack of core beliefs, you don't have the support of the libertarians because they, like conservatives have principles too, and you don't have your own political party. Talk about loose-in-the-head...

Thoughtless wrote: AlterEgo wrote: lightoftruth wrote: This should be the first win in the "C" column. Are we watching the birth of a viable national third party???? No NO NO NO NO NO third party. What we need is a conservative take over of the republican party.  We need to exorcise the RINO's from the party, kick out the current leadership, force them to switch to the dem party.  because that is where they...

Big_Mike wrote: Tsalagi1 wrote: AlterEgo wrote: lightoftruth wrote: This should be the first win in the "C" column. Are we watching the birth of a viable national third party???? No NO NO NO NO NO third party. What we need is a conservative take over of the republican party.  We need to exorcise the RINO's from the party, kick out the current leadership, force them to switch to the dem party.  because that is...

insidedge wrote: Election outcome, very close, but Hoffman (C) lost, 46% to 49% in favor of Owens (D).  And even tho' Scozzafava (R) bowed out she got 5%. This is a traditionally republican area.  A democrat hasn't won there for many years.  Conservatives sent a strong message to the republican party for its social liberal choice, but it didn't turn out in a win for either the republican or...

insidedge wrote: Election outcome, very close, but Hoffman (C) lost, 46% to 49% in favor of Owens (D).  And even tho' Scozzafava (R) bowed out she got 5%. This is a traditionally republican area.  A democrat hasn't won there for many years.  Conservatives sent a strong message to the republican party for its social liberal choice, but it didn't turn out in a win for either the republican or...

tom_in_sac wrote: Super Cat wrote: I've always been accustomed to the person who was right calling the person who was wrong stupid, not the other way around. Crazy world, eh? Not so crazy after all.  I said Owens would win, and now that the votes are counted, he did.  That extends the Dem grip on the House. The election of Scuzzyfava would have done the same. Owens is not an ideological democrat.  He was a...

Lynne wrote: insidedge wrote: Election outcome, very close, but Hoffman (C) lost, 46% to 49% in favor of Owens (D).  And even tho' Scozzafava (R) bowed out she got 5%. This is a traditionally republican area.  A democrat hasn't won there for many years.  Conservatives sent a strong message to the republican party for its social liberal choice, but it didn't turn out in a win for either the republican...

tom_in_sac wrote: AlterEgo wrote: I think you have a major claim on "thundering stupidity" T I S, we can review the conservatives "lack of cohesion" tomorrow when the party takes not only all the races in Virginia, but the governorship of NJ also. Then I eat my share of crow.  But thundering stupidity would be to think the three races in NY, NJ and VA were clear evidence of a right-wing resurgence in...

http://www.politico.com/blogs/scorecard/1009/BREAKING_Scozzafava_drops_out_of_NY_23.html Republican Dede Scozzafava has suspended her bid in next Tuesday’s NY 23 special election, a huge development that dramatically shakes up the race. She did not endorse either of her two opponents -- Conservative party candidate Doug Hoffman or Democrat Bill Owens.  The decision to suspend her campaign is a boost for Hoffman, who already had the...