NY-23: Palin Endorses Conservative Party Candidate Hoffman

So much NY-23 news to discuss, but this one deserves a post of its own. Read it:

The people of the 23rd Congressional District of New York are ready to shake things up, and Doug Hoffman is coming on strong as Election Day approaches! He needs our help now.

The votes of every member of Congress affect every American, so it’s important for all of us to pay attention to this important Congressional campaign in upstate New York. I am very pleased to announce my support for Doug Hoffman in his fight to be the next Representative from New York’s 23rd Congressional district. It’s my honor to endorse Doug and to do what I can to help him win, including having my political action committee, SarahPAC, donate to his campaign the maximum contribution allowed by law. …

And best of all, Doug Hoffman has not been anointed by any political machine. …

Political parties must stand for something. When Republicans were in the wilderness in the late 1970s, Ronald Reagan knew that the doctrine of “blurring the lines” between parties was not an appropriate way to win elections. Unfortunately, the Republican Party today has decided to choose a candidate who more than blurs the lines, and there is no real difference between the Democrat and the Republican in this race. This is why Doug Hoffman is running on the Conservative Party’s ticket.

Republicans and conservatives around the country are sending an important message to the Republican establishment in their outstanding grassroots support for Doug Hoffman: no more politics as usual.

Wow. True to form, she’s taking on the whole party. This is going to be really, really good.

97 thoughts on “NY-23: Palin Endorses Conservative Party Candidate Hoffman”

  2. http://thehill.com/homenews/ca…

    Pawlenty, speaking to reporters after his political action committee held its first fundraiser, said he did not know enough about the candidates to make an endorsement, and that he had not been following the race.

    Any way T-Paw can beat Palin for the 2012 nod after that kind of weaseling?

  3. Dede Scozzafava is an awful campaigner. The botched photo op, calling the cops on the reporter. The extremely poor fundraising. One thing I think that should be noted is if Scozzafava comes in third and Christie looses, maybe overweight candidates don’t do well in the northeast.

  4. Is it too much to hope for that she forms a national Conservative Party?

    Given her inability to play well with others, ignoring the entire primary process would seem right up her alley.

  6. Hoffman CANNOT win this election, because that would only embolden the wingnuts.

    I’d rather have Scozzafava win because it would completely emasculate the wingnuts.

    Owens winning would be peaches and cream too of course. lol

  7. for Hoffman.

    This is exactly why I’m rooting for Hoffman, a Hoffman victory will give other wingnuts to run as third party candidates where the situation isn’t so favorable, turning a good number of Northern seats to the Democrats.  And if the GOP wants to avoid this, they will have to nominate unelectable wingnuts.

    Wouldn’t you just love to have the wingnut third party candidates in places like Connecticut, Illinois, Delaware, or Ohio?

    And that’s not counting the big enchilada, Sarah Palin running third party in 2012.

  9. Owens: 45%

    Scozzafava: 32%

    Hoffman: 23%

    In the end, name recognition and the inherent difficulty in running a third-party campaign will hurt Hoffman and ensure an impressive, but decisive third-place finish.

    If this were a primary, Hoffman would wipe the floor with Scozzafava.  But this is a general election.  I have yet to see evidence that people are ready to go third-party in massive numbers, no matter how upset they are with the two-party system.

    A lot of Republicans in this district are old-school moderates and they must know that Scozzafava is their only chance of stopping Owens.

  11. I think a Hoffman close second place is just what I’m hoping for.  With Dede doing awful, conservatives can scream about how they would have won if Hoffman had gotten the nomnation.  

    While this may not encourage conservatives to run as third party candidates…..it will encourage more conservative challengers in the primary and embolden conservatives to get behind people like Rubio.  

    This is IMO, the moment of truth.  If Conservatives get “the win” they will take over and drive the mderates to the Dems in even bigger numbers.  

    The only question then becomes, will the progressives have enough votes to take on the centrists and slight right leaners like Snowe this will cause the Democratic party to take on??  

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