This is why you lose elections.
GOP officials: We won’t abandon Dede
The National Republican Congressional Committee remains committed to embattled GOP nominee Dede Scozzafava in the upstate New York House special election, even as many of the party’s top names throw their support to Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman.
Two party officials tell POLITICO that the NRCC will continue to air TV ads propping up Scozzafava in the days leading up to the Nov. 3 contest and plans to keep up a near relentless barrage of press releases slamming Hoffman.
Scozzafava, a state assemblywoman who supports gay marriage, abortion rights and has a close relationship with leading labor officials in her region, has been the target of sustained criticism from conservatives who claim she is too liberal for them to support her candidacy.
Hoffman, an accounting executive, is attracting an ever-growing group of conservative backers, including former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) and Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.) have also endorsed the third-party candidate.
Public and private polls have shown Hoffman gaining on Scozzafava but both trail the Democratic nominee, attorney Bill Owens.
What the fools at the helm of the wayward GOP fail to realize is that their whole strategy is wrong?
Why? Yes, it is true that more people identify themselves as Dems then Republicans:
Fewer People Identify As Republicans Than Ever Before In Post Poll
Reporting on the new ABC/Washington Post poll has mostly focused on support for a public health care option. But the poll also shows that, while Republicans have succeeded in stonewalling Democratic initiatives in Congress, they have not managed to rebuild their party.
Only 20 percent of respondents identified themselves as Republicans — the lowest number since the paper starting asking the question.
But it is also true that:
Conservatives Maintain Edge as Top Ideological Group Compared with 2008, more Americans “conservative” in general, and on issues
PRINCETON, NJ — Conservatives continue to outnumber moderates and liberals in the American populace in 2009, confirming a finding that Gallup first noted in June. Forty percent of Americans describe their political views as conservative, 36% as moderate, and 20% as liberal. This marks a shift from 2005 through 2008, when moderates were tied with conservatives as the most prevalent group.
Which is Why:
73% of GOP Voters Say Congressional Republicans Have Lost Touch With Their Base
President Obama told an audience at a Democratic Party fundraiser Wednesday night that Republicans often “do what they’re told,” but GOP voters don’t think their legislators listen enough to them.
Just 15% of Republicans who plan to vote in 2012 state primaries say the party’s representatives in Congress have done a good job of representing Republican values.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 73% think Republicans in Congress have lost touch with GOP voters from throughout the nation. Twelve percent (12%) are undecided.
And which is why the GOP continues to do poorly in almost every poll.
It’s as simple as that.
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When I was the GOP nominee for Congress here in the 18th District TX (Houston) some years ago,I never got so much as a phone call from those party pricks in DC offering to help…much less any actual campaign funds to run against the liberal Democrat incumbent…and this was after I had established my conservative bona fides as a radio talk show host as well as doing yeoman’s work as a local party wheelhorse working in campaigns,as a convention delegate etc….from where I sit,not having the RNCC in his corner is probably the best thing that could happen to Doug Hoffman…..I hope he wins an outright majority and rubs their noses in it….they can all go to hell as far as I’m concerned….especially Newt Gingrich who should know better
Newt Gingrich is busy re-writing his legacy, necessary as anyone who has read Tom DeLay’s book will attest.
I’m usually not the one to suggest we split our strength with a third party candidate but in this case I am with Hoffman all the way. If it means we lose one possible vote against retaining Nancy Pelosi as Speaker but send the GOP a message that nominating business as usual candidates must stop it will be worth it.
However, that does not mean in any way, shape, manner or form that I endorse in general the principle of setting up a third party. It would be a huge mistake.
P.S. The poll which suggests that people have abandoned the GOP is WRONG. It’s contradicted by Rasmussen and I’m pretty sure Gallup as well.
P.P.S. TWO POLLS SHOW CONSERVATIVE HOFFMAN LEADING 3 WAY RACE!
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2009/house/ny/new_york_23rd_district_special_election-1119.html
Newt and Lindsey Graham are members of the Council on Foreign Relations. They and others have sold out to the globalists who want one world government. This is why both parties look so much alike.
I am not in favor of a third party (look at what happened with Perot), but I am in favor of slapping around the current republican leadership. The RNC keeps begging for money and then supports RINOs.
It is time to have another Reagan revolution and have a conservative take over of the party. Gringrich, DeLay, Hutchinson, and many others have shown that they were in it for the power and money and it is time to remove them. Newt sold out and is now trying to remake his image. There is no way I would support Newt for anything other than county dog catcher. Kay Bailey Hutchinson thinks she has a shot at TX gov? That ain’t going to happen either. And, DeLay, please!
Any republican that voted for TARP and or the stimulus, supported health care reform, or the crap and tax bill needs to go.
I am in favor of a third party if that’s what it takes to wake up the other two. Perot was pretty close. Times are such that I think a third party would have a much better chance. I don’t trust many in the Republican party since so many are CFR globalists. (including those that run the party)The only time you waste your vote is when you cast it for someone you don’t really believe is the best person for the job.
@Joe said: “Perot was pretty close.” Really? How many states did he win in 1992 and 1996?
All Ross Perot did was make it possible for Bill Clinton to beat Bush in 1992 and be re-elected in 1996.
A 3rd party attracting conservatives only assures a Democrat victory.
It may not be easy to take back the GOP but it sure would be a heck of a lot more effective than a third party.
You guys still don’t understand why you’ve been decimated in the last two elections. And the wingnuts endorsement of Hoffman just proves it. Hoffman’s endorsements come from the South and West. The majority of fundraisers are held outside the district. National party committees comment daily on the race. National debates on social issues and partisan concerns get rehashed here to the exclusion of questions specific to voters in the 23rd district.
The truth is, it doesn’t matter what some yokel from Alabama or Sarah Palin or Rush Limbaugh think about Scozzafava. What does matter is what the people of NY-23 think. If she reflects the values of local Republicans, how dare you people try to come in and shove some far rightwing teabagger, who doesn’t even live in the district, down their throats?
I’m sure you’ve heard the saying that “all politics is local”. Apparently, you’ve forgotten what that means. When asked about the rooftop highway that could connect Watertown to Plattsburgh, Mr. Hoffman said he was “open to reviewing and studying it.” When asked about winter navigation on the St. Lawrence Seaway, he took no position. When asked about widening and deeping the Seaway, he again said nothing.
Game over Hoffman.
The second poll released today has Hoffman again in the lead with Hoffman at 34 percent, Owens with 29, Scozzafava with 14, and 23 percent undecided.
But you’re right in the fact that it matters what the people of NY-23 think…and thinking is what they are now doing, much to your consternation and teeth-gnashing.
People everywhere need information to help them make good decisions in the voting booth. It shouldn’t matter to you where that info comes from, provided it is true. I’m sure people in NY get slanted news just like people in Al. or Fl. Sometimes it might be helpful for an outsider to point out some things one otherwise would not have known.
I have long since stopped funds to the National Republican Congressional Comm. for just this reason: no control as to who is really funded and what their voting record is. Now my $$$ go directly to the
candidates of my choice, and not to support the good ‘ole boys. NYS Republican committee is a joke, always has been in bed with the Democrats. Why else did Governor Pataki not groom a
viable candidate (how about the Lieutenant Governor??) once his two terms were up?
We need to be calling the entrenched Senators and Reps and inform them that we may not be able to oust them, but we can work to elect candidates in the red and purple districts. I know a lot of conservatives from outside districts are doing that already, just let Reid, Pelosi, Hoyer and Durbin, know maybe not you, but we can do something to knock down your majority.
Allowing the GOP to finance whoever they see fit gets us Specters, Scozzafavas, and Fiorinas. Specter would not have had a chance to jump ship if the GOP didn’t step in and help him. They need a message too, we are not sending you a dime, it’s going to so and so because we aren’t agreeing that you know who’s best for this country. McConnell and Boehner need to be nudged too.
Same on the state level, enough!