The Palin crazies have won the first battle in their bid for electoral supremacy.
Instead of allowing a Democrat win by splitting the conservative vote in New York's 23rd Congressional District, Republican candidate Dede Scozzafava has pulled out - thus allowing Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman a clear run.
So MC Steele's GOP can't beat it's breakaway nutjobs and now we're faced with the prospect of a bona fide teabagger in Congress?
Let's hope Democratic candidate Bill Owens can prevail and avert the beginnings of a catastrophe. He was only a point behind Hoffman at 35% of likely voters with Scozzafava on 20%. So it will be interesting to see whether the trad Republicans of upstate NY will go wingnut or vote for sanity - however much the idea of supporting a dem might be anathema. Watch that space...
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The Gumdrop Stage of Grief ...
2 years ago
Bill Owens is in trouble ... I'm on the ground here in the 23rd and can tell you that the vast majority of the Dede voters will vote for Hoffman. McHugh used to win this district with 70 to 75 percent of the vote. I predict a 10 point victory for Hoffman - I don't like it, but that's how I see it falling out; Hoffman 50 percent, Owens 40 and Scozzafava will still get a reflexive I can't vote for anybody but the Republic Party candidate vote of 10 percent.
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