Hot Air has the details. Apparently she quit the race after a particularly bad poll. It is not clear to me whether she threw her support to Hoffman or not.
Good news or bad news? Well . . . turns out her supporters like the Democrat better.
Maybe at least the GOP can get behind Hoffman now?
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I normally don’t like Chris Matthews, but here is a good video of him trying to get a straight answer out of Michael Long, chairman of the Conservative Party. Not all of you will like this.
carlitos (030057) — 10/31/2009 @ 2:34 pmCare to take bets on whether Scozzafava got a post-election job offer (but only if she drops out now) from a Democrat with ties to the White House?
DRJ (dff2ca) — 10/31/2009 @ 2:48 pmAccording to this recent poll, Scozzafava’s 20% support from all voters in the 23rd District also breaks down to:
11% of the Democrats
29% of the Republicans
15% of the Independents
Roughly half of her dwindling support was from Republicans. Where do you think they are going to go?
Official Internet Data Office (a2b4a2) — 10/31/2009 @ 3:00 pmI wondered whether this would benefit Owens. My logic was that Hoffman had already taken all the conservative support from Dede, and so she was actually a spoiler for Owens, not a spoiler for Hoffman.
Steven Den Beste (99cfa1) — 10/31/2009 @ 3:37 pmLast I heard, she released all of her supporters to do their own things, and has not endorsed anyone.
AD - RtR/OS! (a63966) — 10/31/2009 @ 3:39 pmOf those numbers that OIDO’s provided, I would imagine that Hoffman will get almost all of the Repubs, and most of the Indies.
What Dede needs right now is a big hug. Maybe feets can send her a cupcake, too, with sprinkles on top.
daleyrocks (718861) — 10/31/2009 @ 3:48 pmYou know, it must have really hurt when Pataki and D’Amato endorsed Hoffman.
AD - RtR/OS! (a63966) — 10/31/2009 @ 3:56 pmBut, why would they back Dede, she was never a conservative.
It was all the fault of those GOP Stalinists!
Brother Bradley J. Fikes, C.O.R. (0ea407) — 10/31/2009 @ 4:37 pmThat she didn’t have the grace to endorse Mr. Hoffman shows what a classless and porcine dirty socialist she is at heart I think. Whoever wins, our little country is better off with Dede Scozzawhatever shamed and crushed and defeated and shunned.
happyfeet (f62c43) — 10/31/2009 @ 4:40 pmhowzat for a cupcake
happyfeet (f62c43) — 10/31/2009 @ 4:41 pmSeveral have made the point that Pataki had a lot to do with the left turn the GOP made in New York the past few years. He seems to have read the handwriting on the wall. Instapundit’s column today includes the theory I sent him that this is a one year election and even losing to the Democrat is no disaster. Now, I think Hoffman can win. The big unknown now is New Jersey where the Democrats seem to be preparing another Minnesota scenario. As Stalin once said, the one who counts the votes is the one that matters most.
Mike K (2cf494) — 10/31/2009 @ 4:51 pmListening to Frank Rich opine on the fortunes of conservatives is…….a bit rich.
AD - RtR/OS! (a63966) — 10/31/2009 @ 5:16 pmOne of the few times he can say something positive about the GOP leadership (Steele, Boehner, Gingrich, etc) is when he’s using them to bash the conservatives he truly despises.
Now, if we only had the perspective of that insightful Enron advisor….
That was actually a very gratifying cupcake. I especially liked the “classless and porcine” part. I can never quite come up with the perfect and pithy pejorative like that.
Gesundheit (47b0b8) — 10/31/2009 @ 5:20 pmThe left turn in New York?
It has always been a bastion of liberalism
Its funny is a 60 to 70% ideologically liberal district – horrors upon horrors that a somewhat mildly liberal Republican was elected state Senator there and was picked by others to run
for congress
Lets hope Hoffman wins – but if he keeps ducking interviews and debates – the democrats are going to win this one in a walk
EricPWJohnson (a90a13) — 10/31/2009 @ 6:25 pmfeets – Nice sprinkles.
daleyrocks (718861) — 10/31/2009 @ 6:47 pmHappyfeet
Nice article
One of DeDe’s liberal bills
Damn her to hell!
This was proposed long before Hughes was asked to serve as secretary of the Army
And there’s more – but its nice to label her as the enemy when all the things that was important to her to sponsor were well – you make the call
http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?ad=122&sh=spo
EricPWJohnson (a90a13) — 10/31/2009 @ 7:11 pmGood riddance, Dede.
JD (f46258) — 10/31/2009 @ 7:33 pmThis is the BEST news! This “hill to die on” for Republicans was ALWAYS about the party insiders choosing a liberal and I am not saying a liberal in the mold of say a McCain no a leftist liberal. She supported Card Check the “stimulus” and then of course her social stands were extreme for the Republican party. We of course have someone like Guiliani in the party who is prodeath however he is SMALL GOVERNMENT. If the R’s are going to run liberals they had better run ones who will lower taxes and cut spending and get our deficit right!
Jaded (2dcf17) — 10/31/2009 @ 8:18 pmAnd EPWJ is definitely a Moby, even if he doesn’t realize it.
John Hitchcock (3fd153) — 10/31/2009 @ 8:18 pmTrickery! That’s a welfare for codgers bill, Eric. Dede apparently takes dictation straight from the fascist whores at AARP. She’ll not be going to Washington and it’s a lucky lucky thing. Fat adulterous loser hypocrites like Newt Gingrich might be superduper enthusiastic about welfare for codgers but I don’t think it’s in the best interest of our little country. If property taxes are too high they should be lowered for everybody, not targeted to pay off nazi fascists like the AARP. Newt and his precious Scozzahoochie are out of step with America.
happyfeet (f62c43) — 10/31/2009 @ 8:47 pmNewt twitters that NY23 voters should vote for Hoffman.
DRJ (dff2ca) — 10/31/2009 @ 9:08 pmGood for Newt. After he steered the Titanic into the iceberg and the Titanic sank, he said “Oh, that was an iceberg. My bad.” Cudos to Newt.
John Hitchcock (3fd153) — 10/31/2009 @ 9:30 pmFootsie, I call her “Scuzzy Favor.” You can use that if you want. I think it sells (or rents) fairly well.
John Hitchcock (3fd153) — 10/31/2009 @ 9:32 pmI know everyone here gets it, but I still want to point out that the issues involved with Dede Scazzawhatever were not about the GOP.
The MSM, and especially MSNBC, conflate conservatism with the GOP. I really don’t think that they understand that conservatives vote for the GOP as a matter of convenience, not a matter of conviction. At least since Reagan’s term expired.
Conservative votes go to the GOP because the Democratic Party has nothing conservative to offer. At least the GOP gives occasional lip service.
If you disagree with me, Gutfield has my answer.
Ag80 (c46598) — 10/31/2009 @ 9:40 pmWell here’s something we can all cheer.
Newsom exits Calif. governor’s race, leaving Moonbeam Jerry as the sole surviving Dem. candidate.
papertiger (a38535) — 10/31/2009 @ 10:02 pmExcept, I have relatives — that I like — in California.
Ag80 (c46598) — 10/31/2009 @ 10:09 pmAg80, why bring that Godwin Rule in here like that? You and Greg should be ashamed of each other. I mean, seriously…
/snark
John Hitchcock (3fd153) — 10/31/2009 @ 10:09 pmJH:
What? I was simply trying to justify the implication of the inequity of the class society. Can no one give the benefit of the doubt to a Presbyterian in this suburb?
/snark
Ag80 (c46598) — 10/31/2009 @ 10:21 pmAg8o – only the presbyopic …
Alasdair (205079) — 10/31/2009 @ 10:42 pmLets hope Hoffman wins – but if he keeps ducking interviews and debates – the democrats are going to win this one in a walk
Why do we get the feeling that you’d actually prefer that outcome? Gee, can’t imagine why.
Dmac (a964d5) — 11/1/2009 @ 2:39 pm