Republican Dede Scozzafava endorses Democrat Bill Owens in the race for New York
By laglen
@laglen (19759)
United States
November 2, 2009 10:41am CST
Scozzafava dropped out after Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman experienced a late-in-the-game surge. The move was expected to consolidate GOP voters behind Hoffman on Tuesday.
But on Sunday, Scozzafava issued a written statement in which she backed Democrat Bill Owens.
Can you believe this?
This is what happens when you work with rinos!
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@ladym33 (10978)
• United States
2 Nov 09
Wish I could chime in, but I don't know a lot about New York politics right now. There is some interesting developments in the political realm going on in Chicago right now too. Elections always bring out the most interested developments in people and issues.
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@valentinesdiner (1214)
• United States
2 Nov 09
Greetings from NY-23,
Dede was handpicked by the state GOP because she would get the Republican vote and the center - - she was enough of a reliable vote in the statehouse that she thought the GOP 'had her back' and enough of a rebel to say she was her own person.
Doug has the backing of out of state GOP but has demonstrated little understanding of major local issues in the local debates.
Dede showed some courage to endorse the Democrat, noting that Owens understood the local concerns better, no talk of policy issues in her endorsement. She will not get invited to many GOP Christmas parties, but if Hoffman comes in second tommorrow, it will be because he was unprepared, not because Dede was a "Rino".
@LaurenInLA (2270)
• United States
2 Nov 09
Wonder what Scozzafava's future is in the republican party. LOL. I find it refreshing that Scozzafava endorsed the candidate that she thought would do the better job (if that was her motivation) and didn't simply endorse a Republican candidate because that's the party thing to do. I agree with the previous poster. Get rid of both parties. They've outlived their usefulness. The only good thing about all of the arguing that they do is that they gridlock things so much that it keeps them from actually doing anything. Am I cynical or what? You struck a nerve!
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@Taskr36 (13963)
• United States
3 Nov 09
The guy she did NOT endorse was an independent conservative. He is not running as a republican. She dropped out because the independent pulled votes away from her putting her in third place in the polls. He'll almost certainly win now. I haven't heard one stance of hers that is in line with Republican ideals so it doesn't surprise me that she endorsed the democrat. Some however believe she did it out of spite.
@gewcew23 (8007)
• United States
2 Nov 09
Well why would this surprise any one. A Democrat running as a Republican is still a Democrat. I cannot find much difference between Scozzafaza and Owens. I doubt this endorsement will help Owens much. Dede did not have much support towards the end of her failed election bid. Any one that would have voted for Dede are those that would vote for a Republican no matter what. Now the national GOP has endorsed Hoffman so Dede's supporter probably will support Hoffman .
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@Taskr36 (13963)
• United States
3 Nov 09
I'm just thrilled to see this woman showing her true colors. She has a lot in common with Arlen Specter. She just chose the big party name that gave her the best chance of winning. I liked Hoffman both because he didn't need to sign on with a big party and because you know what he stands for.
@Rollo1 (16676)
• Boston, Massachusetts
2 Nov 09
I think that this move just puts the lid on the coffin of Scozzafava's political career as a Republican. The Republican party spent upwards of $900,000 on her campaign and in a fit of pique, she endorses the Democrat.
This is an example of the fear of those Republicans who think they must lean left in order to win and so try really hard to distance themselves from any truly conservative voice.
If Hoffman wins then the Republican party has to get the message. People need to see a clear choice. They really don't want moderately liberal or more liberal as the only two choices. 41% of the American people consider themselves to be conservative in political leanings. It's time they get conservative candidates to vote for.
@Taskr36 (13963)
• United States
3 Nov 09
"If Hoffman wins then the Republican party has to get the message."
I would extend that to say the people of this COUNTRY need to get the message. Too many people say voting independent is "throwing your vote away". Well right here we have an independent who smoked the faux republican so badly that she dropped out and endorsed a democrat.
I really think that Bush really turned off people to republicans and Obama is doing it to democrats. These next few years are the best chance independents have ever had to get elected to national office.
