Wouldn’t This be Something … Doug Hoffman un-concedes in NY-23 US House Race

My what a difference a day makes. In this case several weeks. However, it it is being reported at The Hill that Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman has “un-conceded” in New York’s 23 special House election.

It was kind of head scratching that Hoffman conceded as fast as he did election night to Democrat Bill Owens. However, when one is given faulty info, what do you expect. I am sure it was completely unintentional. As others surmise, wouldn’t this be interesting and a kick in the Pelosi pants if Hoffman actually won.

Hoffman conceded the race on Election Night after learning he trailed Owens by 5,335 votes. But the Syracuse Post-Standard reported last week that the margin had shrunk to 3,026 votes after recanvassing.

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Rush Limbaugh: “Scozzafava Has Screwed Every RINO in the Country”

OMG … This is too funny and dead on satire.

Rush says that “Scozzafava has screwed ever RINO in the country. We can say that she is guilty of wide spread beastiality”.  So-called Republican candidate for NY-23 endorses the Democrat? Beware of RINO’s in liberal clothing.

 H/T: Gateway Pundit

2010 is going to be a nightmare for PETA. Two animals might become extinct, RINO’s and Blue Dog Democrats.

Pelosi is going to kill off Blue Dog Democrats and Conservatives are going to finally get rid of RINO’s.

As Voters Go to Polls in NY-23, Siena Poll Shows Hoffman Ahead 41% to 36% over Owens with 18% Undecided

Today, all eyes will be on NY-23 …

It’s finally Tuesday and voter will go to the polls in New York to determine who will be the new US Rep from the 23rd Congressional District. According to the final Siena poll, Doug Hoffman has a 5% point lead over Democrat Bill Owens. The real question will be how the undecided voters will vote.

Siena New York 23rd Congressional District Poll:
Hoffman Leads Owens 41-36%; Undecided up to 18%
Hoffman Leads in South; Owens Leads in East; Tied in West
Favorability Ratings: Hoffman Up; Owens Slips; Biden Good with Dems

Loudonville, NY. On the eve of Election Day, Conservative Doug Hoffman has opened up a five point lead over Democrat Bill Owens in the race for the 23rd Congressional District. Republican Assembly member Dede Scozzafava still gets six percent support, but since her decision to suspend her campaign and support Owens, the number of undecided voters has doubled from nine percent to 18 percent, according to a new Siena (College) Research Institute poll of likely voters.

See the full polling results HERE.

Hopefully, the NY-23 voters will teach Barack Obama and Joe Biden a lesson. VP Joe Biden stumped for the Dem candidate Owens yesterday and  challenged Republican voters in New York’s 23rd congressional district to teach conservative “absolutists” a lesson.  What lesson is that? Liberals need not apply to the Republican party? Dede Scozzafava proved Conservatives correct after she dropped out of the race and then backed the Democrat Owens.

Like much of everything else, Biden gets it wrong. The lesson to be learned here is that of the Republican power elite, not the voters. NY-23 is a microcosm of Republican voters being upset with the Republican party leaders. Republicans want Republican candidates. It’s as simple as that. The hand picked Scozzafava was no moderate, she was a liberal and had no place in the party.

Ha, ha, ha … does CNN know something we don’t? They referred to Biden as former VP. All in due time, that will come soon enough in 2012. Too bad the rally was a half empty one. Way to draw the big crowd VP Biden.

There certainly is a lesson to be learned here by Republicans in NY-23. Nominate and vote for real Republican candidates. Scozzafava was not a moderate, she was more liberal than half the NY legislature.

Exit question to Republicans and Independents who want change … How could anyone vote for a candidate like Owens or follow the backing of Scozzafava who would both side with uber liberal Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi?

Think about that when casting your ballot today. Hoffman is the only one who will “Just Say No” to Pelosi.

NY-23 Congressional Race: Public Policy Polling Reports that Doug Hoffman Leads Democrat Bill Owens by 15 points

A day after Republican Dede Scozzafava withdrawal from the NY-23 special election Congressional race and there is some interesting polling numbers. Conservative Doug Hoffman according to Public Policy Polling has a 15 point lead over Democrat candidate Bill Owens.

Here are some interesting facts from our unweighted numbers so far:

-In a three way contest Doug Hoffman leads Bill Owens by 19 points. In a two way contest Hoffman leads Owens by 15 points. So the Dede Scozzafava withdrawal and endorsement will probably tighten the race some but not nearly enough.

-58% of Republicans think that Scozzafava’s a liberal and that was obviously before her endorsement today.

-The Rush Limbaugh effect- Hoffman has a 79 point lead with Rush listeners while Owens has a 6 point lead with people who don’t listen to the show.

There is no doubt that the numbers might tighten after Republican Dede Scozzafava endorsed of all people the Democrat, but it may not be enough to sway the votes.

However, do not rest on your laurels, get out and volunteer for Doug Hoffman and show both parties that a third party candidate is worth backing when they are the one that “We the People” would have voted for in a primary, rather than a hand picked liberal in Republican clothing.

Country star John Rich headlines Watertown “get-out-the-vote” rally Monday night for Hoffman! Don’t forget to VOLUNTEER … don’t forget to VOTE!!!

UPDATE I: Conference Call with Hoffman Campaign

Matt Burns, a former spokesperson for Dede Scozzafava.  Stacy McCain and Eric Odom, who first broke the news of Scozzafava’s withdrawal from the race yesterday, joined as “special guests” of the call.

Burns said he didn’t relish being on the defensive from conservative bloggers, but that he came back to NY-23 to elect a Republican.  He worked hard for Scozzafava, and at the end, she withdrew in order to keep the district Republican.  Burns apparently got surprised by Scozzafava’s decision today, and he wanted to stress that only one person in the race would now be a vote against Nancy Pelosi, and that is Doug Hoffman.

More from The Other McCain from the Conference Call

NY-23: What Does Every Good Republican Do When they Bow Out of Race … Scozzafava Endorses Democrat Owens

Brutus in Republicans clothing …

Dede Scazzafava, former GOP candidate for the NY-23 special election has officially thrown her support to who else … the Democrat candidate Bill Owens. What a shock, Scazzafava who was endorsed and took campaign funds from the RNC throws in with the Democrat after talking to Chucky Schumer. One might ask why she was talking with Chucky in the first place. The Watertown Daily News reported the following:

Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., was among those who urged Dierdre K. Scozzafava to endorse Democratic congressional candidate William L. Owens, the senator’s spokesman said Saturday.

The spokesman, Maxwell Young, said the senator called a number of north country political leaders after Ms. Scozzafava suspended her campaign and had more than one conversation with the Republican candidate ahead of her announcement. He said the senator also called other Democratic leaders about the situation, including White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.

Mr. Owens said he was “honored” by the endorsement.

“Over the course of her career, Dede has always committed to serving the people of Upstate New York before serving a partisan agenda,” he said in a statement. “Now more than ever we need bipartisan solutions to help bring jobs to Upstate New York to get our economy back on track and move our country forward. Those are the kinds of priorities I will fight for in Congress because that’s the kind of leadership Upstate New York needs right now.”

As Dump Dede stated, is anyone really shocked?

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BREAKING: So-Called Republican Scozzafava Suspends, Now Drops Out of NY-23 Race … Conservative Doug Hoffman gets RNC Endorsement

BREAKING …  SCOZZAFAVA DROPS OUT OF NY-23 HOUSE RACE!!!

The 23rd Congressional District of New York state House race has been one of the most watched political races in recent memory in an off, off election year. Republican Dede Scozzafava announced Saturday that she has suspended operations, dropped and out the race and released all of her supporters.

Scozzafava Out of Tuesday’s Special Election

Scozzafava complete statement can be read HERE.

Ms. Scozzafava told the Watertown Daily Times that Siena Research Institute poll numbers show her too far behind to catch up - and she lacks enough money to spend on advertising in the last three days to make a difference. Mr. Owens has support from 36 percent of likely voters in the poll, with Mr. Hoffman garnering 35 percent support. Ms. Scozzafava has support from 20 percent of those polled.

A recent Siena Poll made put Ms. Scozzafava in third place with only 20%, behind both Owens and Conservative Hoffman who were in a dead heat.

The poll, which tapped 704 likely voters via telephone from Tuesday to Thursday, suggests Republican Dede Scozzafava is too far back to win.

Mr. Owens has support from 36 percent of likely voters, with Mr. Hoffman garnering 35 percent support. Ms. Scozzafava has support from 20 percent of those polled.

WAKE UP REPUBLICAN PARTY!!!

Republicans do not want RINO’s or libs wearing Republicans masks to be running in political races. REPUBLICANS want REPUBLICANS to run. The exit question to this race is seconded by the Q and O Blog, in that how out of touch is the RNC that they chose Scozzafava as their candidate. It was “We the Republican People” that rose up against this outrage and back the conservative candidate Hoffman. This is a huge win for Conservatives and puts the RNC on notice for 2010 and 2012.

Let this be a shot across the bow to Republicans and the RNC. Just because you have an “R” in front of your name does not mean that we will support or vote for you. How will Scozzafava’s leaving the race affect Tuesday’s House race?

Town Hall.com has Gingrich’s tweet for the conservative Hoffman’s support. Better late than never, Newt endorses Hoffman. This will haunt Newt for years to come as it perfectly points out the flaw with “Inside the Beltway” Republicans in that they back people they think can win vs. Real Republican candidates. In the immortal words of Bruce Willis (John McClane) from Die Hard … Welcome to the Party, Pal!!! Conservatives 4 Palin points out that Huckaby has jumped on the bandwagon as well.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who came under fire from some conservatives for endorsing Dede Scozzafava in next week’s special Congressional election in New York, is now backing Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman.

 RNC now backs Conservative Hoffman.

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Random People from Phone Book Better Options to 42% of Voters than Current Congress

How bad is Congress viewed these days? In a recent Rasmussen poll, 42% of voters stated that random people picked from a phone book would do a batter job that the ones presently in Congress. OUCH, that’s going to leave a mark. Does anyone think it pays right now to be looked at as an incumbent Washington, DC “Inside the Beltway” politician?

Forty-two percent (42%) of U.S. voters say a group of people randomly selected from the phone book would do a better job than the current Congress. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds that an identical number (42%) disagree, but 16% are not sure.

Is it any wonder that 57% of the voters want to kick them all out of office? Democratic incumbents certainly cannot look to Barack Obama for coat tail effects, as none exist.

Which brings us to the Pew Research Center poll that shows Congressional favorability is at a 24 year low. Only 37% have a favorable opinion of Congress.

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Americans are Fed Up With Present Congress … 57% Want To Kick Da Bums Out of Office

Here is CHANGE you can believe in …

According to a recent Rasmussen Poll, 57% of voters would vote to replace the entire Congress and start all over again. Only 25% would keep the current Congress. So much for the Democratic leadership in the House and Senate and any so-called Democratic revolution. If Democrats vote for the unpopular Obamacare against the wishes of “We the People” the 2010 midterms will be Democrat carnage.

Smile Harry, Maybe the American voters won’t notice they hate us.

If they could vote to keep or replace the entire Congress, just 25% of voters nationwide would keep the current batch of legislators.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 57% would vote to replace the entire Congress and start all over again. Eighteen percent (18%) are not sure how they would vote.

More concerning to Democrats should be the fact that more Independents now want to replace all of the politicians than last year. This pretty much follows the Independents running away from Barack Obama as well.

Today, 70% of those not affiliated with either major party would vote to replace all of the elected politicians in the House and Senate. That’s up from 62% last year.

The Astute Blogger brings up some other recent elections in other countries where opposition parties like in Japan won major victories. An incumbent party with high unemployment and massive spending is not a recipe for victory.

CAN ANYONE SAY TERM LIMITS!!!

Another Democrat in Political Trouble … House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.) in for a Tough Go

If it’s an incumbent Democrat … it must be a politician in reelection trouble.

Another Democrat in a leadership role appears to be in some trouble in his reelection bid for the House of Representatives. House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich) appears that he might be facing a tough reelection race in 2010.

40 percent of Conyers’s constituents said he deserved reelection, according to a poll conducted earlier this month by the Lansing, Mich.-based Deno Noor Polling, in conjunction with the Rossman Group and Perricone Group.

44 percent of Detroiters represented by Conyers said they would prefer to elect someone else. 15 percent were unsure or didn’t know.

The 80 year old Conyers has served in Congress since 1965. 80!!! Since 1965!!! There is no way the Founding Fathers ever intended the members of Congress to be a lifetime appointment. Also as Don Surber reminds us, it does not help one’s reelection bid when your wife is a crook.

This country needs term limits and they need them now!