How the Right's Point Man Went Down »
Posted By Progressive 2 weeks, 4 days ago in Political Opinion
Sarah Palin and the Tea Party crowd drove the moderate from the race, but Doug Hoffman still lost the New York House seat. Max Blumenthal on what the GOP's embarrassing stumble means for 2010.
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ameliog2 weeks, 4 days ago
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FTA: "Hoffman’s rejection by rank-and-file voters in a solidly Republican district dampened the conservatives’ mood on an otherwise upbeat night and raised serious questions about the movement’s attempt to purge moderates from party ranks. Now, many of Hoffman’s right-wing cheerleaders are struggling to explain their dubious gambit, while others fear repercussions for their zealotry."
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Yet there will remain a subset of the party, and of course the wingnut representation on propeller, who will analyze this and proclaim that the loss signifies that the GOP isn't shrill enough, perhaps didn't scream about conspiracies enough, to frighten the voters into a right wing vote. -
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slate2 weeks, 4 days ago
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What like how many voted in that election 5k? Wow you won and with a Republican endorsement! But in the big elections of about 7 million the Dems lost big time. Now tell me again how masive your win was as you ignore the other elections that you lost?
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dunkirk2 weeks, 4 days ago
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Roflmao, trouble is slate thoe biog elections were expected to go republican. They were a loss but they were also expected. THIS represwents a seta held by the right for close to 100 years and is more telling what it should be telling you about your party then they won governorships they were expected to. They were expected to win this too handily. it appears the wack nuts and theior agenda are being rejected.
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aceofspades12 weeks, 4 days ago
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Slate you miss the whole meaning of the election results - the governors of both NJ & Va were real screw-ups just incompetent beyond party lines - people voted for what they hope to be change , as they did for Obama-
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The 23rd was a different situation it was an attempt to grab a Congressional seat from someone deemed "to moderate" for the con zealots attempting to control the Republican party - their "candidate" was a carpet bagger not even a Republican & not a resident of the district - a real hack
BTW - the 23rd district has 645,000 residents & the winning percentage that Owens got was higher than the NJ race.
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DropkickaLib2 weeks, 4 days ago
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Actually, this election was great because it was a warning to the RINOs. The Swastikrats didn't win but rather experienced the effect of a divided GOP vote. Kind of like Willy Clinton won his first term with a minority of the total number of voters. Remember when Ross Perot elected him? Anyhow, it's convenient to ignore Dem defeats in VA and NJ, eh? Get ready for a massacre in the House and Senate, Demokooks!
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jordan112 weeks, 4 days ago
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attacking her as a closet socialist with a cynical, hidden agenda—the same terms they have used to demonize President Barack Obama.>>>>>>
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I guess they didn't notice those tactics didn't work against Obama. So, they use losing tactics and lose again. hmmm. Not too bright. -
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Progressive2 weeks, 3 days ago
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Hoffman’s appeals to cultural resentment attracted zealous support from a who’s who of far-right icons, from Fred Thompson to Glenn Beck, from Rush Limbaugh to Sarah Palin. The former Republican vice presidential nominee recorded a robocall for him a week before Election Day. Tim Pawlenty, the Republican governor of Minnesota, sought to establish his conservative credentials in advance of an expected 2012 presidential run by endorsing Hoffman. The National Organization for Marriage, an anti-gay religious right group, commissioned a poll supposedly proving Scozzafava’s support for gay marriage had doomed her (the sample size was only 318 likely voters). Meanwhile, cash poured into Hoffman’s coffers through conservative outfits from the Club For Growth to the American Conservative Union.
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