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Monday, November 02, 2009

Updated: About $900,000 Too Late...

Posted by: Meredith Jessup at 3:54 PM

The RNC is now running a radio ad urging voters in NY's 23rd district to "vote conservative" in Tuesday's election. Though it doesn't mention Hoffman by name, the ad encourages voters to support "Republican, conservative values."

Hopefully this signals a change in attitude for the RNC, an organization dragged to supporting conservative values by conservative voters. The turnaround in NY-23 is inspiring--it shows the people are retaking control of the party. And that's some change we can all believe in.

Too bad the RNC wasted nearly $1 million dollars on the "Republican" who has pledged her support for the Democrat candidate...

UPDATE: House Minority Leader John Boehner is now regretting his support for Scozzy:

"This lady clearly has as agenda that's different than most Republicans; she was out there promoting herself," House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) said, noting that he has encouraged all members of the GOP conference to support Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman.

In addition, I enjoyed this response from user MLYSTER @ The Hill's blog:

No, Congressman Boehner, she doesn't have a different agenda from most sitting R's, OR D's: like most of Congress, she's out there promoting herself. Rather than principles. Which is the problem.Note to the NRSC and NRCC: This experience is a harbinger of things to come from your base. To paraphrase the movie '300': It won't be over soon; and, you won't enjoy it.

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Dave M writes:	Monday, November, 02, 2009 9:50 PM
his lady clearly has as agenda that's di
Boehner: "This lady clearly has as agenda that's different than most Republicans:" You Think??? We saw this from the beginning. Why didn't you??
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Terrye writes:	Monday, November, 02, 2009 5:59 PM
NY23
I don't really blame Boehner, he was not the one that nominated Dede Scozzafava. It was the local party, under the control of the local representatives that made that call. The RNC was stuck with it, until Scozzafava backed out. Individual Republicans did back Hoffman and now the party is free to do so as well. If there had been a primary, I would imagine that Hoffman would have been the nominee. This is a lesson not only to the Republicans, but to conservatives as well..they need to get involved in local politics so that people like Dede don't get the nod in the first place, blaming the national party after the nomination is a cop out.
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colt.45 writes:	Monday, November, 02, 2009 5:28 PM
Great Movie,,,,,
I'd like to see Fox news the next time Gingrich is on to ask Newt how he likes supporting the Democratic party.
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tribeck writes:	Monday, November, 02, 2009 4:41 PM
McCain is next - anyone?
Does AZ have a conservative male or female 50 or under? McCain needs to be replaced. If a conservative candidate 50 or younger wants to challenge McCain with a primary then he or she might find out that conservatives from all parties will vote for him or her.
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