Scozzafava feelings hurt, offered to join Third Party…

Republican Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava who dropped put of the New York 23rd Congressional District and then endorsed the Democrat apparently has had her feelings hurt and has been offered a spot in a Third Party.

Jude Seymour writes on WatertownDailyTimes.com that Assemblywoman Scozzafava’s feelings were hurt by Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman. Seymour quotes Assemblywoman Scozzafava saying, “There was no sense of compassion in this man at all… I know a lot of people that were hurt by the tone of the campaign that Mr. Hoffman ran.” Assemblywoamn Scozzafava said Hoffman never asked for he endorsement after she quit the race.

Seymour also writes that New York Independence Party Chairman Frank MacKay will invite Assemblywoman Scozzafava to, “carry his party as her main affiliation”. The Assemblywoman said she has no plans to change parties – but we have also seen her change her mind pretty quickly in the past.

SOURCE:

http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20091105/NEWS03/311059964

Mock Ad: The Scozzafava 911 call

Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman unveiled a new radio ad mocking his competition that called police on a reporter. The campaign of Republican Dede Scozzafava called police when she or one of her staffers felt concerned over a report asking her questions.

The radio commercial starts with a female voice saying, “Yes, I work for Dede Scozzafava. A reporter voting to increase taxes.”

We were just waiting for somebody to mock the Scozzafava campaign for call the police on a reporter. It’s happened now.

SOURCE:

http://www.doughoffmanforcongress.com/files/Hoffman911.mp3

Could a visit to a Congressman help the Conservative Party?

Could a visit to a Congressman help the Conservative Party? A short article on TheHill.com written by Aaron Blake simply mentions one Congressional candidate stopped by Capitol Hill and made an impromtu visit to a Congressman.

Republican backed Dede Scozzafava tried to visit Democrat Rep. Scott Murphy, Murphy was not in his office so they did not see each other. This seems like not very noteworthy, but it could be.

Conservatives in New York’s 23rd Congressional District could see Scozzafava’s visit to Democrat be just another sign that she is a Republican in name only. Scozzafava has been rated as liberal from her votes in Albany, and also has more liberal stands on a number of issues.

Doug Hoffman, who battled Scozzafava for the Republican nod is now the Conservative Party candidate, and according to a poll from the conservative Club For Growth, Hoffman is in a statical three-way tie for the seat. Could this visit swing more conservative votes from Republican Party to Conservative Party?

The election is slated for November 3rd, but there could be a court challenge to move the date. The election is due to Representative John McHugh is becoming President Obama’s secretary of the Army.

SOURCE:

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/60933-scozzafava-stops-by-special-electon-winning-dems-office

Media questions endorsement of Conservative Party candidate…

Media questions endorsement of Conservative Party candidate in the New York 23rd Congressional seat. MSNBC’s “First Read” column questions if the conservative Club for Growth's backing of Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman could end-up in having the Democrat win the seat due to the right splitting it's votes.

The Republican Party endorsed candidate is Dede Scozzafava. Scozzafava was dubbed a “socially moderate/liberal GOP” in the “First Read” column.

But, Hoffman is not the only person with Third Party involvment. That's were the concerns start, The New York State Independence Party is backing Scozzafava. The Independence backing may be fine with most conservatives, but many conservatives are concerned with Scozzafava connections to the liberal and ACORN-connected Working Families Party.

SOURCE:

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2009/09/29/the_club_for_democratic_growth.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=political-wire

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/09/29/2082506.aspx

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2009/09/acorn-aubertine-ny-23-heats-up.html