On Thursday, Dick Armey, former House Majority Leader after the 1994 Conservative Revolution went to New York’s 23rd Congressional District to endorse and campaign for Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman.GOP Congresswoman Michelle Bachman has also had some good things to say about Hoffman, and all of this flies in the face of the endorsement of Scozzafava by Newt Gingrich. A lot of Republicans are scratching their heads at Newt's endorsement of a high tax, pro-abortion, pro-card check, pro-gay rights candidate. It certainly isn't consistent with his work on the Contract With America in 1994.
The special election, which will be held Nov. 3 to replace former Congressman John McHugh, has unusually important significance for conservatives. Democrat Bill Owens, and Dede Scozzafava, a Republican who is more liberal than Owens, have been challenged by Mr. Hoffman, a conservative candidate that has captured the support of national leaders like Dick Armey, who’s organization FreedomWorks planned the 9-12 Tea Party rally in Washington, DC.
“We [Republicans] win when we are us. We lose when we are Democrat lite,” he told Redstate.com editor Erick Erickson. “We attract people by being small government conservatives,” Big Government Republicans, I would tell the Republican Party leadership it cannot win if it insists on recruiting and supporting candidates out of step with the voters.”
Ms. Scozzafava announced she supports Obama’s Stimulus Bill, she is an advocate of Card Check and holds liberal positions on social issues like abortion and homosexual marriage. The Weekly Standard reports that, if elected, Scozzafava may switch to the Democratic Party for the 2010 elections.
“Listen to Ronald Reagan,” says Armey. “Reagan said good policy is good politics. My position is to support the candidate who supports policies good for America. That’s what Reagan did too.”
Armey said he does not think the establishment within the Republican Party really understands the mood of the country right now. “There is a sharp difference between now and November. If we knew then what we know now, I doubt Obama would have been elected,” he said.
The national Tea Party organization is now calling for the GOP to drop Scozzafava, though it's probably way too late for that. Her name will be on the ballot regardless. However, money is flowing into Hoffman's campaign and with a big media push Hoffman just might pull it off. It won't be easy, but a win by Hoffman would be a significant message to the GOP.
According to a couple of reports I saw Hoffman raised $116,000 in the last 24 hours. Looks like Sarah came through for him.
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Newt Gingrich is really barking up the wrong tree in his support os Ms. Scozzafava who is a wolf in sheeps clothing. She is liberal, liberal, liberal and if elected would most likely jump ship and cast her lot in with the liberal Democrats.
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