In a blog interview , NYS Conservative Party Chairman Michael Long suggests his party's nomination would be offered first to 2009 nominee Doug Hoffman. If true, the prospect of a Hoffman bid on line D would place pressure on the GOP to become the "me-too" party instead of the other way around.
The interview with the anonymous blogger "What's Up NY23, did not categorically rule out the line going to Republican Matt Doheny or Assemblyman Will Barclay. However, the tone of Mr. Long's remarks suggest Hoffman is first among equals.
Of course, campaigns are about proving one self. Newcomer Doheny will have to continue to make the case not just to party poobahs but to the general public.
All sides should remember last year's lesson about being popular in a group of eleven people and then acting surprised to find the broader audience feels otherwise.
By the way, many are asking, who is What's Up ? Is it a new incarnation of Political IV ?
I continue to think it best to identify the source as that allows readers to better judge the content. Nonetheless, this new site is providing insights, so it will likely gain a following.
Whats Up NY23?
6 comments:
Classic dictatorial mantra from "conservatives" and this is the State Chairman for goodness sake. How about letting your party act in a democratic way and choosing the best candidate? Wait, conservatives don't like democracy...they like hypocracy.
This is a creation of the major parties so the minor parties could be controlled by ingratiating a small number of people.
Most states don't have fusion voting where the totals from different lines are added together.
Run Hoffman Run. Lose Hoffman Lose.
Mike Long are you truly as dumb as you sound??? Doug Hoffman is a joke! People didnt vote for Doug they voted for the republican conservative movement. He was the only option to two liberals.
…and before we learned that this carpet bagging CPA couldn’t accurately complete a federal election report form.
11:15pm: I completely agree with you. Hoffman was just a placeholder for the "none of the above" choice in the special election. My eighteen year old son, who has a lot more poise than Hoffman, probably would have done as well if not better as long as he was championing pro-life and anti-gay marriage. The fact that Mike Long is stupidly dictating the conservative party's allegiance toward him is nothing more than self-promoting politics. What an idiot. Maybe Mike Long is secretly working for the Democrats...I am sure they were popping open the champagne when they heard about his dimwitted loyalty to Hoffman.
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