With residency apparently gone as an issue, the rub against Doug Hoffman will increasingly become 'party loyalty'.
Party leaders and media will keep asking, "will you support the Republican nominee coming out of the September primary ?"
It's like Hoffman should care after last year 95% of voters said they didn't care who the Republican nominee was.
Fact is party loyalty is pretty musch reserved to the chairs and patronage employees....Most everyone else doesn't care and the emergence ot Tea Parties is further evidence of it.
The issue of loyalty arises from the state's Conservative Party, whose leader Mike Long has already said Hoffman will get the party nod in July when Wilson/Pakulas are issued.
What's a Wilson/Pakula ? That's an out-of-party authorization that allows a non-party member to run in a primary for that party. The law that creates this process is named after the sponsors of the bill.
The authorization process amplifies the power of party leaders as the only way to counter it is to find a party member to run in a primary. That's not easy to do in a Congressional race.
!"......But he cannot come off the line.
So what are the options for Matt Doheny ?
If the Conservative line is a goner, he could chase other minor party lines like the Independence Party (insert MacKay for Long in that process). He could raise the issue of the radical connections of the Working Families Party and why its nominees might deserve some added scrutiny.
Or he could concentrate on making the GOP line worth something (it was worthless last year). Doheny could try to win the GOP primary by a decent margin and quit demanding that Hoffman stand down.
Few of us care. We want to hear about what you will do to influence the Congress to regain its fiscal senses.
Watertown Daily Times Hoffman's remarks rankle Republicans
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While I think Republicans have a chance to use health care and other public policy issues to unite on defeating Rep. Owens in November with a more moderate candidate, this situation with Doug Hoffman could overwhelm and weaken the party in NY23. If Owens wins in November, I can see him winning several terms as the economy improves, health care reform is largely accepted by the public and the NY23 electorate gets to know him and trust him.
It is not the voting line that makes a viable candidate, but a viable candidate that makes the voting line.
The focus should be on what the candidates are doing now.
Are they contacting voters or forwarding press releases to media outlets?
Will they bring out their podiums just for press announcements or go out into the rural neighborhood?
Will the Press manage to observe their efforts and report the campaign contest as it develops over the months?
Boy Mayor, when you're right...spot on analysis from the sage in H2Otown.
Perry White hit the nail on the head today. Like he said, Hoffman was a traitor to his party, and allowed Owens the win. What he did was just as bad as what Dede did, only he did it first. Why reward him our nomination. He's kind of the "Anointed One" of the Conservative Party, no primary, just anointed by the other liar, Mike Long.
well,I'll try again- a teabagger calling the Working Families Party "radical" is the pot calling the kettle black.
1:24: Ding... wrong analysis:
Hoffman didn't "allow" Owens to win ... I think the voters had a say so in that process, unless you know something the rest of us do not?
Unless and until the GOP starts looking for leadership from those who can lead on tough issues and not on the same old same old narrow divisive issues that public policy never solves, then they will wonder around looking for leaders to lead on things other than those narrow issues that divide.
Dan, All I'm saying is that if the race were Scozzafava vs. Owens, Dede would have won hands down. The overwhelming majority of the electorate would have voted for Scozzafava. Hoffman screwed the party over by acting as a spoiler.
You are right that there is not as much party loyalty. If someone wnts to run, and thinks that parties are really bad, they shold be honest and run without a party.
Pretty simple.
Oh- but I forgat- that would be REALLY hard to do. So they go with a party anyway, and then want to complain that the party expects some type of loyalty.
Run w/o a party line - how?
Harry Tick...
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