The lines have been drawn. And didn’t we all know it would come to this? NY-23 is the election to watch.
In one corner we have Sarah Palin who has chosen to endorse Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman.
Political parties must stand for something. When Republicans were in the wilderness in the late 1970s, Ronald Reagan knew that the doctrine of “blurring the lines” between parties was not an appropriate way to win elections. Unfortunately, the Republican Party today has decided to choose a candidate that more than blurs the lines, and there is no real difference between the Democrat and the Republican in this race. This is why Doug Hoffman is running on the Conservative Party’s ticket.
Republicans and conservatives around the country are sending an important message to the Republican establishment in their outstanding grassroots support for Doug Hoffman: no more politics as usual.
And, in the other corner, Newt Gingrich goes with the Republican Dede Scozzafava.
My number one interest is to build a Republican majority. If your interest is taking power back from the Left, and your interest is winning the necessary elections, then there are times when you have to put together a coalition that has disagreement within it.
We have to decide which business we are in. If we are in the business about feeling good about ourselves while our country gets crushed then I probably made the wrong decision.
Them’s fighting words. Keep in mind that this seat should be easily won by a Republican, so if the Dem wins it’s through no fault of his own. Sadly, he hardly matters.
Know what else doesn’t matter to Conservatives? The Conservative losing. Unless someone sees them changing their ways and learning from their loss? Nah. They’ll simply take a harder line, point out how their candidate made a decent showing, and continue to hold the GOP hostage. Perhaps there’s something to that not negotiating with terrorists thing. The even bigger problem for “moderate” Republicans is that they need Conservatives (formally known as “their base”) to win elections. Talk about dysfunctional relationships… and the perils of appeasement.
And as much as I’m enjoying this political battle, the disintergration of the Republican party concerns me. Anything can happen in the run-up to an election (I still have nightmares in which John Edwards was our nominee). So the idea that someone is too crazy to win isn’t realistic.
Meanwhile, my attention is focused on NY-23. The lines have been drawn, and the real contest is between R vs C, not R vs D.