We need to be calling the entrenched Senators and Reps and inform them that we may not be able to oust them, but we can work to elect candidates in the red and purple districts. I know a lot of conservatives from outside districts are doing that already, just let Reid, Pelosi, Hoyer and Durbin, know maybe not you, but we can do something to knock down your majority.

Allowing the GOP to finance whoever they see fit gets us Specters, Scozzafavas, and Fiorinas. Specter would not have had a chance to jump ship if the GOP didn’t step in and help him. They need a message too, we are not sending you a dime, it’s going to so and so because we aren’t agreeing that you know who’s best for this country. McConnell and Boehner need to be nudged too.

Same on the state level, enough!

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I have long since stopped funds to the National Republican Congressional Comm. for just this reason: no control as to who is really funded and what their voting record is. Now my $$$ go directly to the
candidates of my choice, and not to support the good ‘ole boys. NYS Republican committee is a joke, always has been in bed with the Democrats. Why else did Governor Pataki not groom a
viable candidate (how about the Lieutenant Governor??) once his two terms were up?

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People everywhere need information to help them make good decisions in the voting booth. It shouldn’t matter to you where that info comes from, provided it is true. I’m sure people in NY get slanted news just like people in Al. or Fl. Sometimes it might be helpful for an outsider to point out some things one otherwise would not have known.

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The second poll released today has Hoffman again in the lead with Hoffman at 34 percent, Owens with 29, Scozzafava with 14, and 23 percent undecided.

But you’re right in the fact that it matters what the people of NY-23 think…and thinking is what they are now doing, much to your consternation and teeth-gnashing.

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You guys still don’t understand why you’ve been decimated in the last two elections. And the wingnuts endorsement of Hoffman just proves it. Hoffman’s endorsements come from the South and West. The majority of fundraisers are held outside the district. National party committees comment daily on the race. National debates on social issues and partisan concerns get rehashed here to the exclusion of questions specific to voters in the 23rd district.

The truth is, it doesn’t matter what some yokel from Alabama or Sarah Palin or Rush Limbaugh think about Scozzafava. What does matter is what the people of NY-23 think. If she reflects the values of local Republicans, how dare you people try to come in and shove some far rightwing teabagger, who doesn’t even live in the district, down their throats?

I’m sure you’ve heard the saying that “all politics is local”. Apparently, you’ve forgotten what that means. When asked about the rooftop highway that could connect Watertown to Plattsburgh, Mr. Hoffman said he was “open to reviewing and studying it.” When asked about winter navigation on the St. Lawrence Seaway, he took no position. When asked about widening and deeping the Seaway, he again said nothing.

Game over Hoffman.

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@Joe said: “Perot was pretty close.” Really? How many states did he win in 1992 and 1996?

All Ross Perot did was make it possible for Bill Clinton to beat Bush in 1992 and be re-elected in 1996.

A 3rd party attracting conservatives only assures a Democrat victory.

It may not be easy to take back the GOP but it sure would be a heck of a lot more effective than a third party.

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I am in favor of a third party if that’s what it takes to wake up the other two. Perot was pretty close. Times are such that I think a third party would have a much better chance. I don’t trust many in the Republican party since so many are CFR globalists. (including those that run the party)The only time you waste your vote is when you cast it for someone you don’t really believe is the best person for the job.

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I am not in favor of a third party (look at what happened with Perot), but I am in favor of slapping around the current republican leadership. The RNC keeps begging for money and then supports RINOs.

It is time to have another Reagan revolution and have a conservative take over of the party. Gringrich, DeLay, Hutchinson, and many others have shown that they were in it for the power and money and it is time to remove them. Newt sold out and is now trying to remake his image. There is no way I would support Newt for anything other than county dog catcher. Kay Bailey Hutchinson thinks she has a shot at TX gov? That ain’t going to happen either. And, DeLay, please!

Any republican that voted for TARP and or the stimulus, supported health care reform, or the crap and tax bill needs to go.

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Newt and Lindsey Graham are members of the Council on Foreign Relations. They and others have sold out to the globalists who want one world government. This is why both parties look so much alike.

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