“The eyes of the nation are on the North country. What we decide on Tuesday will echo from Albany to Washington. Whose side are you on?”
These are the opening lines for the Republican National Convention’s Ad campaign for the New York-23 Congressional race. Though these ads lack a candidate’s name, they do not lack in allusion to a specific candidate that the RNC has in mind.
Let me digress momentarily, to give a quick background of this story before it unfolds.
It is the Republican state Assemblywoman Dierdre Scozzafava versus Democrat Bill Owens for New York’s 23rd congressional district with a third party tag along, running on the conservative ballot, party nominee Doug Hoffman. Under normal circumstances, this election was nothing out of the ordinary. Luckily, these are not normal circumstances.
Scozzafava is not your typical run-of-the-mill Republican candidate. “Her voting record in Albany puts her to the left of nearly half of the Democrats in the assembly” reported the Wall Street Journal.
The National Review claims that, “She also supports some of the most odious items on the Left’s wish-list, including the “card check” initiative that would put a big cudgel in the hands of Big Labor while effectively disenfranchising millions of American workers who may not desire to become Teamsters, SEIU members, or similar.”
Enter Doug Hoffman. House Minority Leader John Boehner, Minority Whip Eric Cantor of Virginia and NRCC Chairman Pete Sessions describes Hoffman as, “the only active candidate in the race who supports lower taxes, fiscal responsibility, and opposes Nancy Pelosi’s agenda of government-run healthcare, more government, and less jobs.”
Hoffman, a wealthy accountant, has been gaining support from big Republican backers, including former Alaska Governer Sarah Palin, Minnesota Governer Tim Pawlenty, and actor and former Senator Fred Thompson.
As of late, Scozzafava has pulled herself from the race due to the latest Siena College poll that has Owens picking up 36 percent of the vote, while Hoffman has 35 percent. Scozzafava had 20 percent, with nine percent of voters undecided.
This decision has been applauded by the GOP and conservatives alike because of Hoffman’s strong resolve to uphold Ronald Reagan’s Conservative America. Proof that a Reagan-era America has not been forgotten.
It is about time someone decided to get conservatives back on the “right” track.
Loading ...
`
“Regan-era politics still admired by today’s conservatives”
You must be talking about Donald Regan, the chief of staff to Ronald Reagan.
When I went to journalism school this kind of goof was called a “fact error” and it was good for 50 points off any assignmnet, guaranteeing a garde of F.
Tom,
Perhaps you should reexamine the headline. I think you will note that Reagan is spelled correctly. Oh and by the way, if that is the extent of your intellectual prowess you may think twice about relecting Obo- Mao.