NY-23 in 2010

[You kip if you want to...]

I just read that Hoffman may run again for the GOP. This would be a huge mistake for them by running a retread after the debacle on tuesday. NY-23 is very republican but more so at the local level as Obamas 52-47 win there was only slightly less than the national average. He didnt even campaign in upstate NY in the primary or the general and had he done so it would have been at least as Democratic as the rest of america. It is NOT a very religious, social conservative area at all. If Cuomo is at the top of the ballot and has an easy race for Governor, Owens should beat Hoffman fairly easily.

I think Hoffman would be able to run an effective campaign as long as the Republicans don't nominate a centre-left RINO in a closed door meeting.  I mean, it is sad when the Republican is more liberal than the Democrat.  No wonder the far-right wingnuts were screaming bloody murder.

Upstate New York isn't the south.......

My main point wasn't the ideology of the candidate as much as it was the nominee shouldn't be drafted in secret.  I think that was the main cause of the uproar.  Sure, they didn't like the fact she was a RINO, but they didn't like that she was nominated behind closed doors and by a small group of people.  I'm sure if the people had been able to have a real primary for the GOP nomination and Scozzafava happened to win the primary, I don't think they would have been as vocal about it.  They still wouldn't have been happy, but they would have accepted it more as the "will of the people".  I mean, Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, and Rush Limbaugh while they are far right-wingers, do have brains and they are intelligent.

Even Sarah?