Right Battles G.O.P. in a Pivotal Race in New York

[SecularMotion]

Source: NY Times

WATERTOWN, N.Y. — From a command center inside the Days Inn here, conservatives from around the country are fighting to preserve what they see as the integrity of the Republican Party.

Urged on by leaders like former Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska and Dick Armey, the former House majority leader from Texas, they have come to defeat Dede Scozzafava, the Republican candidate for Congress in the 23rd District, whose views on abortion, same-sex marriage and taxes they deem insufficiently conservative for anyone running as a Republican.

They have committed hundreds of thousands of dollars to the effort and plan to run 800 radio spots, print 80,000 leaflets and recruit some 200 volunteers to work the polls on Election Day next Tuesday.

Many of the workers acknowledge that their efforts could deliver the election to the Democratic candidate, but they say it is more important to send a message than to win this race.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/nyregion/27upstate.html?hp

[nykym]

1. I do hope

we have some people on the ground keeping watch. Repugs and especially conservative types cannot be trusted to play fair.

[OswegoAtheist]

4. I'm an election day volunteer.

I have special permission to miss school that day, so I'll hang out with the old ladies at the Elks Club.

Oswego "No, Mrs. Palin, your name isn't on my registration list" Atheist

[apnu]

2. Hmm so Hoffman is the fundie pick, Scozzafava is the GOP beltway pick...

Yum, the Republican civil war continues, I'm out of popcorn, can someone give me a handful?

(edited, got a name wrong)

[xchrom]

3. gingrich vs pallin cage match

:popcorn: :applause: :popcorn:

[stubtoe]

5. Eating their own

It's fun to watch the other side do this for a change :)

[Johnyawl]

6. The republicans lose no matter which one wins

Scenario 1) Hoffman wins. The republican party is dragged even further right, driving their own moderates, and all the independents toward the Democrats.

Scenario 2) Scozzafava wins. The lunatic fringe (the republican base their, 'boots on the ground') are alienated from the republican party; the republican party no longer has a base of volunteers.

This is fun.

[Winterblues]

7. Is this a Primary or the main election?

How do they get two Republicans on the ballet?

[FarLeftRage]

8. This is the main election...

One got the repuKKKe endorsement and is running as a repuKKKe.
The other got the CONservative endorsement and is running as a CONservative.

The beauty of this is, that the ugly reichwing nuts are split and the Democrats have a good chance of picking up the seat.