Comments on: NY-23 The agony of defeat – not so much

By: johnminehan

johnminehan — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:08:48 +0000

election being “certified” under the Election Law. However, if there are issues, having conceded probably means you don’t have a pair of eyes on the absentee ballots . . . .

By: johnminehan

johnminehan — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:06:25 +0000

the Democrats won with a candidate who was more Conservative than the (initial) Republican candidate.

If nothing else, this probably reminded the State Republican leadership that the State is Conservative in most Districts, particularly on economic issues.

By: mom2oneson

mom2oneson — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:55:40 +0000

Mac since I’ve read about politics I’ve always wondered why more veterans aren’t in Congress and in government. I live in an area with a lot of retired military and so many of the men are really good men that I would love to help get elected but they don’t run. Now I see why with what you wrote with difficulting of getting into DC. That was really brilliant that part about DHS.

By: fbks

fbks — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:53:36 +0000

for the personal effort (and the many others) you made in this struggle.

By: Hooah_Mac

Hooah_Mac — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:31:28 +0000

My point was one of the fights – to get Hoffman elected was not a win, but it counts as a strategic loss. I have said many times that we WON in NY-23 by defeating Dede.

By: fbks

fbks — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:30:13 +0000

It is remarkable that Hoffman made it as far as he did. Every move (such as the appointment of the former representative of NY23 to an administrative post in his regime by the Great Leader) is calculated to further absolute control of the country.
If Scozoffava had been elected as a Republican, she would have voted with the Dems and helped with the “bipartisan” support myth of his socialist/fascist agenda.
Hoffman’s loss did not change the balance of power in the Congress, but it does keep aye votes with the Dems for change you can never believe in or support.
The bigger issue is, can the GOP be changed from a progressive lite party, to a conservative based party and defend the nation from being transformed into a third world socialist mess?

By: The_Gadfly

The_Gadfly — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:03:27 +0000

By: Flagstaff

Flagstaff — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:09:22 +0000

“In NY-23 we lost a fight and improved our strategic position.”

By: newsentinel

newsentinel — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:21:28 +0000

and that means we should take heart. Doug Hoffman struggled against three gigantic political entities. Initially, he was pounded into the ground by the Republican Party powers-that-be. He took a beating from the Democratic Party’s professional campaign machine. He was up against the ruthless and corrupt George Soros’s Working Familiies Party (whose candidate of choice, lest we forget, was the one also endorsed by the Republican Party, Dede Scozzafava).

All things considered, it is astounding that Reagan Republicans from around the country nearly elected our first “citizen” candidate. We can learn from this. In 2010, we will elect citizen candidates (read not professional politicians) with an R besides their names in all the States.

By: Hooah_Mac

Hooah_Mac — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:52:31 +0000

I’ll fix it when I get back to civilization. I just had NY on the brain tonight.

By: BlueStateSaint

BlueStateSaint — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:37:46 +0000

Will the NRCC, the NRC, and the NRSC be smart enough to actually get the meaning of the message?

By: cwilson

cwilson — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:55:18 +0000

Now, I know we have a lot of, er, bi-state [1] voters — but surely it hasn’t become official policy that we in FL submit our candidates for approval on NY ballots?

[1] “I live six months of each year in each state, so why shouldn’t I vote in both places?” /facepalm. dadburned snowbirds…

By: Hooah_Mac

Hooah_Mac — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:07:02 +0000

Remember, Al Gore took his back. On the other hand, the campaign crunched and recrunched the numbers and conceded when the possibility of victory became too small to hope.

By: JX12

JX12 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:01:05 +0000

If a candidate concedes, and then enough of the remaining uncounted votes go his way to put him over the top, can he un-concede and claim the seat?

By: ColdWarrior

ColdWarrior — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:15:50 +0000

Your analysis is right on the money, too.

Think of it — Doug Hoffman garnered a greater percentage of the vote, despite all the obstacles, than an incumbent governor of a very blue state who spent millions of dollars and had three visits from the president.

Let’s keep building momentum and recruiting troops for the coming 2010 contests.

Thank you.

ColdWarrior
www.theprecinctproject.wordpress.com