Comments on: Doug Hoffman Might Have Won NY-23 After All!

By: jakob29

jakob29 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:14:39 +0000

Rep. Cao needs to be given a break considering his circumstances.

By: Third Street

Third Street — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:19:43 +0000

And I don’t buy it. I live two districts away from Cao and I can guarantee you, he’s gone next year. Blacks were going to vote for the black candidate in any event (probably Cedric Richmond), but now Republicans in the 2nd won’t want to vote for Cao. And I don’t blame them at all.

Cao isn’t “solid” on anything. He wavered all over the place on cap-’n-trade before finally voting against it, and I have no confidence in what he might do if the bill moves forward.

And now the Democrats are using him to claim “bipartisan” cover on the health bill. We could have had a united Republican front if not for this jerk.

I was thrilled when Cao knocked Jefferson off, but if this is the price of having a GOP congressman in New Orleans then it’s too high a price to pay. Looking forward to being rid of him.

By: malbis

malbis — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:43:38 +0000

Rep. Cao, as I mentioned above, said that he only decided to vote for the bill after it became apparent that it was going to pass without his vote. And considering that he is a Republican in a very heavily Democratic district in Louisiana — and is a solid vote against Cap and Trade and against the “stimulus”bills–I’m perfectly willing to give him a pass on voting yes on Health Care after it was a foregone conclusion. And I’m willing to accept his word that if his vote would have been vote number 218, he would have voted against it.

I’d much rather have him as Rep. there than his predecessor, “Refrigerator” William J. Jefferson.

And, also as I pointed out in what I wrote above, “it is quite possible that one or two more of the handful of “Blue Dog” Democrats who voted “yes,” would have voted “no” instead,”if their vote would have been number 218 Glad you agree.

By: Third Street

Third Street — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:19:28 +0000

What if Hoffman hadn’t conceded and the seat was left vacant pending the final outcome?

Would another, different Dem have caved and voted for the healthcare bill, or would the final tally have been 219?

If the final tally had been 219, would the spineless, quivering Joseph Cao have voted “yea”?

If he hadn’t, and the Dems had exactly 218, would no “Blue Dog” have wanted to be responsible for making that 218th vote possible, leaving the bill one vote shy of passage?

Would Pelosi even have HELD a vote?

You just have to wonder.

By: penguin2

penguin2 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:55:23 +0000

The bragging rights on the race will shift from the Dems, no matter the outcome. It will be hard for them to spin a 1-2% win. OTOH, if Hoffman pulls it out, we will hardly be able to keep our joy contained and I would expect to see bold, red lettering in the post from Erick.

Better to not get our expectations up, but nothing wrong with hope….