I like it Eddo. Maybe we can get the idea of a Conservative party in more (all?) states? I actually am against parties. I think if they were eliminated, the voters would have to look at the CANDIDATE, rather than just the stupid letter behind the name.
Gordon2
Great Falls, MT
Tribune
[Fair point. However, that's exactly what is happening here where even the vast majority of New Yorkers don't have a clue about the Conservative Party of NYS. They do know that the Republican is a kommie and that the Democrat is all about Obama and it appears that Hoffman could win for representing something better. -ED]
The Republican has dropped out and endorsed the Democrat, the GOP has endorsed the Conservative Party candidate and the facts surrounding the that candidate are just coming to light. It appears that much more has been made of this than it actually is.
another_patriot
Des Moines, IA
Register
[With the drop-out/endorsement deal added to the mix I believe it's bigger than ever. In any case, they asked, I told. -ED]
This race may indeed be step to taking back the country, we shall see. The get along, feel good, make the press happy rhinos of today make Rocky look like conservative. I want Barry Goldwater from 1964 as a starting point to fix today's mess.
deserttrek
Palm Springs, CA
Desert Sun
I think Hoffman will pull it off even though Scozzafava endorsed the democratic candidate. That will be something!
Beenaroundsome
Palm Desert, CA
Sorry eddo, but you're wrong about that [When you can't see to compare what it is now versus what it was and what it can and should be, then you're getting exactly what you deserve -- an un-American government.] - nothing un-American about it. The Dems and Obama are doing what they campaigned on - frankly not as fast as I would like - but they're headed in the right direction.
Why are they doing that? Because they won the last election. Elections have consequences. That's the essence of America, my friend. If Hoffman wins - and I hope he does - then the tea partiers and Palinistas will feel emboldened and run primary challengers to every moderate Republican in the country, and will then go flaming down to defeat in November 2010.
Good for Dems, and good for America.
Craig51
Des Moines, IA
Register
[You're wrong for any number of reasons. While "the Dems" may have platformed some issues that coincide with Obama's hyper-radical left philosophies, they never envisioned it going as far left as it has so soon and so they are un-American for allowing it to happen.
"The Dems" were eager to have a bullet-proof majority so they would not have to pass Conservative legislation during their heyday (understandable and acceptable because, as you say, "Elections have consequences. That's the essence of America, my friend.") However, Obama campaigned on "change", which was to include bi-partisanship and the input of EVERYONE in his transparent, loving new way of governing.
Obama obviously lied to us and them and to you and everyone else. You believed him and I didn't, but we both expected more of what he promised and less un-American heavy-handed, backroom communism.
The combination of "the Dems" (MSM included) covering this up and kornfield kommies like you believing otherwise is precisely why the rest of us are talking about jerkwater Congressional races and "parties" that no one but a few local hardliners had ever heard of. Now you've heard of one. Next year you'll hear of more or, best case scenario, of one giant one.
We don't care about Dems and Republicans anymore. We care about our country and you care about how good it is for "the Dems" and Obama. Enjoy Unamerika while you can. -ED]
The people want what the people want. You can't force them to accept a conservative especially when you are having a problem creating one. One question, though: why canonize Reagan? He did more to create the discrepancy between rich and poor and did nothing for those suffering with Aids to the point of helping further the disease's spread.
luiesmom
Great Falls, MT
Tribune
[Who has "forced" more on Americans than Obama? I don't recall Pres. Reagan having 35 unchecked czars let alone one in charge of furthering the AIDS epidemic. -ED]
There is NO president in US history that has lied more openly, done less (in their first year in office) attempted to radicalize the powers that be in Washington (radical czars) and attempted to circumvent the US constitution MORE that Obama. There is NO president in the History of the US that has presented a larger threat to the US and our security as a country than Obama. A STRONG conservative party is EXACTLY what this country needs without it being a party if that is possible. Capitalism is also what needs to be restored to its original ideas and let demand take over....Obama along with Al Gore are for one world government but Obama see himself as the dictator of that one world order.
rocco0607
Great Falls, MT
Tribune
Conservatives are moving to take back their party.
KipAllen
Palm Springs, CA
Desert Sun
[One year ago -- make that less than one month ago -- only a handful of hardliners sprinkled around one of the most liberal states in the country had ever heard of this jerkwater CD let alone the 3rd party candidate whose Sarah Palin endorsement put the 23rd on the map. Now the whole country is talking about it and its importance. Imagine what 2010 will be like in states where the Dem/GOP ratio is closer to 50/50. Of course, they will tell you that the tea party movement had nothing to do with this. Riiiight. -ED]
Here here. It's important to remember that the neocon establishment supported Dede (including Newt), but the classic conservatives and even upstarts like Palin and Pawlenty were able to step outside their boxes for however brief a time, and support a real conservative like Hoffman.
Vortican
Lansing, MI
State Journal
[Nice to see that P&P (and others) were paying attention. If the rest of them don't get it pretty soon we'll have to throw them off the boat along with the tea. Why are lefties scared? Because we mean what we say and we have nothing to lose and everything to gain! -ED]
Yes, we are in agreement. Fascinating site. Dazzled me!
PaulWBrown
Jackson, MS
Clarion-Ledger
Now that the
"Republican" candidate withdrew and endorsed the
Democrat we know that she was in fact just a Dem
light.
sij6141
Phoenix, AZ
Arizona Republic
There is no difference
between the dems and repubs, $900,000.00 spent
by the RNC on Scozzafava, and then she quits,
and endorses the the democrat. That is a bargain
price to find out where she is at and it's very
revealing of Newt that he endorsed her. The
Conservatives are not Republicans, and vice
versa. Winds of change are upon us, and it is
not the Hope and Change uttered by the CIC.
aydinfire
St. Cloud, MN
Times
...It appears that, from
what I heard on all the mainstream mediums, this
president is done and will be a lame-duck after
this election and who would believe him anyway??
I forgot for a moment - what about the LOP's
that have their hands out for more Obucks that
mean nothing in the long run?? We will have to
support them when The Anointed One just sits
there wondering what what went wrong. This guy
really is a loser and has an ego that is
right-up there with both Clinton's in case no
one has noticed...
boned
Great Falls, MT
Tribune
The outcome to these
elections will be interesting. If Dems are
knocked off the majority of the media will
proclaim it has no reflection on Obama what so
ever. If the Democrats hold/win the seats,
the Obama bootlickers in the media will portray
the outcome as a very negative reflection on the
Republicans and Conservative Party.
Well, as they say, "WE'LL SEE".
JoseComoVa
Salinas, CA
The Californian
25% of the people in this
country think the government should run
everything (you can call them communists,
socialist, statists or whatever) and 15% are on
the government dole. This 40% has to convince
11% of the rest of us to go along with their
government runs all philosophy to win an
election. Hopefully the 11% is wising up.
mightyright
Great Falls, MT
Tribune