Dede Scozzafava is the center left Republican from upstate New York who suspended her campaign in a special election for congress and threw her support to the Democrat, rather than see her conservative opponent win the seat.
Steve Lonegan told Politickernj's Matt Friedman that he considers Bergen County Clerk Kathe Donovan, who is the Bergen GOP's consensus candidate for County Executive, the Dede Scozzafava of New Jersey because she is not as conservative as he is.
Lonegan did not offer any alternative candidate. He simply criticised the GOP for not recruiting more conservative candidates. He even said, that the GOP rallied around Donovan because "they had no alternative" after a "desperate behind the scenes effort to find another candidate," which included asking him to run. Lonegan said he declined to run because his "interests do not lie there."
So what is Lonegan's point in criticising Donovan and the Bergen GOP if "they had no choice" and if he wasn't willing to step up, or as a conservative leader, recruit an alternative candidate?
Dede Scozzafava didn't tank the GOP changes of picking up a congressional seat by being too liberal or by withdrawing from the race. She tanked the GOP by helping the Democrat win. In that respect, helping the Democrats over a fellow Republican, Lonegan more resembles Scozzafava than Donovan does.
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You're a hardcore RINO, Art.
Incidentally, did you happen to see the headline of today's Asbury Park Press? Your boy Christie is allowing unemployment taxes to rise on businesses. He's been the governor for a week and already he is content to break his promise not to increase taxes. Why am I not surprised?
The sad thing is as long as a RINO hands out jobs and perks to the party machine, the party machine does not really care if the RINO stands for Republican values or not. Don't know this person but to us real Republicans electing a RINO or a Dem makes not difference. Unless the person is really a Republican we don't want them in office. Candidly anyone who hands out perks to supporters is a dem in our eyes.
in answer to your question: too many to count!!..
So being pro-abortion, pro-illegal immigration, pro-gun control, pro-gay marriage and a big spending tax hiker is "center left", Art? Interesting conclusion.
"Dede Scozzafava didn't tank the GOP changes of picking up a congressional seat by being too liberal or by withdrawing from the race. She tanked the GOP by helping the Democrat win. In that respect, helping the Democrats over a fellow Republican, Lonegan more resembles Scozzafava than Donovan does."
Scozzafava didn't tank the GOP chances, those who selected her did. If you want to blame anyone for the loss in in NY-23 it was the party apparatus there and the subsequent in-fighting. It wasn't her endorsing the Democrat that led to the GOP loss.
Steve's POV is no different than the conservatives across the country who tried to get Scozzafava to quit the race.
All I know is Donovan won't be getting my vote. I don't vote for liberals.
to Mike - Thank you! The party bosses just don't get it. They put up anyone who will play the game and don't care if they are really Republicans or not. FYI we woke up with the RINO congress taxing and spending for years. To us voters GOP values matter, cut taxes, cut spending. To us there is no difference between a RINO or a Dem because we don't profit from political kickbacks.
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