NY-23: Hoffman 2010?

[ccharles000]

SARANAC LAKE, NY – Will Doug Hoffman mount another bid for Congress in 2010? Jim Tedisco, the other New York GOPer who lost a special election in neighboring NY-20, is already set for a 2010 rematch with Rep. Scott Murphy (D-N.Y.). And before the polls closed, it was very clear inside Hoffman’s camp that he planned to run in 2010 no matter what happened. But last night’s result was devastating for a man who rose from obscurity to conservative superstardom to spending 72 hours thinking he was about to go to Congress to a solid defeat. Hoffman didn’t make himself available to press after the speech. According to Sandy Caligoire, who drove him home from the hotel, Hoffman barely talked on the ride home.

“He was crushed by this,” said Caligoire. “He needs a few days off.”

Still, it’s pretty clear that conservative activists would get behind another Hoffman bid. Conservative Party leaders feel that the local GOP has learned a lesson from the Scozzafava disaster, and that could smooth a path for Hoffman to win the Republican line in 2010.

http://washingtonindependent.com/66592/ny-23-hoffman-20...

[Mz Pip]

1. He'll still be the same

reactionary moran no matter what party he runs on.

It sounds like he really was expecting to win this. Of course I'll bet the only people he listened to were die hard teabaggers who gave him a false sense of what the reality of the political landscape really is. A lot of conservatives don't like the wingnuts.

[AlinPA]

7. For me, the line between "conservatives" and "wingnuts" is blurring. It might be my glasses,

but IMO, the RNC chairman is a wingnut, Boehner, Cantor and a lot of the republicans in the house are wingnuts; so are Inhofe, Cornyn, Coburn, Limbaugh, Hannity, Beck,...they all look and sound the same these days.

[Mz Pip]

11. Good point

At least as far as the elected official go, that's about all that's left - wingnuts. Though I do know a couple of old honest conservative people who don't like the direction the GOP is taking, but there doesn't seem to be much any of them can do about it.

[timeforpeace]

9. In fairness, he would have won if Scozzafava hadn't endorsed her/his opponent. Funny, she really

was a RINO!

[quiller4]

2. NY 23 is a district that will be re-districted away. Maybe Hoffman

will try his own district. That would be novel.

[LiberalFighter]

10. Except the redistricting won't happen in time for 2010.

[TheBigotBasher]

3. K & R

The GOP lost very badly here. They could not even select their own candidate, the "Real Republican" was selected by teabaggers, Palin and the Club for Growth. If they believe that this means go further right they go further down the path to irrelevance.

[Happyhippychick]

4. Hope he hires Palin as his campaign manager.

[tanyev]

8. She'd just quit half way into the campaign.

[Perky]

5. Even if he winns He will be a one-term due to redistricting

[Arkana]

6. Hoffman's got sand in his asscrack.