Sarah Palin and other conservatives don't endorse Republican candidate in New York 23rd's Special Election
A number of Republicans care more about supporting a candidate based on what that candidate believes.
Some of the most prominent names in national Republican Party politics are lining up against the GOP nominee in a key upstate New York House special election, the latest being former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, who weighed in Friday.
In endorsing Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman in the Nov. 3 contest, Santorum joined former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, Minnesota Rep. Michelle Bachmann, former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson, and former presidential candidate Steve Forbes, all of whom announced their backing for the conservative third-party candidate this week.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty suggested Friday that he might be the next well-known Republican to break with the party establishment and support Hoffman. When asked about the race Friday during an interview with ABC, he expressed frustration with GOP nominee Dede Scozzafava and said he will “probably” endorse in the race.
While Scozzafava can point to many other prominent conservatives who support her bid—including former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Republican leaders on Capitol Hill—this week’s surge of leading conservatives to Hoffman’s camp is a troubling sign for her campaign and the national GOP establishment since several of the recent Hoffman endorsers have significant followings and represent the most energetic part of the Republican base.
“I would prefer to not have to go up to New York to endorse and campaign for the conservative candidate. But Republicans lost the race when they nominated Dede,” Armey told POLITICO. . . .
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posted by John Lott at 11:47 AM
2 Comments:
I applaud Palin for choosing principle over party. What good is a party anyway when they prefer political expedience to sound economics and justice?
Signs of renewal amongst the Republicans, who now are beginning to understand that their first problem to solve is the ejection of the host of RINO's that ruined the party's credibility.
Heaven only knows how many faithful GOP contributors' donations went to sleazeballs like Arlen Specter.
I toss any and all RNC appeals in the trash, and at this point, make my contributions to FredPAC. No one's perfect, but I find him much much more trustworthy than the get-along-go-long-screw-the-conservative-base types that have run the RNC for far too long.
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