"NY 23 and the Rebirth of Conservatism"

So the Bill Owens/Dede Scozzafava faction won two days ago. I can hear some Republicans now telling me, "See?! If the conservatives had just endorsed Dede, she would have won!" So what? We still would have had a member of Congress who would have voted with a liberal/leftist agenda. Proof? Whom did Dede endorse at the 11th hour? She endorsed Bill Owens and the socialist agenda of the current Democrat majority in Congress.

But notice how many people voted for a man whose candidacy stood no chance just two weeks ago. Roughly 54,000 people told Newt Gingrich to take a hike. Over 50,000 people in New York's 23rd Congressional district told the Republican Party brahmins that they were going to take charge of their own lives, and they don't have to take what "the Party" offers them anymore. And Doug Hoffman in less than two weeks went from zero to just losing by a hair--this time.

Next year is another election in the same district. And I think Doug's supporters will be very, very busy over the next 12 months seriously planning and working for victory.