With the most recent polls showing a dead heat between Hoffman and Owens, I really don’t know how this will play out:
Republican Dede Scozzafava has suspended her bid in next Tuesday’s NY 23 special election, a huge development that dramatically shakes up the race. She did not endorse either of her two opponents — Conservative party candidate Doug Hoffman or Democrat Bill Owens.
Scozzafava has “probably made her last campaign appearance between now and Election Day,” spokesman Matt Burns told POLITICO. “She’s releasing her support to the two other candidates.”
“I had a discussion with her last night, and we made the decision after I spoke with her. We talked about it, what this came down to was spending. It came down to the ability to defend herself from the get-go. And that’s the reality. She was unable to define herself where the people didn’t know her.”
Will Scozzafava’s support go to Hoffman or Owens? Are her supporters just plain, old “broken glass” Republicans who will just pull the “R” lever no matter what, and are thus more likely to switch to Hoffman? Or, are her supporters RINOs who only vote GOP as long as they can have someone wishy-washy? Only time will tell…
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