And the race is on....

The battle for the Republican mantle in NY-23 is already turning ugly, and Rep. John McHugh hasn't even been confirmed yet.
Doug Hoffman, who lost out to Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava for the GOP line in the yet-to-be-called special election for McHugh's seat and is now favored to land the Conservative nod, did a round of interviews this weekend with his new consultant, Rob Ryan, conferenced in.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/#ixzz0N9ErRLKc

And another article: http://www.politickerny.com/4756/hoffman-still-fighting-republican-line-he-fights-conservative-line


John Gizzi also writes about the 23rd CD: http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=32965

When you read about "seasoned" politicians http://www.nypost.com/seven/08032009/postopinion/editorials/bashing_the_golden_goose_182688.htm
it is refreshing to know that people like Doug Hoffman want to run for Congress for all the right reasons.

And Mr. Hoffman will certainly not fall into the "high tax trap" as E. J. McMahon writes in an op-ed piece in today's NY Post: http://www.nypost.com/seven/08032009/postopinion/opedcolumnists/the_high_tax_trap_182683.htm

New York and California are not the only places facing serious fiscal problems: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bal-te.md.budgets02aug02,0,4552111.story

Did this article actually appear in the New York Times? "“This idea that everything new that government provides ought to be paid for by the top 5 percent, that’s a basically unstable way of governing,” Mr. Burman said." Read more here: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/01/us/politics/01taxes.html

Just one on health care reform today: http://www.nypost.com/seven/08032009/postopinion/opedcolumnists/destroying_the_doctor_patient_bond_182685.htm