Weekly Wrap-Up

In case you missed it from yesterday, we’ve focused in on a great candidate, Doug Hoffman, to run on the Conservative line in the upcoming special election to replace Rep. John McHugh. Here are some stories straight from the 23rd Congressional District...

http://tinyurl.com/lyjvev

http://tinyurl.com/l263ba

Doug Hoffman isn’t an Albany insider or career politician. He’s got real experience in the real world, as an accountant and entrepreneur. Learn more about Doug here...

http://tinyurl.com/msjya5

We’re lucky to have plenty of principled Conservatives to pick from for this race, including retired New York City police officer Jim Kelly, and Jon Alvarez, who is currently serving our nation in Iraq (read more about that here: http://tinyurl.com/5o885o).

Now I’m sure there are plenty in the Republican Party who want us to take a “go-along-to-get-along” approach to this, and just support whoever the powers that be put on the ballot. That’s not happening – not with the GOP offering up a liberal Republican like Dede Scozzafava who does NOT represent the views of grassroots Conservatives or even most Republicans.
Here are some more local stories on this race...

From the Adirondack Daily Enterprise: http://tinyurl.com/nanbsm
From the Watertown Daily Times: http://tinyurl.com/m87wgx

This story is getting national coverage too. I spoke to The Hill, a Washington newspaper, late last week explaining our concerns about the Republican candidate: http://tinyurl.com/l85tyl

Human Events is also covering the 23rd District, aptly describing Assemblywoman Scozzafava as an “Obama Republican”: http://tinyurl.com/m7lm7m

Another big story is that the Democrats lost their first-choice candidate, State Sen. Darrel Aubertine, who decided not to run: http://tinyurl.com/ktk37m.

That led to another early Republican blunder, as reported by the Press Republican: http://tinyurl.com/n3r6n3.

So far the GOP has nominated the wrong candidate, and attacked the wrong candidate. Doesn’t bode well for their political instincts, does it?

This story doesn’t bode well for New York taxpayers who respect human life: http://tinyurl.com/m4yzeq. The headline says it all: “NY Taxpayers to Pay Donors for Stem Cell Studies.”

This story from the Post doesn’t bode well for Gov. Paterson, and his standing among mainstream New Yorkers... http://tinyurl.com/nee2am

Since he’s staying put in Albany, Sen. Aubertine will undoubtedly be hearing about how your tax dollars are being used, and how Gov. Paterson is handling our state’s economic troubles.

And whoever makes it to Washington as the next U.S. Representative from New York’s 23rd Congressional District will be facing a whole host of difficult issues:

A terrible recession: http://tinyurl.com/lg6qjt

Threats around the world: http://tinyurl.com/m3hceh, http://tinyurl.com/mwqh4g

A desperate push for drastic health care “reform”: http://tinyurl.com/mrlyjr (This is "reform" that members of Congress themselves want no part of! See this week’s question.)

Do we really want an Albany insider and “Obama Republican” like Dede Scozzafava to be voting on these issues, on behalf of New Yorkers?

We’ll keep you posted on this race, and on all the issues, here on the blog. Have a great weekend!