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BREAKING: Doug Hoffman Ends NY-23 Campaign, Endorses GOP’s Doheny

Posted on | October 5, 2010 | 14 Comments

Adirondack Daily Enterprise via Maggie Haberman of Politico:

SARANAC LAKE — Doug Hoffman has dropped out of the race to represent New York’s 23rd Congressional District. Hoffman’s name will still appear on the ballot on the Conservative line; however, Hoffman said Tuesday morning that he wants his supporters to vote for Republican Matt Doheny.
“Our nation is at a crossroads, and it is imperative that on Election Day we wrest control of Congress from Nancy Pelosi and the Democrat majority,” Hoffman said in a prepared statement. . . .

Read the whole thing.

UPDATE: Now a Memeorandum thread, and Ed Morrissey at Hot Air writes:

The split on the Right last November allowed Bill Owens to win the race  . . .

The was no “split on the Right,” because Dede Scozzafava was never “Right.” Dede was, as Michelle Malkin famously said, ”An ACORN-Friendly, Big Labor-Backing, Tax-and-Spend Radical in GOP Clothing.” Ed is closer to the mark here:

Hoffman . . . has proven himself much more of a team player and class act. . . .

Indeed, considering the dishonest smear campaign by which Doheny eked out a 700-vote win in this year’s GOP primary, Hoffman’s endorsement is one of the most generous and noble acts of recent political memory.

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Comments

  • Joe

    Doug is the better man, and by doing this it shows. Even if the GOP guy is a jerk, better the GOP wins than Owens.

  • Tr_sterling
  • nice venn

    He had no realistic chance of winning. What’s the point in staying in the race?

    Now if Tom Tancredo drops out, THAT would be NEWS, real team spirit and a show of a character.

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/EU5DQWQTTHTPO4A4ZYSL3AAV2U Adjoran

    At least he did it like a man, instead of whining like a spoiled brat about the campaign.

    Tancredo wouldn’t change things much by dropping out. Maes is simply a fatally flawed candidate who cannot win, and the poster child for proper vetting before primaries – the sort of thing very difficult to do with a mob of passionate but leaderless people.

    I have to wonder: if Murky had decided to drop out, would her act be described as “generous and noble” here? I doubt it.

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  • Joe

    Murky would get thanks for doing the right thing, but she is not in the same class as Doug Hoffman. Murky is the same class (right now) as Scozzafava. She can redeem herself (partially) by dropping out.

    As for Tancredo, he is not my cup of “tea.” But Tancredo has a shot, Maes has no shot. Maes should drop out and give Tancredo a chance of winning it.

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  • http://twitter.com/robisaverb Robert Birch

    *Cough, cough* Castle!

    Dan Maes has dug is own hole. The stories coming out from supporters et.al is pretty damning. We known Dan Maes’ past, just like we knew Obama’s past. Tom Tancredo is crazy but at least he is respected by his supporters.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1385852725 Richard Mcenroe

    NO! You’re doing it WRONG! We don’t WANT a 75-seat pickup! Start a write-in campaign! Endorse the Democrat! Do SOMETHING! — Jeff Sessions

  • http://ifyouseekpeace.wordpress.com/ Ran

    This hurts. Congrats to Doug on having a real sense of Grace.

  • http://twitter.com/RightKlik RightKlik

    Stupid question: Why can’t RINOs behave this way?

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  • Anonymous

    They wouldn’t be RINOs if they did.

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