Adam Bitely

Word is traveling around the web that Dede Scozzafava (the former Republican in the NY 23 race) has endorsed the Democrat, Bill Owens, in NY 23. Let me allow that sentence to sink in before I go any further.

When I was involved in the GOP, I was constantly reprimanded for voicing opposition to RINO/Liberal Republicans. The very reason I was vocal in my disdain of those types of Republicans was because of the very thing that Dede Scozzafava is doing. When she didn’t get her way, she went to the left. Not the right.

I hope people like Newt Gingrich are enjoying the fact that they elevated a terrible candidate onto a national platform where she could assist the left and harm the right. I wonder if Newt is considering endorsing Owens as well, since he trusts her judgment?

Erick Erickson from Redstate has it right on who else deserves blame here:

The Republican Party spent $900,000.00 to help her and this is how she repays them.

And Pete Sessions, Chairman of the NRCC, and Guy Harrison, Executive Director of the NRCC, still have their jobs and are failing to take responsibility for this disaster, instead blaming conservatives.

Will Sessions and Harrison still have jobs tomorrow?  Most likely. But they better start expecting some hot hot heat from us as we will constantly be reminding them of their sheer and utter failures.

Check out The Other Mcain, he has the scoop on Dede’s endorsement.

UPDATE at 3:25 pm:  I am curious about Newt’s official position in NY.  So I tweeted to him to see if he will clear the air.  I’m awaiting his response:

From @AdamBitely:  @newtgingrich, will you be endorsing Bill Owens in #ny23. I would like to get your new position on the record

UPDATE at 3:30 pm:  Upon inspecting Newt’s twitter feed, he seems to be supporting Hoffman, but that could have changed if he thought that Dede would be as well. His tweet that I am making this assumption on is comical. Newt says:

Scozzafava dropping out leaves hoffman as only anti-tax anti-pelosi vote in ny 23 Every voter opposed to tax increases support doug hoffman

Newt, Hoffman was the only anti-tax and anti-Pelosi candidate in the race to begin with. Thanks for coming late to the game.

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