BREAKING: Scozzafava suspends NY 23 campaign

WOW! This is huge news, another sign that the Republican Party is wisely moving back to conservatives, and away from milquetoast RINOs. I can't understate how huge this is.

I will give Scozzafava props for uncharacteristically putting the long-term good of the party ahead of her ambitions, I am sure her lagging poll numbers helped her make a principled stand.

-Nick McNulty, Medford GOP


From Politico;

October 31, 2009
Categories:New York.BREAKING: Scozzafava suspends NY 23 campaign
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.

The decision to suspend her campaign is a boost for Hoffman, who already had the support of 50 percent of GOP voters, according to a newly-released Siena poll, and is now well-positioned to win over the 25 percent of Republicans who had been sticking with Scozzafava.

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."

POLITICO has the full story on Scozzafava's surprise decision here.