Republican Dede Scozzafava is out of the running. Since she would not lead or follow, she did the next best thing and got out of the way. Scozzafava was nominated by New York’s deluded Republican Party to run in that state’s 23rd Congressional district special election. As Gov. Sarah Palin and other prominent conservatives have noted, Scozzafava wasn’t all that different from her Democratic challenger Bill Owens. Leading conservatives, mostly out of office – and therefore unmoved by the Republican Party leadership – supported Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman with words and cash. With Hoffman draining the energy and cash from the lackluster Scozzafava campaign, she announced that she would fold her tent.
Former Bush speech writer and champion of squishy “compassionate conservatism,” David Frum, is upset that real conservatives are working to excise the cancer of big tent squishiness from the party of Lincoln. “From the New York experience, Republicans will be tempted to draw the lesson: Always nominate the more conservative candidate…we need to drive pro-environmental fiscal moderates out of our party and into the Democratic Party where they belong!” Sorry, Dave, but that’s exactly the prescription needed to save the country from Obamaism.
Scozzafava withdrew from the congressional race with a statement that other Obamaesk Republicans should take to heart:
“It is my hope that with my actions today, my Party will emerge stronger and our District and our nation can take an important step towards restoring the enduring strength and economic prosperity that has defined us for generations.”
Her wish for a prosperous and strong nation can only begin when Republicans stop acting like confused Obama Democrats.
-- Mr. Curmudgeon
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