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March 28, 2009
By: TEDISCO, DUCK.... It has been notable to see the President and the Vice President get fairly involved in the special election in NY-20 over the last week or two, despite the dynamics of the district presumably favoring a Republican. Obviously something flipped and they feel like Scott Murphy can take the seat (incidentally, liberal netrooters, Murphy has announced his intention to join the Blue Dogs, so caveat emptor). And if you want to know why, just check out what Eric Sundwall, the Libertarian candidate who was kicked off the ballot at the last minute after having his signatures challenged, had to say about Republican Jim Tedisco: Mr. Tedisco denies any involvement with the concerted effort by his supporters to knock me off the ballot. I don't believe him. The ruthless effort by his supporters to knock me off the ballot without a word of protest by him proves his unfitness for any office let alone Congress in these critical times. Obviously, the Libertarian candidate dropping from the ballot and throwing his support to the Democrat means little on a practical level. But the fact that Tedisco's tactics so angered him that he decided to blast him clearly shows how Tedisco is making friends and influencing people in the district. And the slow-motion winnowing of the GOP into a small regional party in the South continues apace. —dday 11:14 AM Permalink | Trackbacks | Comments (7)
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It makes sense for a Libertarian to end up supporting a Democrat. Despite the big ideological difference over the size and powers of government, more and more libertarians IMHO are being disgusted by the corruption, abuse, hypocrisy, BGC-ism, religious flakiness, adventurism, and tactics of the Republicans. Posted by: Neil B ☺ on March 28, 2009 at 11:29 AM | PERMALINKNew Yorkers are very familiar with petition challenges and signature issues. A successful signature challenge is unlikely to be the reason for Tedisco's troubles. Posted by: ebbolles on March 28, 2009 at 11:31 AM | PERMALINK"And the slow-motion winnowing of the GOP into a small regional party in the South continues apace." At least Republicans will be able to enjoy their predicted "permanent majority" somewhere. Those Gingrich and Rove folks really is psychic! Posted by: palinoscopy on March 28, 2009 at 12:36 PM | PERMALINKI keep hearing how Obama is all in. From up here in the district he's pretty much been invisible. A single email to supporters urging them to vote? Big whoop. I mean I appreciate this minimal effort, but I hardly would categorize it as "fairly involved". "the Democrat means little on a practical level." If the race is really close it will mean a great deal.Democrats and Republicans stopping to petition challenges of ever Green, Libertarian or CP candidate only tells me more important these parties are becoming in deciding elections, not less important. The GOP wouldn't have been trying to knock off an LP candidate from the ballot if they didn't think it was going to hurt him. Posted by: Sean Scallon on March 29, 2009 at 9:29 AM | PERMALINKOnce the need for stimulus spending abates, Blue Dogs will be among the Democrats best friends. Gun control and excessive government spending are the ONLY things that Libertarians should object to from the Democratic modus operandi. My canned, oversimplified summary of the parties for Libertarians is this: Democrats steal your money. If Democrats lighten the tax load when good times return, maybe thanks to Blue Dog efforts, they'll be unstoppable. Virtually no one will want the Republicans back since they did a crummy job of cutting spending when they had the chance. Actions over words will win the Democrats an insurmountable majority. 
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