Showdown!!!

Jim Geraghty from National Review has an interesting take on Dede Scozzafava's withdrawl from the NY-23 race and her subsequent endorsement of the democrat candidate

...a Conservative party candidate eking out a plurality in a three-way race is one thing. A Conservative candidate winning head-to-head against a Democrat, with the endorsement of the Republican... well, the potential reverberations from this potential earthquake just got even bigger.

This was the issue last week that all of the "legitimate" news outlets cited as a perfect example of the impending demise of the republican party. I wonder if this is what Obama intended when he snatched a nine term congresman from an area that republicans have represented since 1872 and made him next secretary of the Army. More unintended consequences from the Obama administration? The latest PPP poll shows conservative party candidate Hoffman with a 15 point lead in a two-way race over the democrat Owens.