WHO WON THE DAY?: Chris Stirewalt on NY-23 Election
Of tomorrow's four major races -- New Jersey Governor , Virginia Governor , New York City mayor, and New York 23rd Congressional district --the last is the smallest but carries the widest national significance. A nationwide grassroots conservative movement, propelled by conservative bloggers, ousted official Republican nominee Dede Scozzafava and led an informal Fundraising drive for third-party candidate Doug Hoffman. Now Hoffman, who has gained the support of Sarah Palin and other party...

Pro-Gay NY GOP Moderate Suspends Race, Endorses Democrat
Much of the political chatter this weekend has been about the withdrawal of Dede Scozzafava, the moderate Republican candidate who was forced out dropped out of the race for a seat in New York's conservative 23rd district upsate over the weekend following pressure from the far right in the form of endorsements to "true" conservative , account and businessman Doug Hoffman, from Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, William Kristol and Glenn Beck. The NYT reports : "The candidate, Dede...

Five things to watch in N.Y. 23
The tumultuous upstate New York special election finally comes to an end Tuesday, as voters in the 23rd Congressional District head to the polls to pick a successor to former GOP Rep. John McHugh. The final days of the three-way contest have been chaotic: On Saturday, Republican nominee Dede Scozzafava abruptly announced she was suspending her campaign, and on Sunday, she endorsed Democrat Bill Owens. Her name, however, will remain on the ballot. As a two-way contest between Owens and...

Gibson Frets: 'Liberal Republican Gets Forced Out, What Happened to the Big Tent?': PHOTO
Following a Monday night look at Tuesday's special election to fill New York's 23rd congressional district seat in which Republican Dede Scozzafava dropped out after falling behind the Democrat and the Conservative Party nominee, ABC anchor Charles Gibson -- instead of wondering why the GOP establishment failed to pick a candidate who upholds basic Republican principles -- delivered the usual liberal media upset over the GOP's lack of a “big tent,” a phrase you never hear when Democrats...

Palin & Biden Debating Again; This Time Over Energy & NY's 23rd District
A year ago in St. Louis. They're back at it today. ( J. Scott Applewhite / AP ) By Mark Memmott Vice President Joe Biden and the woman who ran against him last year did some long-distance sparing today. Biden, at a rally for New York congressional Democratic contender Bill Owens, took a verbal shot at former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, who's a supporter of Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman in Tuesday's crazy special election for New York's 23rd district (where Republican nominee Dede...

What Ousted GOP Candidate Endorsing Dem in Messy NY Race Means (Guest Voice)
What Ousted GOP Candidate Endorsing Dem in Messy NY Race Means by Jon Wells The drama over the special election in NY-23 has taken a variety of surprising turns over the past few weeks. The Republican candidate, Dede Scozzafava, was selected by a county board of GOP supervisors and got a load of initial cash and support from the national Republican establishment. But a plethora of her policy stands made many in the base question why she was selected in the first place. There are her positions...

What Ousted GOP Candidate Endorsing Dem in Messy NY Race Means (Guest Voice)
What Ousted GOP Candidate Endorsing Dem in Messy NY Race Means by Jon Wells The drama over the special election in NY-23 has taken a variety of surprising turns over the past few weeks. The Republican candidate, Dede Scozzafava, was selected by a county board of GOP supervisors and got a load of initial cash and support from the national Republican establishment. But a plethora of her policy stands made many in the base question why she was selected in the first place. There are her positions...

House GOP leader criticizes Republican candidate who dropped out of special election in NY
WASHINGTON — The House Republican leader says he regrets that he and other members of his party spent time and money supporting the GOP nominee in a special House election in upstate New York. The candidate picked by GOP officials in New York's 23rd Congressional District, Dierdre Scozzafava, abruptly dropped out of the race Saturday. She then backed the Democratic candidate, Bill Owens, over Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman. Support for Hoffman from prominent Republican...

Conservatives emboldened by moves in New York election: PHOTO
Reporting from Washington - The triumph of conservative forces over the Republican Party establishment in upstate New York has emboldened like-minded activists around the country, and it could drive the GOP sharply to the right as it lines up candidates for the 2010 midterm congressional Elections. The rebellion that drove a moderate Republican off the ballot in a special House election today is sending a clear message to the party leadership and its candidates: Ignore the conservative grass...

GOP Civil War in New York Portends National Transformation
The dramatic three-way Congressional race in New York's 23rd district has lost one of its contenders: official Republican nominee Dede Scozzafava has dropped out . Scozzafava's support dried up after nationwide conservative grassroots, led by blogs, attacked her for being too liberal and rallied behind Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman. Scozzafava has since endorsed Democratic candidate Bill Owens. With such heavyweights as Rush Limbaugh , Sarah Palin , and Vice President Joe Biden...

How the GOP Loses Women
Dede Scozzafava’s exit from a New York House race is just the latest example of the new Republican Party’s hostility to pro-choice women. Linda Hirshman on why Sarah Palin is a club of one.

Doug, Baby, Doug! -- By: Mark Steyn: PHOTO
That's the way Sarah Palin should have phrased it on Facebook, Kathryn. Incidentally, it's not just the Associated Press that's pre-emptively dismissing any Republican victories on the morrow as a mere dead-cat bounce on the plummet into the abyss. So is the proprietor of the former New Majority . We shall see. For my own part, I'm glad voters in NY-23 now have a real choice instead of finding themselves in a two-party system of Dem and Demmer. My DIABLO tag - Democrat In All But Label Only -...

CNN's Crowley: NY 23's Hoffman the Choice of 'Tea Bag Partyers'?: PHOTO
CNN's Candy Crowley made an oblique reference to her colleague Anderson Cooper's infamous “teabagger” remark on Monday's Situation Room. As she reported on the race in New York's 23rd congressional district, Crowley referred to Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman as “ the choice of many on the right, including Sarah Palin, former House leader Dick Armey and -tea bag partyers '” [audio clips available here ]. The CNN political correspondent detailed the different key...

Frank Rich: Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin Are 'Re-enacting Stalinism': PHOTO
" The battle for upstate New York confirms just how swiftly the right has devolved into a wacky, paranoid cult that is as eager to eat its own as it is to destroy Obama. The movement's undisputed leaders, Palin and Beck, neither of whom have what Palin once called the 'actual responsibilities' of public office, would gladly see the Republican Party die on the cross of right-wing ideological puri ty." So wrote New York Times columnist Frank Rich in a piece that won't appear in print...

It's on: Palin vs. Biden on energy: PHOTO
Something spicy from this morning’s sparsely attended rally for Owens in NY-23. In one corner: A widely disliked dimwit who came to national prominence on last year’s ticket. In the other corner: Sarah Palin. Evidently she’s embraced a rapid response strategy to her critics because this makes twice in two days where some charge leveled against her was answered within hours on Facebook : As the vice president knows, I have always advocated an all-of-the-above approach to...

Sarah Palin: NJ's Governor's Race: Candidate Plays Loose With Facts?
Despite what candidate Chris Daggett is claiming, I have never contacted him or his campaign. I have never asked him to drop out of the NJ Governor's race. Now, if a politician is going to play loose with facts like this, the electorate needs to know it. So, to the good people of New Jersey, please know that Daggett's claims are false. I've never even suggested he should drop out of the race. But, come to think of it… - Sarah Palin

Rush & Molloy: Scribe doesn't buy Palin split talk: PHOTO
Sarah Palin's unwanted biographer, Joe McGinniss, doesn't buy rumors that she and her husband, Todd, may split -but if there is trouble in that marriage, he promises to find it.

Limbaugh: Scozzafava "Guilty Of Widespread Bestiality; She Has Screwed Every RINO In The Country" (VIDEO)
While many in the Republican party worry that the ousting of Dierdre Scozzafava signals to moderates that they are no longer welcome in the GOP, Rush Limbaugh has no such concerns . Indeed, Limbaugh sees her endorsement of the Democratic candidate in the New York congressional race as fatal to so-called RINOs everywhere because it will expose their true character, leaving true Republicans with a more pure, albeit smaller, party. Limbaugh, however, expressed this thought with his typical flair...

Palin to Virginia: "Vote Your Values": PHOTO
Virginians began reporting on Sunday that they were receiving robocalls from former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin urging them to “vote your values." In other words, vote Republican Bob McDonnell for Governor. By Christopher Mangum May be a screen capture JPG that links to the video player, or an embedded video from an external source like YouTube.com May be a screen capture JPG that links to the video player, or an embedded video from an external source like YouTube.com --> Virginians began...

Levi's Going 'Full Johnson' for Playgirl: PHOTO
We've confirmed Levi Johnston plans to come out swinging -- the famous Palin-impaler is gonna go the full monty for Playgirl . Levi's manager already said he was 90% sure the teen baby daddy would take it all off for the adult rag -- but now comes the confirmation ... in the form of the greatest statement ever: "Everything's gonna hang out. We're talking full johnson." His manager tells us Levi's gunning to shoot the nudie pics on November 16th ... the same day Sarah Palin makes her Oprah...

Palin Jumps into N.J., Virginia Races: PHOTO
(AP Photo/Jeff Topping) Sarah Palin helped bring national attention to the special election in New York's 23rd congressional district earlier this month, and now the former Alaska Governor is jumping into the gubernatorial Elections in New Jersey and Virginia. Palin has recorded a robocall message to encourage Virginians to vote on Tuesday, the Washington Post reports . "Virginia, hello, this is Sarah Palin calling to urge you to go to the polls Tuesday and vote for Sarah's principles," Palin...

What Will Media Think of Scozzafava's Robocall for Dem Owens?: PHOTO
Since Dede Scozzafava suspended her campaign for the open House seat in New York state's 23rd district Saturday, media members have been depicting her as a moderate Republican who was the victim of an attack by the far-right in the nation. As NewsBusters reported hours ago, ABC's George Stephanopoulos on Monday said of events in upstate New York: You saw this conservative candidate just come in and swamp the Republican who was pro-choice, pro-Gay Rights. And what The White House is trying to do...

Do You Believe Levi Johnston? What Side Are You On?: PHOTO
On "The Insider" tonight, Levi Johnston is dropping some bombshells about former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and her family. No question was off limits for "The Insider" panel as they grilled the 19-year-old father to Palin's grandson Tripp with shocking questions about Palin's youngest child and whether she ever hit on Johnston. The young dad comes to "The Insider" after making some outrageous claims on the "The Early Show" last week. Johnston told the CBS morning show that Palin had called...

Sarah Palin: Response to Vice President Biden's Comments Today About My Position On Energy Independence
As the vice president knows, I have always advocated an all-of-the-above approach to American Energy Independence. Among other things, my alternative Energy goal for Alaska sits at 50 percent because Alaska reached more than 20 percent during my term in office. The Obama-Biden administration, on the other hand, recently announced a renewable goal of only 25 percent. However, domestic drilling should remain a top priority in order to meet America's consumption and security needs. The vice...