Mayor Bloomberg is spending $35,000 per hour of his own money on his re-election campaign.
Month: November 2009
Hoffman in the lead
The latest polling shows Doug Hoffman leading Bill Owens 41-36%. Fred Dicker thinks Hoffman is going to win and I’m inclined to agree with him. Scozzafava’s endorsement of Owens basically validated all of her critics complaints about her. According to Dicker:
“… A Hoffman win will send shock waves throughout Democratic ranks nationally and in New York, especially among the centrist Blue Dogs, whose moderation usually reflects the presence of a sizeable Republican voting bloc in their districts. “Upstate Democrats are going to be shaking in their boots” if Hoffman wins, one of New York’s best-known Democrats said yesterday …”
That would be good news for gun rights here and nationally.
Bradys say NRA failed
The Brady’s are claiming that Dede Scozzafava’s dropping out of the CD-23 race reflects badly upon the NRA:
“… without a vote being cast, the “powerful” National Rifle Association has already failed to elect an endorsed candidate for office in this election cycle …”
That doesn’t mean much. Doug Hoffman has been loudly proclaiming he is a NRA member so it’s not as if the gun issue has taken a hit. As far as I know the Owens’ campaign didn’t try attacking either campaign on gun issues and he’s sure not running to the Brady Bunch looking for an endorsement from them.