Capitol confidential (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
Watch CBS News Videos Online Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava fences with Dick Armey on the question of the former House Republican Majority Leader’s proposed GOP policy stress-test, by which candidates or incumbents would have the option of disagreeing with the party on up to two central Republican issues before earning the ire of the national organization (meaning [...]
DownWithTyranny! (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
... longtime incumbent John McHugh retired and the local party nominated a popular local legislator, Dede Scozzafava while the Democrats came up with someone no one had ever heard of and whose campaign was mostly about being noncommittal on the most important bills. But then along came Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Jim DeMint, Sarah Palin, their barely potty-trained teabaggers and a rash...
RealClearPolitics (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
... the Republican Party. Is there room for moderates? We'll talk with former Republican candidate Dede Scozzafava, former House majority leader Dick Armey and...
The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
Appearing on "Face the Nation" today , Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava rated herself a 7 out of 10 on the so-called National GOP "10 commandments" being considered as a litmus test for candidate support in the 2010 election cycle. Scozzafava held herself up as an example of a "fiscal conservative" and a moderate in the mold of former Rep. John McHugh,...
DANGERDEMOCRAT (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
... CARL LEVIN D-Michigan Chairman, Armed Services Committee DICK ARMEY Former House Republican Leader DEDE SCOZZAFAVA ED GILLESPIE Republican strategist
The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
... gay marriage. The conservatives' success at pushing moderate - and pro-marriage - Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava out of the NY-23 special election, coupled with the loss of incumbents considered "safe" throughout the state has many elected officials on both sides of the aisle less willing to take risks on controversial issues. (Incidentally, Scozzafava voted "yes"...
Massachusetts Liberal (Free subscription) | yesterday
... really understand fascism is generally an ideology of the right. And while the folks who thought Dede Scozzafava was a flaming lefty may not seem to be any better versed at ideology, the sharp rightward yank they propose for the party of Lincoln would make them right at home in Cuckoo and vicinity. The 10-point purity test they promote may be one of the best Christmas presents ever...
Naked Politics (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago
... after the setbacks of the 2006 and 2008 elections. He endorsed the moderate Republican candidate, Dede Scozzafava, in the heated New York congressional race in which other prominent conservatives rallied around a third-party candidate, Doug Hoffman. Scozzafava dropped out but Hoffman ended up losing to the Democrat.
CWA-NJ Conservatives with Attitude! (Free subscription) | yesterday
... We will “ NY-23″ ANYONE who betrays Conservative principles. We have TOO MANY of our own Dede Scozzafava’s in the NJ GOP and they need to be challenged in the Primary and beaten.
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
CBS devoted half of Sunday's Face the Nation to the pressing question of “divisions within the Republican Party: Is there room for moderates'” Fill-in host Harry Smith of the Early Show allowed guests Dick Armey and Ed Gillespie plenty of time to reject his premise, but he forwarded the media's widely-held presumption in a series of statements as he simply cued up Dede Scozzafava,...
Jesus is Lord, A Worshipping Christ (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
... Party’s message is compromised when the party supports liberal Republican candidates like DeDe Scozzafava in the 23rd Congressional District of New York. Original Link .
Pensito Review (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
... After Republican tea baggers undercut and sabotaged moderate Republican Congressional candidate Dede Scozzafava in New York, some members of the Republican National Committee have come up with a plan to make their party bigger, kick more people out. In our third story tonight, they’re doing it in the name of Ronald Reagan, except that the plan they have chosen would have resulted...
Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
Sen. Lindsey Graham, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Carl Levin, Dick Armey, Dede Scozzafava, Ed Gillespie, Sen. Jack Reed, Sen. Richard Lugar, Patrick Byrne, Tony Blair, Rep. David Obey, Maziar Bahari, Eric Schmidt, Sen. Jon Kyl, Sen. Evan Bayh, Howard Dean, Mike Huckabee, Bill and Melinda Gates, and Naomi Klein .
Left of the Hill (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
... debate. Face the Nation: Sen. Carl Levin (D-Michigan); Dick Armey, Former House Republican Leader; Dede Scozzafava, Former Republican Congressional candidate, NY-23; Ed Gillespie, Republican strategist Fox News Sunday: Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Arizona) and Evan Bayh (D-Indiana) will discuss Afghanistan; Howard Dean and Mike Huckabee will talk about "health care, Afghanistan and the state...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
... the Republican loss in the recent congressional race in upstate New York, when liberal Republican Dede Scozzafava withdrew from the race under pressure from conservatives and endorsed Democrat Douglas Hoffman, who won. Republicans had held that seat for more than a century. James Bopp Jr., chief sponsor of the resolution and a committee member from Indiana, has said that "the...
