Saturday, August 8, 2009

Pandemic Chaos in the Media for Dede

Three stories in as many days highlight the difficulties ahead for Dede Scozzafava as she attempts to thread the needle and maneuver the political minefields north of Albany.  With a 3rd party candidate officially in the race it will be interesting to see whether the eventual winner takes a majority of the votes or a plurality to win.  

Mr. Ronald L. Caravan penned "Between the Lines: Scozzafava pick illustrates precisely what is wrong with today's G.O.P." in the Valley News.  Caravan writes of Scozzafava and her brand of Republicanism that, "rather than employing the term 'moderate Republicans,' it would be more accurate to describe these politicians as 'values-neutral Republicans.'  That is because the Republican Party, according to its platform, still stands for certain fundamental values, and these so-called 'moderates' consistently embrace public-policy positions that contradict those values."  Ouch!  Needless to say Mr. Caravan didn't have anything good to say about Dede, but nothing could have been as jaw-dropping as Mike Long yesterday.


Even the New York Times did a story on the race this week titled, "In Bid for House Seat, a Question of Identity for Republicans Upstate." 

Dede's unconventional Republican philosophy has resulted in a state of pandemic chaos for her campaign as local news stories pile up week after week with negative messages.  Now is the time when Dede is supposed to be defining herself to the electorate.  She can't even get a handle on the day-to-day message while the other major party has yet to announce their candidate.

With all of the commotion and negative attention for Dede, there is only one thing she can do to win.  At this point we would advise Dede to keep pandering to anyone who will listen.  If Dede can out-pander the other candidates, attempting to be all things to all people, or at least to enough people that matter (i.e. folks who actually vote), she's a shoe-in for the job.  Good luck and keep hedging on the real tough issues.

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