| A new Research 2000 poll commissioned by Daily Kos shows that the mess in the NY-23rd special election is getting nothing but messier. Compared to the previous poll, Democrat Bill Owens is again statistically tied--but this time, it's with Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman. Owens takes 33%, Hoffman 32%, and Republican Dede Scozzafava has slipped down to a distant third with 21% of the vote. Scozzafava and Hoffman were nearly reversed in the last poll, with the Republican getting 30% and the Conservative 23% respectively.
Undecideds in the new poll clocked in at 14%, making the whole thing very much up in the air.
Clearly, Scozzafava has suffered under the combination of the constant teabagging, the far-right endorsements of Hoffman--who has now taken the lead among registered Republicans--and the failure of her campaign to manage events.
I'll tell you what Dede should have done: Run as a Democrat. God knows there's more tolerance for diversity of opinion and moderates over here than there is back in the Republican caucus. |
