I'm Not Saying My Endorsement Had Anything to Do With It

The other day I put up a post explaining Why I Am Supporting Doug Hoffman for Congress in New York. It was reported earlier today that his RINO opponant Dede Scozzafava has quit the special election in New York after an independent pollster found her badly trailing both Douglas Hoffman and Democrat Bob Owens. (Breaking: Scozzafava quits after Siena poll; Update: Hoffman campaign asking for endorsement?) It is now likely that Doug Hoffman will take the lead & win the election thus sending a clear message that the Republican leaders cannot take us Pro-lifers & conservative voters for granted.

I also have to add that while politics is not the start or end of putting an end to abortion, as Christians we do have a moral responsibility to work to elect Pro-life candidates. Our trust & our reliance is ultimately on God. But that doesn't absolve us from doing what He expects of us.

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Added 1 Nov 2009, 12:15 am

This is also a victory for the Susan B. Anthony List Fund over NARAL. NARAL Pro-Choice New York threw itself behind Scozzafava with a mail campaign last Thursday. (NARAL Supports GOP Candidate in Fight for NY23 Against Surging Pro-Life Independent) They also started a get out the vote campaign. It looks like their efforts were for naught. Thank God!

The Susan B. Anthony List has issued a statement applauding her courage to do the right thing. It went on to say "Now it's time for the GOP to step up.
On behalf of conservative voters, activists, and volunteers across the district, I call on the national GOP to finally throw its full support and resources behind Doug Hoffman for Congress. A Hoffman victory is within sight."

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) which made the mistake of supporting her has has released a joint statement -- co-signed by Sessions, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) and Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) -- backing Hoffman. It is done in a way that they avoid admitting their mistake while saying why she was wrong in the 1st place.

As I said, maybe the RNC & NRCC will stop trying to be Democrats Lite & support Pro-life & true fiscal conservatives for office.

On a smaller scale, a similar thing is happenning over in Illinois where a blogger friend of mine, Paul Mitchell, is running against the Republican incumbant in the Feb 2010 Republican Primary for Illinois House seat 62. (Support A Real Pro-Life, Pro-Marriage Conservative Republican ) More on him in a future post. But I will put in a plug for you to donate to his campaign.

Also the news was 1st broken on a blog: The Other McCain (NY23: SCOZZAFAVA QUITS! UPDATE: New poll shows Hoffman in dead heat with Democrat Owens)