You have to stand on principle all the time. Not just when it’s convenient.

Standing on principle all the time builds reputation, trust and proof you actually mean it. Time for the GOP to stand up.

I hope this is the start of something big. If we follow the newtered method, we’ll never have a conservative congress. I understand that getting congress back is imperative, but not with a Scozzafava. I’d rather wait it out than show the world our leaders would support this liberal democrat.

That tie to WFP and ACORN wasn’t enough for Gingrich. He’s trying to change the subject by debating Howard Dean. Normally, I would think that’s worth mentioning, but now I’d rather talk about Gingrich/Scozzafava.

On July 22, 2009, Scozzafava was chosen by the eleven Republican Party county chairs located in the 23rd Congressional district to be the Republican nominee for the special election to fill the seat in the United States Congress vacated by John M. McHugh, who resigned in September 2009[6] to become Secretary of the Army.[3]

Conservatives have criticized Scozzafava for accepting the endorsement of the Working Families Party in her earlier assembly campaigns, noting the close ties between that party and liberal activist group ACORN.[7] She has received endorsements from Newt Gingrich,[8] Congressman Peter T King,[8] the National Rifle Association (NRA),[8] the Log Cabin Republicans,[8] and the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT), the largest labor union in New York State,[9] as well as an unsolicited endorsement from liberal activist Markos Moulitsas, founder and publisher of the Daily Kos blog.[10]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dierdre_Scozzafava

Yet I cannot help but wonder if the central reason for advancing the argument against third party efforts is not simply the preferred response from those who are satisfied with the two party system.

If the original 39% figure was even close to reality there is reason to believe that lead would have grown rather than be cut in half due in large part to several serious gaffes as the final results show.

Third party candidates cannot win. I’m not convinced.

We must take each election and look at it separately. If the republican is a RINO, then we must vote for the candidate that is most like what we stand for. It may take a long time to weed out the RINOs. It won’t be easy and it won’t be quick. I think with the NY-23 we are sending a strong message.

Teddy Roosevelt did not succeed in a third party bid and no one else has either. Is that reason enough to abandon that idea and continue to cave to the failures of the two party system?

Newt was once considered a champion of conservative principles. Does that notion still apply given his support of Scazzafava(beans)?