The third-party candidate challenging a liberal Democrat and a liberal Republican in New York's 23rd Congressional District says he chose principle over party when he entered the special election race.
Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman says he is a lifelong Republican who believes in the values and ideals of the GOP, but that he could not stand by idly while Republican Assemblywoman DeDe Scozzafava and Democrat Bill Owens squared off in the largely conservative district. "I felt that if I didn't get in this race, the voters would have only had a choice between two peas in a liberal pod," the candidate states. "And with the Conservative Party ranking Assemblywoman Scozzafava as more liberal than 46 Democrat legislators in Albany, I felt that the voters deserved a choice of a real Republican." Hoffman, who has been endorsed by Republican Party heavyweights like Sarah Palin and Tim Pawlenty, admits he is excited but cautiously optimistic about his slight lead in some polls. "I believe the voters in this district are realizing that I'm the only common-sense conservative Ronald Reagan Republican in this race -- and that is reflected in the latest poll numbers," he says. "But we're not taking those for granted -- we're still fighting like we're the underdog." Hoffman promises that if he goes to Washington, he will "fight back against higher taxes, higher deficits, increased regulations, and red tape," and what he calls the "Obama, Pelosi and Reid spending spree." A political analyst in New York has described the three-way race as "a perfect storm" at a time when conservatives across the U.S. are reacting to the moves of the Obama administration.
Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman says he is a lifelong Republican who believes in the values and ideals of the GOP, but that he could not stand by idly while Republican Assemblywoman DeDe Scozzafava and Democrat Bill Owens squared off in the largely conservative district. "I felt that if I didn't get in this race, the voters would have only had a choice between two peas in a liberal pod," the candidate states. "And with the Conservative Party ranking Assemblywoman Scozzafava as more liberal than 46 Democrat legislators in Albany, I felt that the voters deserved a choice of a real Republican." Hoffman, who has been endorsed by Republican Party heavyweights like Sarah Palin and Tim Pawlenty, admits he is excited but cautiously optimistic about his slight lead in some polls. "I believe the voters in this district are realizing that I'm the only common-sense conservative Ronald Reagan Republican in this race -- and that is reflected in the latest poll numbers," he says. "But we're not taking those for granted -- we're still fighting like we're the underdog." Hoffman promises that if he goes to Washington, he will "fight back against higher taxes, higher deficits, increased regulations, and red tape," and what he calls the "Obama, Pelosi and Reid spending spree."
A political analyst in New York has described the three-way race as "a perfect storm" at a time when conservatives across the U.S. are reacting to the moves of the Obama administration.
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