As the perceived front-runner the 23rd special election, Republican Dede Scozzafava is getting a lot of under-the-microscope-treatment.<\/p>\n
As the outsider-underdog, Conservative Doug Hoffman is avoiding much of that scrutiny, while winning praise from right-of-center media.<\/p>\n
Scozzafava’s latest challenge is a review of the Scozzafava family’s latest Securities and Exchange Commission filing, dated May 2oth, in PolitickerNY.com.<\/p>\n
Writer Jimmy Vielkind suggests<\/a> that Scozzafava maneuvered to put herself in a better position than other stockholders, should her family business fail.<\/p>\n As a holding company run by her brother<\/a> lost millions, Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava<\/a> traded her stock for a debt obligation that will give her preference if the troubled corporation were to file for bankruptcy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n If this meme sticks — that Scozzafava used her insider status to gain an advantage over normal stockholders — it could mean real trouble.<\/p>\n In the post Wall Street bailout era, voters have little patience for shades-of-gray cleverness.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Doug Hoffman won a glowing treatment last week in the conservative (and prominent) Weekly Standard.<\/p>\n