Tomorrow during the 8 O’clock Hour, Martha, David and I will be talking about the big stories of 2009.<\/p>\n
The widely respected national political analyst Stuart Rothenberg, got the jump on us today, lauding Rep. Scott Murphy (D-Glens Falls) and Rep. Bill Owens (D-Plattsburgh) for running two of the best political campaigns in the country in ’09.<\/p>\n
Both New York Democratic campaigns deserve plenty of credit, given the competitive nature of their districts…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
But Rothenberg also blasts North Country Republicans for choosing Dede Scozzafava as the GOP candidate in the NY-23 race, calling it one of the year’s worst political decisions in the country.<\/p>\n
And he blasts Scozzafava and Jim Tedisco (who lost the NY-20 race) for running two of the worst political campaigns nationwide. <\/p>\n
Rothenberg gets a little catty, describing Scozzafava as “R-sort of.”<\/p>\n
Frankly, I think he’s wrong on this last bit. Scozzafava did run a lackluster campaign, and Conservatives ate her for lunch.<\/p>\n
But without the remarkable intervention of national right-wing activists, would Scozzafava have been the next congressperson from the North Country?<\/p>\n
Absolutely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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