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Conservatives on NY-23: We didn't lose
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Nov 05, 2009 09:01pm |
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| Category | General |
| Author | ALEX ISENSTADT |
| News Date | Thursday, November 5, 2009 02:40:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Conservative grass-roots activists asserted Wednesday that third-party candidate Doug Hoffman’s loss in a New York special election was no setback but, rather, signaled a victory for the burgeoning political movement.
Hoffman, who surged to the brink of victory after becoming a rallying point for disaffected Republicans and tea party activists, lost to Democrat Bill Owens 49 percent to 46 percent in a contest that grabbed national headlines.
“I think time was the biggest factor, and if [Hoffman had] had a bit more time, he would have won,” said Everett Wilkinson, a South Florida-based tea party organizer who was watching the contest closely. “I wouldn’t consider it a loss. I think we were successful.”
Janet Spencer, a South Carolina-based tea party activist who in September chartered two buses to take 75 of her neighbors to the nation’s capital for the Taxpayer March on Washington, went one step further, declaring the outcome a win.
“In my opinion, I do consider it kind of a victory because he had a lot of odds going against him and not a lot of time,” she said. |
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