The Republican Party has engaged in a decades-long project to portray any Democratic electoral gains as fraudulent, chipping away at the legitimacy of any Democratic politician. A new poll by a Democratic firm shows that these efforts have paid off. Public Policy Polling finds that a majority of Republicans believe that ACORN stole the Presidential [...]

The right has been running with this report from the Syracuse Post-Standard showing that Doug Hoffman has been gaining in the recanvassing process in his race against Rep. Bill Owens in NY-23. Democratic Rep. Bill Owens was quickly sworn into office on Friday, a day before the rare weekend vote in the House of Representatives. [...]

Pretty much all you need to know about the wing of the party Doug Hoffman and conservative activists are fully embracing today. From the indispensable Dave Weigel: “I was at the tea party, but see, I don’t, this is a bit too slow of a process for me. I’m more on violent side. I’m more [...]

Via John Amato, the teabagger activists in NY-23 are illegally intimidating local residents at the polls. I just got off the phone with former state Democratic Chairwoman June O’Neill, who informed me the police had been called to at least two polling sites in St. Lawrence County due to overzealous electioneering (O’Neill called it “voter [...]

That strange election in upstate New York concludes its final pre-election rallies today, with some notable developments: • Dede Scozzafava, the Republican who quit the race over the weekend and then endorsed Democrat Bill Owens, showed up at an Owens campaign event on Sunday, telling him about her concern on local issues and entreating him [...]

The Watertown Daily News has the statement from Dede Scozzafava: Since announcing the suspension of my campaign, I have thought long and hard about what is best for the people of this District, and how to answer your questions. This is not a decision that I have made lightly. You know me, and throughout my [...]

Due to travel and some logistical nightmares, I was basically away from the Internets yesterday, but obviously the major political story was Republican candidate Dede Scozzafava suspending her campaign in NY-23. The GOP establishment quickly endorsed Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman, and the teabaggers roared with anticipation of a victory. But the major local paper [...]

The race to replace Army Secretary John McHugh has completely gotten away from the Republican Party. A schism between the GOP candidate Dede Scozzafava and Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman has exploded into view, with high-profile Presidential hopefuls taking sides in an effort to advance their conservative credentials. Sarah Palin’s endorsement of Hoffman is only [...]