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The Democratic State Committee now admits paying for a robocall to Somerset County voters that slams Republican Chris Christie and promotes independent gubernatorial candidate Christopher Daggett.
A Democratic spokeswoman says the party’s chairman, Joe Cryan, was not aware of the robocalls when he denied that the state committee had anything to do with them yesterday afternoon.
Cryan, who told PolitickerNJ.com yesterday afternoon that the Democratic State Committee had “absolutely” nothing to do with the call, could not immediately be reached for comment…
Before the Democrats owned up to it, Daggett media advisor Bill Hillsman said the call might be a Republican trick to generate a sympathetic newspaper story.
Democrats shilling for Independents is bad enough—but Republicans shilling for Democrats?
This isn’t all she’s done for him, either: He asked her to swing by an event at the VFW and she merrily obliged.
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The irony here is that it’s moderate Republicans who’ll end up being the big losers from Scozzafava’s betrayal. Not only does she make them look untrustworthy (or rather, more untrustworthy than before) but increasingly it seems like they’re not even going to get Hoffman’s scalp as a consolation prize.
The Republican brand may not be brightening as the Democrat brand fades. But more Americans identify themselves as conservative than ever before. The race in NY-23 could have been predicted without reading a single story.
For our liberal readers, let us do the math and point out that self-identified conservatives hold a 2-1 lead over self-identified liberals.