I was emailed a copy of an article Newt Gingrich published today, regarding last night's election results.
Here is what he had to say about Hoffman, and his support for Scozzafava:
Troubling News From New York 23
The news wasn't all good last night.
Both conservative activists and Republican leaders need to think long and hard about the only bad result of the night in New York's 23rd congressional district.
The Democrat beat the conservative candidate 49 percent to 44 percent, with the Republican getting only 5%.
Conservatives can take comfort in having driven a liberal Republican out of the race. But everyone on our side has to be troubled that a Republican seat went to a Democrat and Speaker Pelosi is one vote stronger because of our division.
The National Conservative Movement Has to Be Recognized and Respected
In retrospect it is clear Dede Scozzafava should never have been nominated because she was far too liberal to be acceptable.
Republican leaders in New York must recognize that Mike Long and the Conservative Party in that state have to be consulted before decisions are made. The national conservative movement is a force that has to be recognized and respected.
I certainly heard from enough friends to know that my decision to support the unanimous vote of the 11 New York county chairs was very unpopular with conservative activists.
In New York, after two failed special elections, it is clear the state party has to fight to change the election law so there are primaries in special elections. The insider nominating process is simply unacceptable to grassroots populists and guarantees a sense of illegitimacy.
What Newt should have said is "I apologize to conservatives everywhere. It was a horrible and short sighted mistake to have endorsed a liberal Republican. I promise to never do so again. Please forgive me."
Even if he had not endorsed anyone, he would have been OK. But he walked into a race, where a liberal Republican was running against a more conservative candidate, and he purposely endorsed the liberal Republican with the intent of defeating the conservative.
TRANSLATION: If Newt has to choose between conservative principals, and Republican political interests, Newt chooses AGAINST conservative principals.
That makes Newt a political hack and insider. Republicans like that like have to go - they have been around to darn long.
Newt had a chance to mitigate the damage that he did. He could have apologized but he didn't, which is why he is an idiot. He lost precious political capital last night, and if he had any aspiratioins to be the Republican candidate in 2012, they just flew out the window.
Did I mention that he's an idiot.
Re: Doug Hoffman for Congress
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