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Addendum: To clarify there are two Conservative Parties - one the Conservative Party of New York, which nominated Doug Hoffman's as their candidate, and the American Conservative Party, which was founded in 2008.
According to Politico, the New York 23rd Districthas become a testing ground for the Conservative Party. As a general rule, a third party candidate rarely makes an impact in a state’s primary, let alone attains a higher office, be it a U.S. Congressional, U.S. Senate or State Governor’s seat. According to the Congressional Office of the Clerk only two seats are held by “Independents” in the U.S. Senate and the two major political parties hold all 50 of the State’s Governors positions.
That said, over the past six months, several conservative organizations, have attracted members from both Democrat, Republican, Conservative and Independent party affiliations; the Tea Party and 912 Project in response to multiple pieces of legislation passed or proposed by the Obama Administration and the Democrat controlled Congress.
The March on Washington to protest government waste and the growing deficit, attracted millions of disenfranchised voters and was downplayed in the U.S. press, . The Town Hall Meetings over health care reform saw huge attendance, all of which was characterized in the mainstream U.S. press as being designed by either Republican Party activist for large insurance companies. Leading members of the Democrat Party went so far as to chastise those attending as being “Nazi’s” or again, tools of the Republican Party or “Big Insurance”. Therein lay the problem with the extreme partisan policies of the current Administration and the like-minded members of the U.S. Congress – either ignorance or arrogance; a belief in the two party system is so entrenched in the minds of those in the beltway, that a failure to truly understand the pulse of the American electorate caused an extreme error in judgment. This backlash against a bi-partisan, multi-party protest has caused smaller parties to gain momentum, and this is now being tested in the New York 23rd district, and one would well imagine, that there are “Conservative” or Independent candidates in districts and states across the nation.
Is the angst of those who are investing their political affiliation into a third party directed solely at the Democrats? The resounding answer is no – a general distrusts of both political parties is fueling the move towards alternatives choices in government. During the Bush administration, a lack of a cohesive border control plan had conservatives up in arms. Between the two major political parties, conservatives or independents found the need for an alternative.
The New York 23rd appears to be a battleground of sorts, for both all three parties. The big story here is the fact that leading conservatives are jumping on board in support of a third party. A story by Conservative author and commentator, Michele Malkin is entitled: “Message to GOP: Can you hear conservatives now?”, and goes towards the general dissatisfaction conservatives feel towards the GOP “establishment”. That story has been updated, since GOP Vice Presidential Nominee, Sarah Palin, endorsed Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Candidate in the NY 23rd district. The Republican Candidate, Dede Scozzafava, was endorsed by former Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, and is seen by those in the Conservative Party, as more of the same. In other words, the moniker that became popular during the last few decades, ”Republicat”, refers to a melding of the political ideology of both major political parties.
The result is that the latest poll shows that the Conservative Party candidate, has gained substantial ground in the past two weeks, giving credence to both the Tea Party and 912 Project members who have flocked to New York in his support. It is not only the fact that Hoffman shares similar ideals, but it is also a slap at those in the media and the administration who wrongly characterized both movements as “Republican”.
Should the election on the 23rd result in Hoffman becoming the first Conservative Party U.S. Congressional Representative, it might behoove those living in the glass bubble that is the arrogance of major political parties, to rethink the power of the ordinary American and their desire to follow the U.S. Constitution rather than stay complacent as so may have done in the past.
Additional Reference: List of 912 Party endorsed candidates
7 comments:
Tina, this is very interesting and happy you are covering it because it is the first time I have heard about it. It would be terrific if the conservative either came close or better yet won the race. That would send the message to the GOP'ers it is time to stop the "get along" game with the ruling marxist party, aka democrats.
Also, I believe that finally people are getting to know this group for who they are and are finally starting to vote against the modern democrats. My former home state of Va. is now about to clean the slate for basically conservative republicans. I look at New Jersey and we may end up with a republican governor.
Meanwhile, of course, Obama tries to isolate Fox (and conservatives by implication) by demonizing the attempting to intimidate them. While at the same time his "communication expert" praises Mao and brags about how she and the obama campaign deliberately manipulated the press. All of which shows what this group stands for, i.e., duplicity and arrogance.
There might be a need for clarification, which is not your fault considering the similarity of names when referring to conservative parties.
The party in NY that Doug Hoffman is a member of is the Conservative Party of New York State, which is separate from the Conservative Party of the USA, which you link to in your opening sentence, and is also distinct from the American Conservative Party, whose logo is at the head of your article.
So you see there are three parties being referenced verbally and graphically as though they are one.
It would be helpful for all concerned if we didn't follow in the footsteps of mainstream media journalists who are saying "the Conservative Party" without specificity.
Hi Ralph, I think that it is healthy for the country to have more than two major political parties, the fact that two have held the nation in a back and forth of partisan nonsense is not in line with the principles of the founders (see Federalist Papers). On the other hand, I'm not certain that the media control will work - sooner or later the blinders will come off.
Hi Ed, thank you for making the clarification - I should have taken a bit more time digging in - mea culpa! I found one link - Conservative Party of New York but no reference to candidates? If you can offer more clarification(link/article) I can cite it correctly. It would be appreciated.
Tina
I don't see anything on the CPNYS website about Hoffman being their candidate, but the American Conservative Party has an article about Hoffman and the distinction between them and the CPNYS.
See the third paragraph here:
http://www.theamericanconservatives.org/cms/
Tina,
Ed was kind enough to drop me a note about your website and the article here. He is 100% correct; the CPNYS and ACP are separate entities. Trust me, you're not the only one confused.
The CPNYS was founded in 1962 and does not seek to expand -- they are strictly a New York party. We were founded in early 2008 with the purpose in mind of giving voters across the nation a real choice at the ballot box. To date, we have or are founding chapters in several states and have points of contact for interested voters in many more. Please check our website under "States" for more information.
Of course we would like to urge voters to join us in this effort, but we also do not want media confusion and sloppiness to result in people thinking they were misled.
This is what happens when you're in a rush -- First, I am speaking strictly of the professional media and their layers of fact checkers. I'm not accusing you of sloppiness!
Second, I failed to include that I'm the party Secretary.
And now, break's over -- back to the dull drudgery of workaday tidal waves.
Hi Ed and Charlie, thank you for the comments, and the links - that said, I can see where the confusion is - (and I can see why the media might make the same mistake) - To clarify - I understand there are several political parties under the Conservative moniker here - however, it did take a bit more time (guilty) and help (thank you) in finding the correct party - it is the Conservative Party of New York - I'll make the clarification. Charlie, you did a great job of explaining the difference and by no means am I offended.
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