Scozzafava's drop out

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Actually I don't think so. If you look on the same day you have Chris Christie who if not win will come damn close to winning in NJ and you have Bob McDonnell who has done everything he could to avoid social issues and focus on economic and local ones. Tuesday is not going to be just about the ascendency of Conservative Republicans within the party but show prime examples of when people can and should avoid the divisive issues. Pat McCrory did the same thing in NC as McDonnell is in VA and came the closest of any Republican to winning the Governorship since probably 1992. Had in not been for the increased turnout for Obama NC would have a GOP Governor. There are otherways which the result could have been different like the McCain voters who voted for Perdue but essentially I don't see a deathknell to centrism. And going forward you got Rob Simmons and Mark Kirk who if they are able to win will show how an what moderates have to do to win. But you can't just have the base continue to feel ignored and then expect anything other then a revolt.

You also can't afford to nominate sh**tty candidates who would never survive a primary not because of there ideology but there lack of charisma which ironically means that Scozzafava was more like Tedisco then Hoffman is and its more of a strike against NY's way of conducting elections then anything else. I would have supported a Moderate in NY 20 over Tedisco had one had the chance to run in a primary, the same reason why I would have supported Hoffman in a primary in NY 23. It does no good for Moderates to be nominated if they can't win the general election because of there own suckiness and not there beleifs. If moderates wanted us to lose the race just to prove a point, I think they need to get there priorities straight and focus on good moderates who aren't crappy like Simmons and Kirk and make sure they win there primaries.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_state_surveys/new_york/what_ny_23_says_about_the_gop_and_its_voters

Rasmussen has actually been making the point, that Beet and Sam Spade have picked up on recently, for months actually.