By BaxterWe cats have to say we're as surprised as anyone that the fracas in the 23rd Congressional District of New York has turned — well, so fracas-y.
But indeed it has. Erstwhile Republican candidate Dede Scozzafava, chased from the race by conservative whackjobs, sang in her church choir this morning and then quietly released an endorsement of her former Democratic rival, Bill Owens, for Congress.
Will that throw the election to Owens? We cats are not counting chickens. It's a longtime Republican district — and conservatives, crowing with their "victory" of purity over moderation, surely must be pumped. They don't need anybody to push them to get to the polls.
Which brings us to the dire warning captured in our headline. We're still enjoying the antics of all the right-wing nutbags because we agree with David Plouffe that they could send the GOP into a permanent minority status. We also think that today was a very bad day for so-called Republican moderates. Like Republican Governor of Florida Charlie Crist, who wants to be his state's next Senator.
The conveniently married Charlie was the first GOP "star" we thought of yesterday when we heard Scozzafava had quit her race. Crist is way ahead in fundraising for the Senate seat — but his poll numbers in Florida have dropped, and his ultra-right primary opponent, Marco Rubio, has got to be feeling mighty bold in the wake of NY-23. Like their compatriots Palin, Pawlenty and Beck, Mr. Rubio and his supporters tolerate no dissent from their very conservative beliefs.
Watch your back, Charlie. The right-wing pod people are after you!
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