NY-23: Bad News For The GOP, Good News For Conservatives

In a third poll in the NY-23 Congressional race, Doug Hoffman now leads both the GOP (and RNC's anointed) Dede Scozafava as well as the Democratic candidate Bill Owens...

Washington - A poll released today by the Club for Growth shows Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman surging into the lead in the special election in New York's 23rd congressional district to replace John McHugh, the former congressman who recently became Secretary of the Army.

The poll of 300 likely voters, conducted October 24-25, 2009, shows Conservative Doug Hoffman at 31.3%, Democrat Bill Owens at 27.0%, Republican Dede Scozzafava at 19.7%, and 22% undecided. The poll's margin of error is +/- 5.66%. No information was provided about any of the candidates prior to the ballot question.

This is the third poll done for the Club for Growth in the NY-23 special election, and Doug Hoffman is the only candidate to show an increase in his support levels in each successive poll. The momentum in the race is clearly with Hoffman.

"Hoffman now has a wide lead among both Republicans and Independents, while Owens has a wide lead among Democrats. Dede Scozzafava's support continues to collapse, making this essentially a two-candidate race between Hoffman and Owens in the final week," concluded Basswood Research's pollster Jon Lerner, who conducted the poll for the Club.

...this is very good news for conservatives as well as America. On the other hand, it's very bad news for the GOP in general and RINO's in particular. They are, if Mr. Hoffman wins next week, on notice that their conservative constituents will not tolerate them much longer.