Doug Hoffman, the Conservative party candidate in the NY-23 special election, has become the toast of prestige right-wing Republicans across the USA. Some are even saying that the heart and soul of the party is on the line in next week’s election. But the Hoffman train hit a bump in the road last week when Hoffman stopped by to speak to the editorial board of the Watertown Daily Times and it turned out that Hoffman wasn’t really familiar with the local issues facing the 23rd district. Can’t say I would be either. But then again, I’m not running to represent them in Congress.
Along with Hoffman, though, was former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, who was squiring Hoffman around the district last week. Hoffman, according to the paper, was “flustered and ill-at-ease” and said “he should have been provided a list of questions” in advance. But Armey cut to the chase and hopped to Hoffman’s defense, objecting to the ed. board’s focus on “parochial” questions as opposed to, presumably, the hot button national questions like socialism, death panels and the rest of the issues that are getting right-wingers around the country flocking to Hoffman’s mantle.
