Former DNC Chair Howard Dean said on MSNBC this morning that the GOP civil war in the special NY-23 congressional race — in which moderate GOP nominee Dede Scozzafava dropped out and endorsed Democrat Bill Owens after many prominent Republicans defected and supported Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman — “has destroyed the Republican Party.”
“The real Republican’s been driven out of the race and they have somebody from the far right,” Dean said.
It’s destroyed the Republican Party. It’s just gonna be fascinating to see what happens.
Dean also said that if Republican Bob McDonnell wins the Virginia gubernatorial race today, his conservative actions in the coming years will “drive more Virginians into the Democratic column by 2012.”
But it was NY-23 that Dean said was the biggest deal.
I have never seen anything like this. Even the Democrats at the height of their self destruction didn’t do this. I am just stunned by what’s going on up there.
