Poor Dede Scozzafava

Republicans are busy torpedoing their chance to hang on to New York's 23rd congressional district. In November there will be a special election to fill the seat of former representative John McHugh, a moderate Republican who Barack Obama picked to be Secretary of the Army. Naturally, the Republican establishment nominated a moderate candidate, Dede Scozzafava, to replace McHugh, but she is loosing a lot of support to Conservative Party candidate and teabagger Doug Hoffman. Hoffman has the endorsement of such great Americans as former Alaska governor/current Facebook poster Sarah Palin and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum. With a split center-right electorate it's no surpise that Democrat Bill Owens has taken the lead in the race. I feel a little bad for Scozzafava. She seems like a decent, non-crazy Republican, but the teabaggers are dragging her down.