Episode 145 • • 19:30 - 24:55
145: The WOCU Show
New York 23rd District Election, Doug Hoffman Third-Party Split
The special election for New York's 23rd congressional district resulted in a Democratic victory after conservative media figures, including Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin, backed third-party candidate Doug Hoffman. This support split the Republican vote, leading to the defeat of moderate Republican Dede Scozafava. The outcome is analyzed as a failure of "principled" conservatism that inadvertently handed a long-held Republican seat to the Democratic Party.