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By tdingmann National Republicans, including Sarah Palin, Fred Thompson and Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, endorsed Hoffman, and Scozzafava dropped out over the weekend. She endorsed the Democrat, Bill Owens, and recorded robocalls on his behalf. ...

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By thinklogical Most of the Republican endorsements such as Sarah Palin and Fred Thompson went to Hoffman instead of the extremely Liberal Scozzafava whose main endorsements were the Republican party and Newt Gingrich. ...

By Walter Shapiro Scozzafava (who was selected by county GOP leaders rather than in a primary) became, in effect, the third-party candidate when all the conservative energy (including endorsements by Sarah Palin and Fred Thompson) flowed to Hoffman. ...

By A Jacksonian In that month in-between the old GOP insider system broke down when Gingrich endorsed Scozzafava and both Fred Thompson and Sarah Palin endorsed Hoffman who ran on fiscal conservatism. Gingrich's image as a Washington Insider had ...

By MH Fred Thompson and others. Hoffman had rallied an unexpected level of support in the final days of the campaign, ultimately forcing Scozzafava to quit when he surged past her in the polls. "This is only one fight in the battle, ...

Fred Thompson and others. Hoffman had rallied an unexpected level of support in the final days of the campaign, ultimately forcing Scozzafava to quit when he surged past her in the polls. “This is only one fight in the battle, ...

By Lisa Farrar Wellman Monday night on Fox News' Hannity, former Senator Fred Thompson, his wife Jeri and Doug Hoffman visited with host Sean Hannity about the close race for New York District 23's House seat. Republican-in-name-only Dede Scozzafava dropped ...

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By FOX News Crews His campaign has the backing of Tea Party activists and prominent conservatives, like Fred Thompson and Sarah Palin. The Republican National Committee first endorsed Scozzafava but, were quick to throw their backing to Hoffman when she ...

By Stacy This is why Sarah Palin, Fred Thompson and Dick Armey broke with the GOP to endorse Hoffman in recent weeks. It now sounds as if the national party, which originally backed Scozzafava as the choice of state party county chairpeople, ...

By Adele M. Stan, AlterNet Fred Thompson, and former Majority Leader from Texas Dick Armey, who are backing third-party challenger Doug Hoffman. Once the muscle of Palin and Armey forced Scozzafava from the race on Saturday, she refused to play nice. ...

One day after she dropped out of the congressional race for New York's 23rd congressional district, Republican Dede Scozzafava lobbed a grenade at Sarah Palin, Fred Thompson, and the rest of her critics. She endorsed a Democrat. ...

By The Huffington Post News Editors Fred Thompson weighed in early in the race, giving their support to Hoffman. Money poured into his campaign from all over the country. In the process, Scozzafava was left behind in fundraising. Democrats are seizing on the race as ...

The special election in New York's rural north has received national attention as big-name Republicans including Sarah Palin, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson have thrown their support behind Hoffman. ...

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By The Huffington Post News Editors The special election in New York's rural north has received national attention as big-name Republicans including Sarah Palin, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson have thrown their support behind Hoffman. ...

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By The Huffington Post News Editors Fred Thompson and others are supporting conservative nominee Doug Hoffman, not Republican nominee Dierdre Scozzafava, in Tuesday's special election in the rural, heavily Republican 23rd Congressional District in upstate New York.

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But it's conceivable the Republican – moderate Dede Scozzafava – could come in third, as national conservative figures like Sarah Palin and Fred Thompson (and Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh) have bucked the establishment and thrown their ...

By Benjamin Hodge Erick Erickson suspects bitterness from Huckabee toward Club for Growth and Fred Thompson.  In 2008, Huckabee needlessly endorsed incumbent Don Young over (Club for Growth-backed) Sean Parnell in the Republican Primary for Alaska’s At-Large Congressional District; Young narrowl...

By webmaster@nationalreview.com (Robert Costa) Look for Klein to ask the potential 2012 GOP presidential contender about New York’s 23rd congressional district, where Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman is surging against liberal Republican Dede Scozzafava. With conservative leaders such as Sarah Palin, Rick Santorum, S...

By webmaster@nationalreview.com (Mark Steyn) On NY-23, I'm with Fred Thompson and Jack Fowler: a Conservative can win in a three-way race, and Doug Hoffman is deserving of your support. Newt really needs to re-think his support for Dede Scozzafava. This isn't RINO but DIABOLO - Democrat In All But Official Label Only. It's not one of thos...

By webmaster@nationalreview.com (Jim Geraghty) Fred Thompson has endorsed Conservative party nominee Doug Hoffman over Republican Dede Scozzafava in New York's special election, and one of Fred's guys offers me some thoughts in response to my earlier post. I agree with you whole heartedly, but would add one beat to your item:  I have n...

By Allahpundit The RNC, NRCC, and even Gingrich are all in for liberal Republican Scozzafava; Michelle, Fred Thompson, and the Club for Growth support the upstart fiscal conservative Doug Hoffman. The question: How big should the big tent be? ...

The House GOP conference is bitterly divided over a centrist New York Republican's run for the House seat vacated by Army Secretary John McHugh. Read more: House of Representatives, The Club for Grown, Doug Hoffman, Dede Scozzafava, House GOP, Dede-Scozzafava, Fred Thompson, Concern...

By webmaster@nationalreview.com (Jim Geraghty) Last week, I noted the upcoming special House election in New York, where no date is yet set but some conservatives are preferring Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman to Republican Dierdre Scozzafava. Hoffman has picked up the support of Fred Thompson, the Club for Growth, and the Su...