This is who the RNC, Newt Gingrich and John Boehner have lined up behind? Are they out of their minds?

Dede Scozzafava, NY-23 congressional candidate, had the brilliant idea of staging a press conference in front of Conservative party candidate Doug Hoffman’s campaign office in upstate New York.

In  a move that…I dunno, anyone with an IQ above ‘dipshit’ could have predicted, she was promptly surrounded by Hoffman supporters bearing “Hoffman For Congress” signs. Gee, what were the odds of that happening?

The point of the press conference seems to have been to call out Hoffman for not debating her in public. Well, to add insult to her already considerable injury, it turns out that back in August, Hoffman proposed a series of debates with Scozzafava, even offering to foot the bill for the venues.

Statement by Doug Hoffman’s campaign on Scozzafava’s call for more debates:

Senior Communications Advisor Rob Ryan said:

“Dede Scozzafava is either extremely cynical or has a very short memory. On August 19, 2009 the Hoffman campaign challenged Dede Scozzafava to a series of 3-5 debates across the district. We asked the Republican County Chairs to sponsor them. The Hoffman campaign even offered to pick-up the rental costs of the venues. Both Scozzafava and the GOP County Chairs refused.

“Dede Scozzafava is desperate; she flip-flops on issue after issue, she calls the police on reporters, and now she claims she hasn’t had an opportunity debate. It’s sad, Dede Scozzafava, staff needs to tell her that she’s the spoiler in this race and that for the good of the Republican Party and her own reputation she should drop out of the race now.”

The Hoffman people couldn’t have written a better ad if they tried.

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It may be too soon to bid Dede a “don’t let the door hit you on the way out”, but if her support doesn’t tank after this it’ll be  miracle.

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-Cnation