What Dede Scozzafava Owes the GOP

Monday, November 02, 2009

Look, Dede Scozzafava is the most amoral, underhanded, unprincipled and craven creature to crawl out of New York state politics since... well, Eliot Spitzer 18 months ago. But at first, I didn't quite get why conservatives were surprised or outraged that she suddenly reversed her announcement and endorsed the Democrat. She had been exposed as a spectacularly ham-handed politician. ("A reporter's asking questions I don't like! Quick, somebody call the cops!") She had made enemies all around the GOP. It's not like she had a bright future in Republican politics that she was throwing away by endorsing Owens, the Democrat.

So I asked, via Twitter, "what, precisely, did she owe the GOP or conservatives at this point?"

And I got my obvious answer: About $900,000.

11/02 12:24 PM Share