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Tea partiers and GOP regulars scuffle

“ Republican officials turned to a conservative icon and invoked an anti-tax pledge Thursday to salvage the slumping campaign of a New York congressional candidate competing with a more conservative third-party challenger, part of an ongoing battle between the fiscally hawkish "tea party" movement and the Republican establishment. [WaTimes] ” This might better be described as "Conservative pulls ahead of RINO."  Which infighting threatens to give a GOP house seat to a Democrat.  To forestall that, erstwhile conservative, now pragmatic political hustler Newt Gingrich intercedes, convincing the  RINO sign a "taxpayer protection" pledge to fortify her conservative credentials after polls showed her losing ground to Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman." No.  Nuh-uh. RINO Dede Scozzafava's declaration of convenience means nothing, and demonstrates a lack of integrity to go with her liberal bent.  I hope New York Republicans go big for Hoffman, even if the split vote results in a Dem pickup.  Because the Republican Party needs to be  convinced that running RINOs is the road to perdition.  Or face extinction.  As for Gingrich, he signed onto the Global Warming charade.  'Nuff said.