"Divide and Conquer"

If this does not prove that the "Moderate Republican" is omewhere between "endangered" and "extinct", I don't know what does. This is NY, no less. Oy.

I actually live in this district; and despite being a lifelong Democrat, I'm flipping the lever for Scozzafava on November 3. Having heard both of them speak, having paid attention to the radio interviews and the pieces in the local papers, this woman obviously understands what the district needs and feels so much more like McHugh (who also had a fine handle on his district) than either of the other two candidates. And McHugh was a fabulous representative for our area .. it was a huge loss when he was appointed to a new post. Perhaps she's a RINO .. but she is a Republican, and not the first I've voted for in my life. Fiscal responsibility was high on my list of issues, and she seemed best able to speak to the topic with regard to my area than her Democratic opponent. The county in which I live is the largest, and the poorest, in the state .. and yet we can't even get the local board of legislators to raise the county sales tax by a mere 1%. A small but significant move that would raise between 3 and 5 million and save important social programs and positions as well as monies cut for many local arts organizations. This woman seems to understand "small, but significant" in this context. Owens has just been making a lot of useless noise. Wish there were more of these kinds of Republicans in Congress .. we might actually be getting something done.