Wingnut Pawlenty-Bachmann candidate loses in NY race

[Minnesota Raindog]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/03/bill-owens-leads-doug-hof_n_344776.html

ALBANY, N.Y. — President Barack Obama's decision in June to appoint a Republican congressman to a Pentagon post has paid dividends in November now that Democrats have gained the House seat by capitalizing on a split between moderates and conservatives in the GOP.

Lawyer and retired Air Force Capt. Bill Owens won the special election Tuesday in northern New York in which the Republican candidate withdrew over the weekend under pressure from the party's right wing and GOP heavyweights endorsed the Conservative Party nominee.



Hoffman was the candidate Pawlenty and Bachmann (and Palin and Rush) endorsed. So much for their sphere of influence.

[dflprincess]

1. Look for Pawlenty to start changing his tune

Now that the teabag rhetoric doesn't seem to be working he'll probably try to start sounding more moderate.

I don't think he really has a philosophy except for the promotion of Timmy and he will say or do anything to further his ambitions.