“It’s pretty clear that, at least in New York-23, those who support the right-wing agenda of the Republican Party are winning, because the Republican candidate has fallen dramatically,” Van Hollen said at a Thursday morning breakfast sponsored by The Christian Science Monitor.
Van Hollen’s committee is trying to marginalize Hoffman as the race has shifted to a two-man battle between him and Democrat Bill Owens.
Van Hollen referred to Hoffman as a “sore loser,” a term often used for a candidate running as an Independent or third-party candidate after unsuccessfully pursuing a major-party nomination.
He said the while Democrats have been working to unite a diverse caucus on issues like healthcare reform, the ideological battles in the GOP are playing out on a much grander stage.
He noted potential GOP presidential candidate and Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is supporting Hoffman, as is former National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) Chairman Tom Cole (Okla.).
“Clearly, those individuals, by rejecting the Republican nominee … they’ve sent a signal that they’re more interested in purist ideology than they are in problem-solving,” Van Hollen said. “You don’t find that in the Democratic Caucus.”
Hoffman is a "sore loser"? I believe he is leading in the last couple of polls. How is that a sore loser? Plus, what exactly is he a sore loser over? There was no primary, just a bunch of political hacks taking over drinks about who they thought was most electable and they picked a corrupt RINO. He never even had his chance to lose in a fair election. And saying that Hoffman supporters are more interested in purist ideology than problem-solving? I guess problem solving is his way of saying he wants a Republican who is so close to Democrats that when they negotiate, the Democrats automatically win. It just proves that this guy really doesn't believe in anything himself except his own power with comments like that.
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