Up is the new Down

Have you heard about the two big wins for conservatives in NY-23? Let RedState's Dear Leader Erick Erickson explain:

The race has now been called for Democrat Bill Owens.

This is a huge win for conservatives.

“Whaaaa. . . ?” you say.

There are two big victories at work in New York’s 23rd Congressional District.

First, the GOP now must recognize it will either lose without conservatives or will win with conservatives.

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Secondly, and just as importantly, there has all of a sudden been a huge movement among some activists to go the third party route. We see in NY-23 that this is not possible as third parties are not viable.

Third parties lack funding and ability for a host of reasons. Conservatives are going to have to work from within the GOP. The GOP had better pay attention.

The first point is debatable. The second is right, and is completely not a "huge win for conservatives". It is a victory for the GOP. A "win for conservatives" would have been if Hoffman had won and shown that a conservative third party is viable.