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Blaming Doug Hoffman, or people like Fred Thompson and Sarah Palin who pitched in to help his outsider campaign, for last night’s narrow defeat would be a dangerous mistake. The fault lies with a party that made it necessary for Hoffman to knock out Scozzafava in the first place. Hoffman essentially won a bruising primary on Sunday, and was forced to stagger into the general election two days later, with no time for the wounds to heal. There’s nothing shameful about running a dark-horse campaign against a tidal wave of money and support from both major parties, and coming within a few thousand votes of victory.

The estimable Doc Zero, the rightosphere’s newest superstar, dissects the remains of NY-23.

In particular, I agree with this observation:

Independent voters who want to settle local issues locally need to stop voting for representatives of a statist party with an unquenchable thirst for centralized power. If they don’t start taking a firm stand against the surging growth of government, it will become increasingly laughable to refer to them as “independents.” No one will be allowed to assert their independence from Barack Obama’s agenda. When a carnivorous government is bearing down on you, it does little good to protest that you’re a vegetarian.

This cuts to the heart of my contention that “independents” are morons. They are, essentially, the lambs in the “democratic” discussion with two wolves on what to have for lunch - even more ludicrous, they think their opinions matter to the wolves.

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