That makes Conservative Party candidate Doug
Hoffman the only one seeking the 23rd District seat who
isn't connected to ACORN. Hoffman is also the only candidate in
the race who doesn't have Big Labor connections. While most
unions are backing the Democrat, Scozzafava enjoys support from
many local unions because her husband,
Ron McDougall, is president of the area's organized
labor council. (McDougall has also contributed to WFP.)
The unions "don't want Doug Hoffman in there because he's against
card check," a Hoffman campaign source said, referring to the
Conservative candidate's opposition to the so-called Employee
Free Choice Act, which would deprive workers of the secret
ballot in union organizing votes.
With both Big Labor and ACORN working to defeat the
Conservative -- who is also being
attacked by the national GOP
Establishment -- Hoffman's campaign is sending out
a nationwide call for volunteers to help match the
"community organizers" being brought into the 23rd District by
his major-party opponents.
"We need boots on the ground," said the Hoffman campaign source.
"We need to push back."
Hoffman penned an op-ed column in today's New York
Post identifying himself with Americans who "have
had enough," describing his campaign as "a battle that
has been joined by current and former elected Republican
officials, conservative activists and members of the ever-growing
Tea Party and 9/12 movements."
When I visited the Plattsburgh, N.Y., office of the Hoffman
campaign Friday, about 70 volunteers had turned out for an
organizational meeting. Among those were
two local volunteers, Jeremy Kain and Tony Maglione, who
talked about the campaign and the need for more volunteers to
help in the final push to Nov. 3:
