Sarah Palin Endorses Hoffman — His campaign war chest goes through the roof!

She might not be the Reagan carbon copy everyone makes her out to be on the right. But boy can she draw the supporters!: (H/T The Weekly Standard)

The people of the 23rd Congressional District of New York are ready to shake things up, and Doug Hoffman is coming on strong as Election Day approaches! He needs our help now.

The votes of every member of Congress affect every American, so it’s important for all of us to pay attention to this important Congressional campaign in upstate New York. I am very pleased to announce my support for Doug Hoffman in his fight to be the next Representative from New York’s 23rd Congressional district. It’s my honor to endorse Doug and to do what I can to help him win, including having my political action committee, SarahPAC, donate to his campaign the maximum contribution allowed by law.

Our nation is at a crossroads, and this is once again a “time for choosing.”

The federal government borrows, spends, and prints too much money, while our national debt hits a record high. Government is growing while the private sector is shrinking, and unemployment is on the rise. Doug Hoffman is committed to ending the reckless spending in Washington, D.C. and the massive increase in the size and scope of the federal government. He is also fully committed to supporting our men and women in uniform as they seek to honorably complete their missions overseas.

And best of all, Doug Hoffman has not been anointed by any political machine.

Doug Hoffman stands for the principles that all Republicans should share: smaller government, lower taxes, strong national defense, and a commitment to individual liberty.

Political parties must stand for something. When Republicans were in the wilderness in the late 1970s, Ronald Reagan knew that the doctrine of “blurring the lines” between parties was not an appropriate way to win elections. Unfortunately, the Republican Party today has decided to choose a candidate who more than blurs the lines, and there is no real difference between the Democrat and the Republican in this race. This is why Doug Hoffman is running on the Conservative Party’s ticket.

Republicans and conservatives around the country are sending an important message to the Republican establishment in their outstanding grassroots support for Doug Hoffman: no more politics as usual.

You can help Doug by visiting his official website below and joining me in supporting his campaign:

http://www.doughoffmanforcongress.com/donate3.html.

via Facebook | Sarah Palin: Support Doug Hoffman.

Yes, I know Palin had zero to do with it. But his campaign “War chest” went through the roof, in a week!

Via the AP: (H/T to HotAir)

Over the past week, New York House special election candidate Doug Hoffman has doubled the amount of donations he has received for his unusually strong third-party campaign.

Hoffman, the Conservative Party nominee in the Nov. 3 contest for the 23rd District seat, disclosed just more than $300,000 in total receipts in his pre-general election fundraising report, which covers the beginning of the race through Oct. 14. That included a $102,000 loan that Hoffman, an accountant and first-time candidate, made to his campaign from his own funds.

But Hoffman’s campaign also said that since Oct. 14, the candidate — who is in a tight three-way race to fill the seat Republican Rep. John M. McHugh vacated to become secretary of the Army — raised more than $200,000 online. He is opposed by Dede Scozzafava, a longtime state assemblywoman, and Democrat Bill Owens, a lawyer.

Hoffman’s campaign has received a boost from activists in the conservative blogosphere, who have rallied around his candidacy amid growing anger over the Republican Party’s decision to nominate Scozzafava, a GOP moderate who backs same-sex marriage and abortion rights and has ties to organized labor. By midday Thursday, 15 right-leaning blogs and news outlets posted calls for Scozzafava to withdraw from the race and let Hoffman carry the fight against Owens himself.

A significant portion of the contributions Hoffman disclosed in his report came via the political action committee for Club for Growth, the conservative anti-tax group whose early endorsement and more than a half-million dollars in ad spending have helped Hoffman’s campaign gain traction. The Citizens United Political Victory Fund also gave Hoffman the maximum $10,000 donation, other conservative PACs — such as Eagle Forum and Government is not God — chipped in, and donations were made by the state and Oswego County Conservative Party committees as well.

Hoffman picked up a high-profile endorsement from former House Majority Leader Dick Armey of Texas — a key figure in the “Republican revolution” of the 1990s and now a major backer of the “tea party movement” against government expansion — Thursday morning.

So, why did this all happen? It is quite simple; the grassroots Conservative movement likes the guy. He is not a part of the Republican or Conservative establishment. I would be willing to believe Newt Gingrich is crying in his beer, er um, in his case; Milk right about now. That knuckle head should have known better than to support that Democrat-lite woman. If Sarah is behind it, you know the guy is going to win. Dede does not have a prayer in hell now.

Exit Question: Will there now be a Conservative civil war between the Palin camp and the Gingrich camp? Now that will be interesting to blog about and follow! 😯 😮