The 23rd Congressional District in New York was ground zero last fall for the Tea Party’s evolution into a force in US politics. It’s where two republicans – Dede Scozzafavva Doug Hoffman split the vote during a special election to allow Democrat Bill Owens to claim victory for the Dems in that district first time since the 19th century. According to Congressional Quarterly, something similar could happen again THIS year! We are joined by one of the two men vying for the Republican nod to run against Owens – Matt Doheney will be my guest. And then it’s like a parade of well-known Albany observers — Bob Ward of the Rockefeller Institute and Mickey Carroll of Quinnipiac join me, and then the cigarette issue that has people smokin’ mad.

 

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