Thanks right-wingers

Sarah Palin has joined the fray of folks saying that what the Northeast needs are Republicans that don't believe what their constituents do. Shine on you crazy diamonds. In the traditionally Republican NY-23rd here are the poll numbers:

Research 2000 for Daily Kos, New York's 23rd District, 10/19/09-10/21/09, Likely Voters, MoE +/- 4%

Bill Owens (D) 35
DeDe Scozzafava (R) 30
Doug Hoffman (C) 23

As promised earlier in the week, DK polls the contentious three-way battle in upstate New York to replace Republican Congressman John McHugh. Our findings, as it happens, mirror fairly closely the results of the other public poll (PDF file) in the race, which was released last week by Siena College.

Democrat Bill Owens is rapidly becoming the beneficiary of a brutal schism between the GOP and movement conservatives, and it is growing more plausible that the Democrats may pick up yet another House seat as a result.