Optimum News 12 Newsday.com MSG Varsity Explore LI AM New York Optimum Autos Optimum Homes

Spin Cycle

News, views and commentary on Long Island, state and national politics

Content Preview Newsday 7 day/Optimum Online® subscribers click here for full access
Not a Newsday or Optimum Online® subscriber? Click here

Whoops, there it goes! GOP Chair Cox reaches for rewrite on upstater

When Dede Scozzafava, the Republican, announced she was giving up  the Congressional race in the state's northwest corner after trailing badly in the polls, the instant analysis in some circles was that she'd be clearing the way to help Doug Hoffman, the Conservative candidate, beat Democrat Bill Owens. But today Scozzafava endorsed Owens. So Ed Cox, state GOP chair, had -- within 24 hours...

Newsday & ExploreLI are now available at no charge to Newsday 7-day and Optimum Online® subscribers. To continue reading, please log in or register now.

Already
registered on
newsday.com?
Log in
Newsday 7-day
or Optimum Online®
subscriber?
Get access
Not a Newsday 7-day
or Optimum Online®
subscriber?
Click here