Scozzafava - The Verb

What's wrong with upstate New York Republicans? Is this what happens when you sink into minority status in your state - you just cease attracting political talent that knows how to play the game?

What's wrong with upstate New York Republicans? The eventual conservative favorite, Doug Hoffman, couldn't bother mastering local issues. Now we read this in today's WashPost from Deirdre Scozzafava:

She didn't raise much money nor did she inspire ranks of volunteers and canvassers to do much for her. When a Weekly Standard reporter followed her to her car one night with a question about abortion, her husband called the cops.

All that before of course she switched ranks. Is this what happens when you sink into minority status in your state - you just cease attracting political talent that knows how to play the game?