It isn't often that a politician of Sarah Palin's national clout weighs in heavily on an obscure House race, much less does so against her own party's candidate. When Palin endorsed Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman over GOP moderate Dede Scozzafava, it was a fair question to ask: "why?" Mainstream media accounts that only touch on Scozzafava's political beliefs are just telling part of the story. (more...)