Tea-Party Activists Complicate Republican Comeback Strategy

OCTOBER 16, 2009 Tea-Party Activists Complicate Republican Comeback Strategy NAFTALI BENDAVID PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — The rise of conservative "tea party" activists around the country has created a dilemma for Republicans. They are breathing life into the party's quest to regain power. But they're also waging war on some candidates hand-picked by GOP leaders as the most likely to win. In upstate New York, Dede Scozzafava, 49 years old, is the choice of local party leaders to defend a Republican seat

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