A little-known state assemblywoman with moderate Republican views and a mouthful of a surname, Scozzafava's bid for an open seat in New York's
23rd Congressional District drew trash talk from conservative leaders hoping to purge her from the party, mash notes from White House-dispatched
Democratic suitors that included Bill Clinton, and the unblinking gaze of political professionals fascinated by her role as the problem child for a
dysfunctional Republican Party...
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