Videos from Doug Hoffman's Watertown visit

Doug Hoffman, the Conservative candidate for the 23rd Congressional District seat, spoke to supporters this morning at the grand opening of his Watertown headquarters. There's a lot of ground to cover, which I'll try to encapsulate in a series of videos.

But here are the highlights/lowlights:

• Mr. Hoffman criticized Bill Owens, the Democrats' candidate, for ducking debates. But when the press asked the Conservative candidate why he hasn't said yes to the WSYR Newschannel 9 debate, he claimed he hasn't been invited. I've been talking to his campaign for days about that debate and this is the first time the issue of not being invited was raised. One phone call to WSYR should clear things up nicely.
• The Scozzafava camp sent a tracker to the opening with a camcorder. I doubt they'll try to deny it, especially since we watched the kid walk back to their headquarters. He was abusive to Mr. Hoffman - and his questions came during the media scrum, which gave us all a black eye by extension. If you're going to send a spy into enemy territory, keep us out of it. Bravo to North Country Public Radio's David Sommerstein for cutting the kid off.

And now, here's some videos:

A made-for-TV entrance

Mr. Hoffman assesses his competition

"I believe in preserving the family values that we all grew up with."

""As hard as life is here, I'm here to help you find a way to make it better."

"I don't need this job. I don't need it on my resume. I don't need the money."