Perry Drops Out
Some of it is about development, or more specifically, Yassky's financial support from prominent developers.
But underlying it all is the complicated and fraught issue of race - the fact that he is a white candidate running a Voting Rights district whose seat has been filled since 1968 by Shirley Chisholm and Major Owens.
The Crain's Insider reported this week that three of the five candidates - Carl Andrews, Yvette Clarke and Nick Perry - met earlier this month to work out a deal to consolidate their campaigns.
And Jonathan Hicks just reported that Perry is dropping out.
I have no idea if the idea of a white candidate taking over the historically black district will be enough of a motivating factor for any of the other candidates to subsume their personal interests and drop out.
Does anyone know if we're going to see any further consolidations here?
CLARIFICATION: This item should have been clearer. The description of the opposition to Yassky as "intense" refers to the fact that someone has gone to the trouble of establishing an attack website (and even an attack blog) and that someone else -- Nick Perry -- has chosen to drop out of the race, presumably as part of a concerted movement to keep Yassky from winning.We don't pretend to know how much any of it matters, or whether these determined Yassky foes are at all representative of broader sentiment in the community.
If anyone would care to elaborate on who's behind the StopYassky stuff and what it really means, please have at it in the comments section.
Also, it appears that Room Eight had the Perry story first. Sorry, Rock.
I must say this disgusts me -are we not smart enough to decide on our own whom to vote for?
Count your votes people, Perry dropping out doesn't mean a damn thing.
Actually, this guy broke the story first:
http://www.r8ny.com/blog/rock_hackshaw/add_one_congressional_district_subtract_one_assembly_district_is_nick_perry_finally_pulling_out.html
Better than all his scoops he can actually write. Lost art.
Yvette expects the endorsement of the former political leader in Hasidic Crown Heights, Sperlin. He has no operation or followers. Inside track for the Crown Heights Hasidic vote now looks like a nod to Yassky. Carl may get some petitions signed there, but could be overwhelmed by a Yassky's larger operation.
Between 1993 and 1998, campaign consultant Carl Andrews received $101,000 from candidates Mr. Norman endorsed. He got $38,000 from Mike Feinberg's 1996 campaign for Brooklyn surrogate. He got $8,000 from Eliot Spitzer's 1998 campaign for attorney general - and a staff job after Mr. Spitzer won.
yassky is the best candidate of this bunch. no question about it.
Whois reports that SOPYASSKY.COM is registered to:
Arianna Boulevard
300 South 1st Street
Brooklyn, NY 11225
718-638-2255
SOP YASSKY seems to fit.
You are right. It would be 11215
Obviously it's Gatemouth. Or Clay Shaw aka Clay Bertrand.
If the dynamics of this race continue to develop as Yassky vs. Anybody But Yassky, and if the supporters of the latter don't unify behind a single candidate, then Yassky wins. Maybe they can unify, but I am skeptical.
Yassky is energetic, smart, well-funded, and has a strong legislative record. You can't beat something with nothing, and certainly not with a diffuse group of nothings.
"You can't beat something with nothing, and certainly not with a diffuse group of nothings."
I love this quote- it's the type of statement that will make Yassky lose in a second. The three other candidates all have tremendous strengths, and dismissing them out of hand will make you look like a horse's behind.
Clouseau is clearly clue-less; I think even those who hate me most (maybe even especially those who hate me most), will vouch that I am not behind stopyassky
The first stage of a