Staffing Callaghan
Alan Hevesi's campaignis an expensive one, with all the trappings you'd expect of statewide incumbent's reelection effort.
Christopher Callaghan, by comparison, has been a bare-bones effort.
But now, the Republicans, probably sensing an opportunity in light of the chauffeur scandal, are rallying to bolster his stretch-run effort.
Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno's spokesperson, Lisa Black, is taking a two-week leave from her job starting today to work full-time on Christopher Callaghan's campaign. Speaking late yesterday, Black said they plan to do some quick fund-raising and hopefully cut a television ad.
-- Azi Paybarah
good TIme for us to pny up our resources and bet behind BowMentum
Callaghan is an embarrassment to true Republicans. He's an incompetent who couldn't run a 12 person office. If only Faso could drop down from the Gov race to run for Comptroller. And Bruno is a real joke to the GOP. HE's got Dennis Rivera as his a**hole buddy and stuffing 1199's coffers so they can kill real good Republicans all over the State. I wish Spitzer could dump him. Joe Bruno is another Pataki legacy like the destroyed State GOP.
You'll also notice that as of the 32 pre general report "Hevesi for New York" has earned more in interest and dividends in 2006 than "Callaghan for Comptroller" has raised in contributions in 2006.
While Callaghan is a totally flawed candidate and I have serious concerns about him can we vote for Hevesi after this grossly unethical conduct? How does he tell anyone that they did a bad thing when what he did was so bad?
Perhaps we should re-elect Hevesi and let the assembly and senate sort it out.
And if Callaghan is going to do a commercial his only line should be "what were you thinking?"
re-elect Hevesi and give the Legislature a chance to replace him with a competent person, not a ridiculous joke (Callaghan)...
So far Callaghan's entire paid staff consisted of a loaner lacky from the state Republicn party, whose prior jobs include answering phones, painting signs and driving people around.
If Faso had let Weld get the nomination for Governor, and if John ran against Hevesi an second time as Comptroler.... isn't politics an agonizingly interesting exercise?
Lets be nice. Marcus isn't being paid enough to be trash talked.
Let the Legislature replace Hevesi? You could throw a dart randomly in Albany and hit an ethically-challenged legislator (and probably a few of his or her relatives, also). But we'd let them undo a popular vote? I think not. It won't happen. The reformist sentiment will shift again, against continued three-men-in-a-room-ism (not to say that won't continue, just not on this issue).