Despite popular demand, we will not be doing ratings and endorsements for candidates in Vermont. That is the job of the Vermont Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs and/or NRA.
With the handwriting on the wall, the Times acknowledges that the Senate Democrats will likely lose control after tomorrows elections. I think Brian Foley is toast in SD-3. Fred Dicker believes that Antoine Thompson might be in trouble in SD-60, although he’s the only one I’ve seen who says that.
The WFP is clearly worried about Demcorats losing as well. They sent out mailers telling people not to vote for their endorsed candidates in at least two races: Bill Stachowski in SD-58 and Ginny Fields in AD-5, both of whom lost their Democrat endorsements and whose seats could switch to the GOP. Stachowski has stopped campaigning, but Ginny has continued her campaign on the Independence line.
On Andrew Cuomo’s coattails: simple, he’s got none. He’s probably going to end up winning, but it will be due to the establishment GOP not putting any serious effort into that race.
The race for attorney general is now tied between microstamping’s man man Eric Schneiderman and Bloomberg’s puppet Dan Donovan.
Speaking of Mayor Mike, the Daily News thinks that his political capital may rise after the elections:
“… Bloomberg also sent $3,800 to another Long Islander, Democratic Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel, who carried the micro-stamping bill, which passed in 2008, 2009 and 2010. The micro-stamping bill has long been stalled in the Senate, in part due to the powerful gun lobby. This caused a rift between Bloomberg and the GOP. Padavan voted “yes” this past June before the bill was pulled from the floor because of a lack of votes. The mayor gave $3,800 to a second Democrat, Assemblyman Joe Morelle of Rochester. Morelle, a Cuomo ally, was the micro-stamping bill’s most prominent upstate advocate …”
While his money does get him influence in Albany, if the Democrats lose big tomorrow as is expected, it will take a lot of the air out of the gun control agenda.