Another possible Senate candidate surfaces, Bruce Blakeman:
“Bruce A. Blakeman, the Republican candidate for New York State comptroller in 1998, said on Monday that he was exploring the possibility of a run against Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand next year. Mr. Blakeman, a former member of the board of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, said he had been meeting with party officials and fund-raisers in recent weeks to determine the level of interest his candidacy might generate. The initial reaction, he said, has been positive. “Most have encouraged me to consider running,” Mr. Blakeman said in a phone interview …”
It’s good to see at least some in the GOP are considering candidates outside of Rudy and G. Elmer. I don’t think Blakeman has much name recognition right now, I forgot he even ran in ’98, but considering the strong anti-Democrat, anti-incumbent mood it’s probably best to run a relatively fresh-faced candidate instead of a party hack. Plus, Gillibrand’s poll numbers are in the dumper and the more people hear about her the less they like her.
Posted on December 15th, 2009 at 12:07 pm from IP address 69.112.78.66 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.5 Mac OS X Mozilla Firefox 3.5.5 Mac OS X
Jon Cooper likes her. He dropped out saying, “She’s the real deal” (now).
I don’t think anyone will ever know who she really is. Therefore she must be judged by what she does.
Posted on December 15th, 2009 at 12:36 pm from IP address 216.227.81.145 Opera 9.80 Windows 7 Opera 9.80 Windows 7
I don’t believe he was ever serious about running. He’s got zero name recognition outside of Suffolk.
Posted on December 15th, 2009 at 12:45 pm from IP address 67.251.116.145 Mozilla Firefox 3.0.15 Windows Vista Mozilla Firefox 3.0.15 Windows Vista
Next year represents the best chance since this culture war began (when did it begin?) to clean house.
Posted on December 15th, 2009 at 2:10 pm from IP address 69.112.78.66 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.5 Mac OS X Mozilla Firefox 3.5.5 Mac OS X
In a broad sense it began in the early 60′s. It was a great country then and I still love it.
You appreciate it more when returning from overseas. Feels good to be back home.
Posted on December 17th, 2009 at 12:15 pm from IP address 71.123.55.74 WordPress 2.8.6 WordPress 2.8.6
[...] Looks like someone is considering running against Kirsten Gillibrand other than Rudy and Elmer. She a reliable vote for the other side at this point, so even if they are running and anti-gun Republican against her, it would at least send a message to Gilly that her flip-flop on the issue wasn’t able to save her. [...]