More Rudy rumors

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Fred Dicker writes on the latest Rudy rumors:

“Top state Republicans will urge former Mayor Rudy Giuliani to abandon his interest in running for governor and run instead against unelected US Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand …”

Give it a rest already.  His presidential bid was a farce and his bid to take over the NYGOP flopped.  People do not want him.

“… The GOP’s pitch to Giuliani is expected to include the claim that the party’s only hope for a resurgence in New York is to pick up several “secondary” statewide offices, such as senator and state comptroller … Polls have repeatedly shown Giuliani … to be the Republicans’ strongest potential statewide contender for governor …”

And that’s not saying much.

The state GOP’s only real hope for a resurgence is to dump the RINOs, party hacks and politicians who ran the party into the ground in the first place including Rudy, Pataki, Mondello, etc. Good things will not happen for the NYGOP until these people are purged.  After that the reformation can begin.

Comptroller primary poll

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The latest poll data I could find for the Comptroller race has John Liu at 25%, Melinda Katz at 24%, David Yassky at 21% and David Weprin at 10%.

Manhattan primary poll

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The Daily News has the latest poll data on the Manhattan D.A. race:  Cy Vance is at 30%, Leslie Crocker Snyder at 24% and Richard Aborn at 15%.

NRA’s Mayors mailing

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Turns out the Roefaro mailing is just one of many NRA is doing against MAIG members.  Middletown NRA members got one too and I’m guessing they went out to all members living in MAIG districts across the country.  The “orange cards” urge members to contact their mayors and urge them to drop out of the coalition.

Hillary for Governor?

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Sean Hannity just said on his radio show that Hillary may step down as Secretary of State to run for Governor of New York next year.

Marvelous.

Roefaro mailing

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NRA is taking at shot at Utica Mayor David Roefaro.  The Observer-Dispatch reports:

“Members of the National Rifle Association and the administration of Mayor David Roefaro verbally fired back and forth Wednesday, after an NRA mailer targeting the mayor showed up in some city mailboxes. The mailer focused on the Roefaro’s involvement of “Mayors Against Illegal Guns,” … “They claim they are for illegal guns, yet every single one of their proposals goes after law-abiding gun-owners,” said NRA spokesman Andrew Arulandam …”

The Mayor’s response is amusing:

“… “Andrew’s obviously speaking on behalf of an organization that has lost touch with not only the roots of the second amendment but also the roots of public safety,” said Roefaro …”

Roefaro is up for re-election in ’11.

Tomorrow’s agenda

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Still no gun bills on the agenda for tomorrow’s special Senate session.  TU has an updated listed of bills posted.

Schumer’s Yassky ad

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News of the day

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Aborn & Yassky think it’s funny we’re telling people to vote against them.

Chuck Schumer finally decides to back Yassky’s campaign with television ads.

Unwilling to deal with the real issues, Albany politicos want to move forward with recommendations from their so-called Gun Violence Task Force.

Assembly Republicans take a shot at Addie Russel over a mailing encouraging people to buy their hunting licenses before the October 1 fee increase:

… “Assemblywoman Russell voted to hike sportsmen fees on licenses and is now trying to cover her tracks by warning sportsmen of the impending fee hikes. This double talk is just another example of Assemblywoman Russell voting with the status quo in Albany,”  …

The Syracuse Gun Show is next weekend at the State Fairgrounds. The R&P will be there.

Vote early, vote often

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Next Tuesday is primary day and “orange cards” have already begun arriving in members mailboxes.  There is only one endorsement, John Greene for Kent Town Board in Putnam Co.  He is a R&P member and President of the local Pheasants Forever chapter.  The rest are all recommendations to vote against incumbents or candidates.  They are as follows:

New York City:

Bloomberg’s Mayors:

City of Albany:

Suffolk County:

Turnout is always low for primaries which is why incumbents hate them.  Even if they survive the challenge they have to spend a lot of money doing it.  It is important to get as many gunnies to show up and vote as possible, especially in NYC.  We have members and clubs in NYC and they can vote too.