Comments on: A Political Brain Dump For You To Consider

By: Frank P

Frank P — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:39:41 +0000

There you go, vote for the party and not the person. We are screwed!!!!

By: The Buffalo Bean » SD-58: Throwing A Hero Under The Bus For Party Loyalty

The Buffalo Bean » SD-58: Throwing A Hero Under The Bus For Party Loyalty — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:15:28 +0000

[...] Looks like I struck a nerve… [...]

By: indabuff

indabuff — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:56:48 +0000

Simplified version of post…

If Delano was a Democrat, I would have supported him.

By: The Wizard

The Wizard — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:08:59 +0000

Pundit – where is your coverage of Powers stumping for Alice next week in 4 counties? Powers is a stand-up fellow – helping out a woman who smeared you and lied about you.

By: The Wizard

The Wizard — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:22:42 +0000

I’m running for office in 2010. Congress probably.

Wizard 2010!

By: Frank P

Frank P — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:01:53 +0000

As far as running for the state senate it should not take a college professor like Kevin Hardwick to be elected. Any decent, honest, hardworking person of integrity can and should run for public office. Sheilia Ferrentino has these qualities. She should replace Sam Hoyt. But so many voters just vote for name recognition. That is one of the reasons our state is a mess.

By: Frank P

Frank P — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:01:06 +0000

As far as running fo the state senate it should not take a college professor like Kevin Hardwick to be elected. Any decent, honest, hardworking person of integrity can and should run for public office. Sheilia Ferrentino has these qualities. She should replace Sam Hoyt. But so many voters just vote for name recognition. That is one of the reasons our state is a mess.

By: Starbuck

Starbuck — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:17:30 +0000

The NY state legislature operates on strict party line votes 99% of the time. Ok, I don’t know the exact percent but it might be even higher than 99.

So the 2 or 3 competitive state election races locally really should be decided based on whether one wants to see the state senate be Republican or Democrat for the next bunch of years (keeping in mind the winning party can gerrymander district boundaries).

Maybe in the big picture, Rep vs Dem control of the NY senate doesn’t matter much, considering that the parties in NY don’t differ much and that Silver and Paterson can still dominate the 3 Men In A Room deals. But Mesi’s and Delano’s biographies, campaign strategies, and speaking abilities all matter even less.

By: pirate's code

pirate's code — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:57:53 +0000

BP — Haven’t read your site since 2003, so thanks for that.

Might I offer, though, that re-stating, ad infinitum, ad nauseum, the attacks on those you don’t support is just as tedious and, for those who didn’t join in early, says nothing about the candidate you ARE supporting? Just a thought…

Oh, and more cars and food.

By: Buffalopundit

Buffalopundit — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:43:44 +0000

@pirate’s code:

Mesi actually had to win a primary. Delano didn’t. No one but the voters picked Mesi to be the Dem candidate in the 61st. Domagalski’s crew did hand-pick Delano.

Generally, when I support a candidate, I give a spiel about why I’m doing so, and then engage in weeks’ worth of criticizing the opponent. I don’t feel the need to re-state, ad infinitum, ad nauseum, the reasons why I’m supporting whom I’m supporting. That would get tedious.

And then I wrap it up with a pre-election “endorsement” post.

It’s sort of how I’ve done it since like 2003.