I'll be very honest with you. I think they view John Spencer as unpredictable. I think his past statements scare them. |
She has established a beachhead where she was originally viewed as a carpetbagger and is now considered an almost homegrown New Yorker. |
She is a very bright woman who knows public policy backwards and forwards and who has reached out to a diverse constituency, especially upstate. I'm very impressed. |
Unfortunately, Mike Long has controlled the agenda. Unfortunately, Republicans in the state of New York don't have the luxury of picking their own candidates on their own terms. That's a big reason why the Republican Party is toothless. |