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Marchione to announce, Casale to endorse her and Bruno makes a phone call
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| MCDONALD and MARCHIONE |
This afternoon, Saratoga County Clerk Kathy Marchione is set to announce her intent to primary Sen. Roy McDonald.
It will be almost as interesting to see who shows up to the event as who doesn’t show up at Hayner’s ice cream shop in Halfmoon.
We all know about the heavily fractured towns in Saratoga County who first lined up against anybody but McDonald so some of them will be there. County Republican Chairman Jasper Nolan is still in McDonald’s corner, though, so I don’t expect to see him.
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| CASALE |
I also don’t expect to see a lot of Republicans from Rensselaer County either since most are either going to work for McDonald or sit on their hands. But I’m hearing Pat Casale might come out of retirement to throw his support behind Marchione.
Casale was Troy’s mayor, Rensselaer County clerk and a longtime state assemblyman before retiring in 2006. It’s unclear if he’ll show up today since he’s been pretty much silent for a few years but I learned recently there is no love lost between he and McDonald and Casale can evidently hold a grudge. And he's not one to hold his tongue.
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| BRUNO |
On the flip side of things, I heard that former Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno called Marchione asking her not to run. Bruno, who wishes he had just rode off into the sunset like Casale but instead had the Federal government crawl up his shorts, is the most powerful politician to come out of the Capital District in a long time but obviously Marchione wasn't listening.
McDonald does have more than $500,000 in the bank to Marchione’s about $6,500 but this one is going to be a battle. It’s surprising that no Democrats have expressed an interest in running in what could be a perfect storm of an election year – a GOP primary where the two candidates bloody each other up and spend a bunch of money doing it, and then a general election with a still popular president at the top of the ticket.
If anyone has heard anything drop me a line at 478-5343 or jfranco@troyrecord.com
posted by Talespin at
Wednesday, April 04, 2012
7 Comments:
Carmella Mantello would be honored to run for the state senate. Do it for the kids Carmella!
Marchione and her high school degree and zero private sector experience is under qualified for this position.
If Carmella Mantello was mayor now,I bet the city wouldn't look like a pig pen, and she would be working on issues not cats!! Come on Lou you have a filthy city ,crime up, streets closed and no plan!!
Enough of the Carmella for anything talk please. Once again -- Wayne Foy got more votes city wide then she did. And I'm surprised that Pat Casale took time from his busy Wake schedule to issue a comment.
The city does look like a pigpen, but don't blame Lou -- he's busy fixin roads // or not!
Let there be no mistake - this is ALL about Roy McDonald's vote for gay marriage / marriage equality.
Mr. McDonald made a decision and cast a vote that was contrary to his political interests. God forbid an elected official actually stands up for principals at the expense of expediency. Does anyone remember the last time one of our local, state or even national leaders did that? Whatever you think of his vote, this is a rare quality in today's political environment, and one we should stand up for and support. I have significantly more respect for a person that takes a position based on actual principals with which I disagree than I do for someone that does so merely to curry favor or to rile up the mob. The claims I've read that McDonald cast his vote so he could garner support from the left are absolutely laughable. No one alienates his base in the hope that his opponents will come running to his rescue.
Ms. Marchione, on the other hand, strikes me as an opportunistic wannabe still locked into that narrow '50's view of America. A hundred years ago, Ms. Marchione wouldn't have been allowed to vote, let alone run for office. I'm sure back then someone argued that giving this right to women was somehow taking something away from men. Sound familiar? Is this the America that she wants? Is this what the Republican party wants to stand up for? Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, and yes, even Ronald Reagan would be rolling over in their graves. Does anyone still want to defend the opponents of women's suffrage, segregation, the voting rights act, or the right to exclude based on religious beliefs? Do we really want to be the final, bitter defenders of the last remaining system of discrimination in this country?? Our children and grandchildren will look back at this point in history and shake their heads in disbelief that this was an issue reasonable people actually debated over.
It's time for Republicans to get back to their roots, which was of limited but effective government and fiscal conservatism, and away from taking the narrowest of views on every social issue. To conservatives, supporting and promoting marriage IS a conservative value. For an example argument in favor of this position, read an editorial from a conservative stalwart, Ted Olsen. www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/01/08/the-conservative-case-for-gay-marriage.html
And to moderate Republicans (yes, we do still exist), PLEASE show up on primary day or put the party at even greater risk of becoming irrelevant.
Marchione is also running on behalf of the Saratoga supervisors who are pissed that Roy would not raise the sales tax.
If Marchione gets in, expect higher sales taxes...
Just what degree is it that qualifies someone for public office? We continue to confuse intellect with education! Think of all those individuals recently in government & business with degrees that we should look up to for leadership. Hevesi, Espada, Spitser, Pataki, Bush, Cheney, Madoff, Gingrich, Thomas just to name a few. Their degrees, many in Law, sure helped the country. Give me an honest, working class individual any day.
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