About 12:30 today via Capital Tonight‘s Twitter: “Lazio officially drops out of Gubernatorial Race”.
Ballot line concern from NY1: “The Conservative Party has until tomorrow [Tuesday, September 28] to decide whether to endorse Paladino. The party needs a candidate who can get 50,000 votes in the November elections in order for the party to remain viable…”
[Note: A Story at Capital Tonight seems to contradict the Tuesday deadline, by suggesting that the NY Conservative Party will have a statewide convention to determine who to put on the ballot line on Wednesday.]
Good article with quotes from Lazio’s exit speech, and his comments on NY politics and the Conservative Party at Capitol Confidential blog: here.
Today’s Postings from the Conservative Party of New York State
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CITIZENS FOR A BETTER VETERANS HOME
Conservative Party of New York State
Today’s Postings ~ September 28, 2010
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Have you heard the news? [Lake: Yuck!]
Senator John Thune will be our special guest
on October 19!! ——
State Chairman Michael R. Long
& the Officers and Members of
The New York State Conservative Party
Cordially invite you to our
2010
Take Back New York
Reception
With Special Guest Speaker
Senator John Thune (R-SD)
on
Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
at the
Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers
Central Park West Room on the 2nd Floor
811 7th Avenue (between 52nd and 53rd Streets), New York City
Kindly R.S.V.P. by October 15th, 2010
For Additional Information: Call 718-921-2158
Tickets: $500
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Lake: what next, FORMER GOP Congress Member Puke, federal felon, Cunningham?
Lake shout out: to Colorado ‘reform’ Independent Paul Noel Fiorino. Got your thx / letter today. Best wishes. I will forward to Independent Voice and urge you do do so!
Maybe they should nominate their nominee for the 2009 NYC mayoral election.
What is Mike Long and the conservative patronage machine going to do now?
From Michael Gormley, AP, fourteen minutes ago:
………. has said his goal isn’t simply to be on the winning side in elections, but to continue a conservative voice in New York politics.
Lazio said he’ll continue to watch the election.
“I believe strongly that Andrew Cuomo cannot bring change, but I remain unconvinced that Carl Paladino will bring the improvement that New York needs,” he told the AP.
Lazio said that the race has “defaulted to a mania over anger” and that Cuomo is not directly engaging his opponent.
“I understand the anger, the primal scream, the frustration,” Lazio said. “I want to see (Paladino and Cuomo) pull together to hold candidates accountable and have a real meaningful set of ideas.”
Asked if Paladino is going to listen to him, Lazio said, “I think Carl Paladino has to listen to the people. … He needs to be realistic and credible and specific about how he’s going to solve these grave problems.”
Lazio said he had no regrets about running and “would do it all over again,” but laughed and added: “If I had the choice, I would have done it better.”