NY-13: Losing Faith

From the NY Daily News Blog:

National Republican leaders have “lost all faith” in Rep. Vito Fossella and are poised to begin polling in the 13th CD on potential candidates to take his place on the ballot, despite the fact that he has yet to make a definitive statement about his future political plans.

The poll could start as early as today, according to a Washington GOP source, and will likely include at least two names: Sen. Andrew Lanza and Staten Island DA Dan Donovan.

Another national GOP source said Fossella’s fellow House minority members were “shocked” to learn of his “double life,” and his admission that he fathered a child out of wedlock with retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, Laura Fay.

While the Democratic field for this seat includes Brooklynites Stephen Harrison and Domenic Recchia, national Democrats may be looking for an upgrade:

Crain’s reported this morning that the DCCC has been calling Assemblyman Mike Cusick in hopes of coaxing him into the race. Certain Senate Democrats, meanwhile, are floating Sen. Diane Savino’s name.

Cusick hails from Staten, so he’s probably the best bet here.  Savino’s seat is too precious for Senate Democrats, who need two pick-ups this fall in order to take the majority.

15 thoughts on “NY-13: Losing Faith”

  1. having Recchia forced from the race… but i hope Harrison gets a shot. no reason to throw to the dogs a principled progressive campaign already making improvements on his strong showing against an unbesmirched Vino in ’06… wish i knew more about Cusick, don’t suppose there’s any way to tell whether he’d sign onto an anti-war platform like harrison or where he stands on most national issues at this point.

  2. well other than that he might not be the best candidate to win a D1 district – or hold it.

  3. And he’s known for being cautious this early in an election cycle.

    He made many ratings changes today.  Here they are according to whether they are positive or nagative for us.  The only move I really disagree with is moving OH-02 to likely R.  That race has a slight R lean at most with a great chance of being tossup by November.

    Races moving in our favor

    AK-AL   Young    Lean Republican to Toss Up

    CT-02   Courtney   Likely Democratic to Solid Democratic

    FL-21  L. Diaz-Balart Solid Republican to Likely Republican

    FL-24   Feeney    Likely Republican to Lean Republican

    IN-02   Donnelly   Likely Democratic to Solid Democratic

    IN-07   Carson    Likely Democratic to Solid Democratic

    MI-07   Walberg      Lean Republican to Toss Up

    MI-09   Knollenberg  Likely Republican to Lean Republican

    MO-06   Graves      Likely Republican to Lean Republican

    NY-13   Fossella    Likely Republican to Toss Up

    NC-11   Shuler      Likely Democratic to Solid Democratic

    Races moving against us:

    CA-11   McNerney  Lean Democratic to Toss Up

    KS-02    Boyda    Lean Democratic to Toss Up

    KY-03   Yarmuth  Likely Democratic to Lean Democratic

    OH-02   Schmidt   Lean Republican to Likely Republican

    OH-14   LaTourette  Likely Republican to Solid Republican

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