Vito Fossella, who’s set to hold a news conference outside his office at 1:30 p.m., has started dialing top state Republicans in New York to tell them he’s not going to accept the GOP nomination for his old NY-13 seat, according to sources familiar with the calls.
I guess his families weren’t thrilled with the idea.
UPDATE: Some more detail, from his presser:
In an announcement outside his Manhattan office, the Republican said he decided against taking another shot at Washington after weighing his options.
“I’m where I need to be, where I want to be” Fossella said, adding that he’s “honored and humbled” that he was endorsed by Republican officials.”As a result… I will not seek election to congress this year.”
Fossella, in a surprise decision, was endorsed last Thursday by the Staten Island GOP executive committee to run a primary in September. He said he did not request the endorsement and said he doesn’t know if he’ll support any of the other candidates in the race.
It looks like we won’t have NY-13 to kick around anymore as the nation’s craziest race. Oh well.
That was pretty amatuerish of Frisca, I mean I would have thought he had Fossella on board BEFORE giving him the Staten Island nomination over Molinari’s candidate. Maybe Vito said yes, and has changed his mind because he doesn’t think he can win without Molinari’s backing and with Grimm possibly on the ballot as a Conservative.
Perhaps they should just endorse McMahon and call it a day.
One cheer to him for volunteering to fade back into ignominy.