Hillary and Rudy in Nassau
There's been talk that if Republicans lose this seat, other GOP state Senators may abandon ship, putting every statewide elected office and both houses of the state legislature into Democratic hands. (Can anyone say redistricting?)
Giuliani is coming into the race as Republican Maureen O'Connell touts her record of fighting terrorism with campaign literature that uses a doctored NYS Department of Homeland Security logo and the image of Osama Bin Laden.
Later today,the US Department of Justice will determine whether to send election monitors into the 7th District at the request of the Democrat Craig Johnson's campaign.
UPDATE: Democrat Craig Johnson's campaign requested that the DOJ monitor the race. Republican Chairman Joseph Mondello raised concerns of voter integrity.
-- Azi Paybarah
Senate Republicans blew this seat big time.
Maybe now they'll clean house at the Senate GOP Campaign Committee.
watchout Hillary; Rudy is bringing along Killer Kerik and his weapons of other candidate destruction along with him...they're going after the GOP competition first - but if you're in the same county it could get a little scary.
I expect he will do for her what he did for former Senators George Allen, Rick Santorum & Conrad Burns.
The last time Mondello brought in Rudy at the last minute to rally the Nassau troops was on the eve of the 1999 elections...and the Democrats had landslide victories....