Typo corrected: Thanks, folks.<\/p>\n
Could New York’s Republican Party go down with a whimper?<\/p>\n
There are rumblings out there that the last generation of GOP heavyweights — George Pataki, Rudy Giuliani and John Faso — are leaning toward not running next year.<\/p>\n
Those three represent their party’s best shot at retaking the governor’s mansion, a US Senate seat, and the NY-20 House seat won in an upset by Glens Falls Democrat Scott Murphy.<\/p>\n
The problem, of course, is that Republicans don’t have much of a bench. These titans are pretty much it.<\/p>\n
Pull them out of the mix and you’re left with Rick Lazio.<\/p>\n
If one or all were to run, victories next year might give the party a shot at rebuilding.<\/p>\n
Fundraising, influence, recruiting — everything gets better when you have someone, anyone in power.<\/p>\n
What’s more, Democrats would have complete autonomy when it comes to redistricting. They would control the political battlefield for the next decade.<\/p>\n
But without those Big Three, it’s hard to see who steps in to help hold the line.<\/p>\n
Heck even a David Paterson re-election begins to look plausible — if he can keep Andrew Cuomo from challenging in the primary.<\/p>\n
New York’s Republican Party has been on the skids for a long time — and they’re poised to take another nasty black eye in the NY-23 special election.<\/p>\n
But if the GOP reaches the point when they can’t even field solid, plausible candidates, we’ve reached a new (and by no means a better) era for New York politics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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