I have no problem with you supporting Wendy Long for the Senate. My issue is with Mike Long giving her the CP nomination prior to the GOP primary.
You make good points about Wendy Long’s credentials and qualifications, and while I remain unconvinced that she’d be a better general-election candidate than Bob Turner, I would enthusiastically support her if she wins the primary today. But if she doesn’t win, I guess Mike Long will force her to run in a judicial race in the Bronx like he did to Lazio in 2010 (better than forcing her to move to Jersey, I guess). Great way to run a party.
Sun, how did the CP become the private property of Michael Long? Could party members demand primary elections instead of preemptive coronations?
I think Wendy Long won with 59%, and I would not have been unhappy with a Bob Turner win either.
Political people say Mike Long has a nice personality, and even an officer of the former Right-to-Life Party said Mike Long was nice, but of course, was disgusted that the NY Conservative Party was only against partial-birth infanticide. I wish a true conservative, especially on the life issue, would take over the NY Conservative Party.
I wonder who was the Chairman way back when Buckley won.