Republicans sure are starting to mix it up in the New York Governor's race, aren't they? Elise "Elsie" Stefanik and Bruce Blakeman must be giving State Party Chair Ed Cox serious indigestion. (Yes, that Ed Cox, believe it or not. The years have not been kind.)
Nassau County Executive Blakeman has jumped into the race for the GOP nomination, even though Cox swore up and down that a Republican primary would never, ever happen. Elsie was supposed to have it all sewn up so that she could train her fire from now to next fall on incumbent Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul. (She'd need to, because Hochul is leading her by 20 points in the polls.)
Welp, things haven't worked out that way. As The New York Times reported, Benedict Donald didn't put his thumb on the scale for poor Elsie, whose life he had already ruined by un-nominating her for UN Ambassador. Sad! So Blakeman went on a statewide listening tour, and wrapped it up convinced that he was the perfect candidate to lose to Hochul next November. All righty, then.
Is Elsie not pretty or sexy enough for Donald? (You know, like Kristi Noem or Lindsey Halligan?) Did Blakeman promise to direct more graft Trump's way from Nassau and Suffolk County interests than Stefanik could direct from podunk places like Plattsburgh, Potsdam and Watertown? Hochul's social media team will have a ball with this.
Stefanik used to style herself as a reasonable, reach-across-the-aisle compromiser. Ten years later, she and her team have become Trumpy attack dogs, no substance and all insults. "Everyone knows that Bruce has no shot and is putting his raging ego first," her spokeswoman snapped. Really? It seems that Elsie's the one who's been raging lately. But fight on, kids. We cats HISS and PURR at the same time.
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