Rick Lazio- The Buffalo Bean

S.E. Cupp: Lazio Is The New Scott Brown...

Posted by Matt in Campaign 2010, Featured Articles on 03 3rd, 2010 | 6 Comments

My friend S.E. Cupp, in her latest column for the New York Daily News, dares to say that the New York governor’s race isn’t merely just waiting for Cuomo to jump in and cruise to an effortless victory. To fellow jaded New Yorkers who think they’ve heard it all, I humbly offer this:...

Posted by Matt in Campaign 2010, Featured Articles on 02 22nd, 2010 | No Comments

A new Siena poll shows that in a gubernatorial race between Rick Lazio and Governor David Paterson, the only candidates who have officially declared their candidacies, Rick Lazio is ahead seven points. This is good news for Rick Lazio, although the poll still show he has work to do. Paterson is now lagging...

Posted by Matt in Campaign 2010 on 02 19th, 2010 | No Comments

By now you have probably figured out that the big bombshell story about Governor Paterson was not much of a bombshell story. It certainly was nothing that would prompt Paterson’s resignation. Rick Lazio has criticized the New York Times before for letting hype brew about the story without publishing...

Collins Out For Governor...

Posted by Matt in Breaking News, Featured Articles on 01 27th, 2010 | 1 Comment

Well, speculation finally ends… Chris Collins will not run for governor. County Executive Chris Collins today said he has ended his exploratory run for governor, citing the difficult task of raising enough money for a statewide campaign and his desire to “finish the job” in Erie County. The...

Posted by Matt in Campaign 2010, Featured Articles on 12 29th, 2009 | 11 Comments

Rudy Giuliani’s endorsement of Rick Lazio should have put any remaining intentions of Chris Collins to run for governor to rest. Well, it apparently hasn’t. While he has yet to formally commit to the race, Erie County Executive Chris Collins has been urged by 15 Republican county chairs...

Rudy Endores Lazio, Won’t Run For ...

Posted by Matt in Campaign 2010 on 12 22nd, 2009 | No Comments

Today, Rudy Giuliani will not only announce his endorsement of Rick Lazio for governor, but apparently announce that he will not run for the U.S. Senate against Kirsten Gillibrand. Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani is expected to announce Tuesday he is not running for U.S. Senate or anything else in 2010, effectively...

Posted by Matt in Campaign 2010 on 12 9th, 2009 | No Comments

Rick Lazio got an important upstate endorsement this week from Niagara County GOP Chairman Mike Norris The Buffalo News had the story. Lazio insiders said Norris, who recently assumed the Niagara County Republican helm from former Chairman Henry F. Wojtaszek, will make the official announcement at 4:30...

Posted by Anthony Bialy in Buffalo, Economy on 11 23rd, 2009 | No Comments

There’s no law that everyone has to be equally miserable, although the present Congress might soon address that. Until then, Buffalo is nonetheless going with the flow down the drain instead of floating above the present nationwide depressing standard. G. Scott Thomas from Business First notes...

Rudy To Run For U.S. Senate?...

Posted by Matt in Campaign 2010, U.S. Senate on 11 19th, 2009 | 2 Comments

Nothing confirmed yet (last I heard), so this is probably a trial balloon. That said, I really hope it is true. Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani has decided against running for governor, but is strongly considering running for U.S. Senate instead, sources told the Daily News. The Republican heavyweight was...

New Jersey ‘09 = New York ‘1...

Posted by Anthony Bialy in Buffalo, Buffalo Bills, Campaign 2009, Campaign 2010, Commentary, Economy, NY State Government, News, State Legislature, corruption on 11 9th, 2009 | 1 Comment

New Jersey and New York are similar neighbors. For one, both are homes to NFL venues. Of course, the Garden State hosts two teams, even if they’re equipped with out-of-state license plates, while the Empire State has one, as long as the Bills count as a pro squad. The resemblance goes beyond...

Posted by Matt in Campaign 2010, Featured Articles, Interviews, NY State Government on 10 21st, 2009 | 3 Comments

I had the opportunity to sit down with Rick Lazio while he was in town yesterday. I’d never met him before. I wasn’t a New York resident during his unsuccessful Senate bid, so this was not only my first time meeting him, but my first real opportunity to assess him as a candidate that I might...

Posted by Matt in Campaign 2010, Erie County, Featured Articles, Uncategorized on 10 6th, 2009 | Comments Off

A $1,000 per ticket fundraiser in Rochester today for Erie County Executive Chris Collins has fueled speculation that Collins may run for governor next year. Buffalo News reporter Bob McCarthy recaps Collins’ recent activity: The county executive, meanwhile, has been traveling the state in recent...

Obama Tells Paterson To Drop Out...

Posted by Matt in Federal Government, NY State Government, White House on 09 20th, 2009 | 2 Comments

I believe it is not the role of political party leaders to make endorsements of candidates before a primary. When President Bush endorsed Arlen Specter over Pat Toomey in 2004, I thought it was a bad idea. When local Democrats endorsed Jon Powers before the primary that was also a bad idea — especially...