Lazio Pullout Expected Monday; Would Give Pladino Ballot Line

WBEN NEWS 930 ^ | 9/27/2010 | WBEN NEWS STAFF

[Mr. K]

Lazio was never a conservative anyway.

[Vigilanteman]

If he follows through, he will at least be a RINO with class and decency. I appreciated George W. Bush for that reason.

[ExTexasRedhead]

Lazio is a Murkowski kind of Conservative. Big-time LOL

[montag813]

About freakin’ time. An ego in search of a brain.

[ScottinVA]

Please do it, Rick. You don’t have a chance; Paladino does. Be a class act and get behind Paladino’s effort to knock off Cuomo.

[stocksthatgoup]

Just released on fox news.... Lazio has officially pulled out of the race.

[counterpunch]

So Lazio decided he didn’t want to become a pariah like Crist and Mirkcowsky afterall.

[CynicalBear]

Lazio just dropped out per FOX!

[BigEdLB]

Deeeeeeeeeeeeeee-lectable....

Now Paladino can do what he does best, unfettered ... be the angry pit bull nipping at Cuomo's backside, showing what a mess Cuomo would be for NY, and how Paladino himself would put some sanity back into the financial situation there. I wish it were that way here in California, but the drones here love THE ONE, in an sadomasochistic way....unemployment is 12% +, and they may still vote in Grandpa Moonbeam.

[xkaydet65]

This isn’t going to happen.The GOP bigwigs in NYS hate Palladino and have no interest in helping him.They won’t nominate Lazio. Mike Long’s Conservative Party exists only as a ballot line and a source of patronage. Long won’t risk losing it by giving it to Palladino whose suppoters will either vote GOP of Taxpayer lines. Long wants the 50K votes on HIS line to remain in existence as a source of jobs. He won’t give it to Palladino by nominating Lazio for a judgeship.

[Alberta's Child]

It's a little more complicated than it may seem.

New York State's ballot rules make it easier for minor parties to nominate candidates for statewide offices. This is why NY is one of the only states in the U.S. that has active parties like the Green Party, Right-to-Life Party, etc. that regularly get candidates on the ballot.

These minor parties can nominate candidates on their own ballot spot as long as they get at least 50,000 votes in the previous statewide election. I suspect what's happening here is that the Conservative Party needs to have a high-profile candidate like Paladino on the ballot in their spot, rather than a candidate like Lazio who may not get the 50,000 votes they need to keep their ballot spot for the next election.

This is why the Conservative Party rarely nominates stand-alone candidates (as opposed to the Republican candidate) unless those candidates can put up a huge sum of money to finance their own campaigns.

[Dr. Sivana]

Lazio is a Murkowski kind of Conservative. Big-time LOL

More tolerable for NY than Alaska. In any event, Paladino shows that rather than moderating position for votes in places like NY, it makes more sense to adjust style and presentation. NY, NJ voters can respect the tough guy approach. Most of those who can't, weren't going to vote Republican anyway.

The same approach would not work in, say, Iowa.

[ScottinVA]

Just released on fox news.... Lazio has officially pulled out of the race.

Good! Thank you, Rick.

[dalight]

Hoffman needs to catch the same clue.

[Notwithstanding]

Biff Cuomo

[this is my country]

iLazio is a Murkowski kind of Conservative. Big-time LOL

I am routing for Carl Paladino, but let's not tear everyone else down in the process. Rick Lazio is a decent, honorable, kind and approachable man. I have met him on numerous occasions he is NOT a Murkowski type of Conservative or Republican.

[Mr. K]

Check this out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Biff Cuomo!!

Anyone good at photoshop here????

[Mr. K]

Check this out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Biff Cuomo!!

Anyone good at photoshop here????

[Neets]

Please remove me from your ping list(s).

Thank you

[lowtaxsmallgov]

“Hoffman needs to catch the same clue.”

Agreed. Moheny beat him fair and square. Sore losers are total saboteurs, regardless of whether they are from the Establishment side or the Tea Pary side. That goes to all of you - Murkowski, Didier, Crist, Hoffman, Castle, Tancredo... a pox on you all!!

No pox on Lazio, however. Thanks Rick.