After Simon failed to establish himself as a worthy candidate among Republican voters, Gray Davis rode to his rescue and trashed Richard Riordan during the Republican primary. Gray Davis should have been listed as Bill Simon’s greatest “in kind” donor during the primary as he was the most influential contributor to Simon’s primary win.
That's a bit of revisionist history. Simon was beginning to establish himself as more people got to see Simon and that snake Riordan for who he truly was. Davis just made the job easier for the conservatives, but the tide was turning long before Gray got involved. All Davis, Bill Simon and Bill Jones had to do was tell the truth about Riordan and Riordan was toast. Somebody on Riordan's team forgot to tell Riordan how to run a primary campaign. He thought he could waltz in and be annointed. Too bad.
That said, I kinda fall into the "Simon had his chance" camp and am hoping for a different candidate to take the gauntlet. And like the primary, I'm not liking my options.
BTW, this sounds like TeamRiordan, not "TeamSimon"
Cuffaro was with Simon back when he had 4% in the primary.
He doesn't have a moderate bone in his body.