Comments on: Tom Reynolds To Quit

By: it's all about the pin

it's all about the pin — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 02:13:13 +0000

Maziarz is a piece of drift wood.

By: Mr. Pink

Mr. Pink — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:12:09 +0000

Maziarz is 54 years old and lived in the Congressional district for 50 years of his life. His current residence in Newfane is literally across the street from the Congressional district and the bulk of his current Senate District falls within the Congressional lines.

If he chooses to run…and that’s a big if… this races is over and he wins in a walk. How do I know this? Because the Dems have to essentially repeat the success they had two years againts Tom plus a little to win.

I don’t think anyone doubts that Maziarz will perform as well as Tom did in most parts of the district. So what’s the difference? Niagara County.

Reynolds lost it by a few thousand. Maziarz wins it by probably 7000…Niagara County is Maziarz country through and through. That’s a 10,000 vote swing and the race is over.

Sorry to everyone hoping for an exciting election. Once the polls are in, the Democrats go spend their money against Randy Kuhl and the Syracuse open seat.

By: Russell

Russell — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:46:40 +0000

Now that this is an open seat, things could change a whole lot on the Dem side. There may be a few more people throwing their hats into the ring. All this groundwork already laid by Powers could end up being for nought.

By: steve

steve — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:35:53 +0000

Mike from GI — How, exactly, did Powers earn the nod? With all due respect to his service to our country, I don’t see how that automatically qualifies him to serve in Congress. Doesn’t disqualify him, to be sure, but a perusal of his positions on his web page showed me a lot of “will lead by example” without actually saying what he would do.

That said, he may still be the most qualified of the identified Dems, ‘cuz it’s hard to argue with your assessment of the other two. Having the endorsement of the Niagara Dem exec committee could be the kiss of death for Powers, though. Truely the gang that couldn’t shoot straight.

As for the GOPers, I would argue that Maziarz has more substance than you give him credit for (ask the folks in Niagara Falls, who go to him for help rather than the Senator who actually represents the Falls). Hayes is well-liked, I think, but as an Assembly Repub hasn’t had much opportunity to build a track record.

By: Mike from Grand Island

Mike from Grand Island — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:19:22 +0000

Maziarz just takes up space - zero.
Hayes seems OK just because I’ve never seen him be a dick.
Powers earned it.
Davis is a single issue goof and he’s only half right on it.
whose the other lady? nuff said

By: Joe Genco

Joe Genco — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:43:07 +0000

I say Hayes runs because his seat means less in the Assembly than Maziarz in the Senate. Keep your eye on Henry Wojtaszek as well.

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By: davvid

davvid — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:10:34 +0000

its about damn time

By: Ward

Ward — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:04:27 +0000

Good one KevinP.
Of course, this means that Pundit’s former Crazy-Uncle candidate Jack Davis will be all over this thing like the party guest who won’t leave (sorry for re-using a Bill Clinton simile). Enjoy Mr. One Issue and his self-bought radio barrage for the next four months.

By: Russell

Russell — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:33:31 +0000

I wasn’t looking for a fight. I was just pointing out that I thought it was the case last time it was an open seat and it didn’t really matter much. Sure, you can use the term controversy because I think that would always be controversial, but it didn’t make the ‘98 race interesting.