Andy’s ascendency in New York

New York GOP Chairman Ed Cox has so far failed to find a viable alternative to Lazio, a D’Amato-controlled puppet using the services of D’Amato’s consultant /henchman Arthur Finklestein, most famous for attacking former U.S. Sen. Jacob Javits over his health when the senator was dying, a strategy D’Amato was only too happy to adopt.

Paladino is reportedly prepared to spend $10 million of his own money to run an unconventional campaign in which he takes on the entire dysfunctional “political class.” Paladino will decide in 30 days.

Andrew, don’t measure the drapes quite yet.

Roscoe Conkling (Oct. 30, 1829–April 18, 1888) was a politician from New York who served in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. He was the leader of the Stalwart faction of the Republican Party and the last person to refuse a U.S. Supreme Court appointment after he had been already been confirmed by the U.S. Senate. The author has assumed this name to protect his anonymity.