And then there were two.
Hours before the Suffolk County Republican Committee's nominating convention to decide a candidate for county executive, St. James businessman and 2010 Congressional candidate Randy Altschuler announced that he would not seek the county executive nomination and instead focus his energy on a 2012 rematch for New York's First Congressional District.
The Republicans are holding their nominating convention Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the Hauppauge Sheraton. The two remaining candidates who screened with the GOP on May 13 are Suffolk County Treasurer Angie Carpenter and Assemblyman Michael Fitzpatrick, R- St. James.
“The truth is that after falling just short last year, my intent had always been to seek a rematch with Congressman Bishop in 2012 and in the coming days I will file papers making that run official," said Altschuler, through a prepared statement. "I am eager to contrast my record as a successful entrepreneur and small businessman who knows how to create jobs versus Congressman Bishop's record as a tax, spend and borrow politician who has run our economy into the ground."
Altschuler had previously thrown his hat in the ring for county executive after state Sen. John Flanagan, R-Northport, announced at the end of April he would not seek the Republican nomination. Altschuler screened with the GOP and Conservative Parties in previous weeks.
GOP Chairman John Jay LaValle said he supported Altschuler’s decision to go up against Bishop again. Altschuler lost to Bishop by fewer than 600 votes in 2010.
“Against great odds and several primary opponents, Randy came within a handful of votes of knocking off an entrenched Democrat congressman,” LaValle said. “While initially skeptical of his ability to succeed, I have come to appreciate Randy’s enthusiasm, intellect and dedication to this party’s principles and ideals.”
The republicans have always accused democrats of being "tax and spend" when the truth is that nobody spends more than the republicans. The highest deficits in this country's history have all been under republican presidents and the number one contributor to our current deficit and its ever-increasing size are the Bush tax cuts. The real difference between Republicans and democrats is that republicans spend like drunken sailors and never worry how they are going to pay for it and when it does finally come time to pay the bill who do they look to, the middle class and poor. Excusing outsourcing because it enriches any one individual or corporation while killing the jobs of hundreds of thousands of Americans is ludicrous and anti-American. Altschuler is bad for Long Island, bad for New York and bad for America.
Chicken Little, please identify "the party hacks" Randy Altschuler "paid off", and give the evidence. I'm sure you have neither! You clearly don't really know Randy Altschuler, do you??
Tim Bishop is trying to help President Obama bring the United States back to health after George Bush and the Republicans put us in the deepest hole since the great depression and involved us in two unnecessary wars. If you listen to Tim on the stump you will realize that he is smart, experienced, and is working to build jobs and the economy. Lets face it, the Republicans will do anything to bring down Obama regardless of the damage they do to the country in the process. There isn't a statesman among them.
"I am eager to contrast my record as a successful entrepreneur and small businessman who knows how to create jobs. . . " [in India.]
If all you have to say in defense of (the indefensible) Bishop is 'outsourcing', Bishop is done, cause the folks aren't buying it anymore.
That said, Altschuler wouldn't be my1st choice, and I can't imagine what he could bring to the table 2 years later that would improve his chances ,especially with all the liberal lemmings blindly pulling the blue lever.
For every dollar spent on stimulus you get $1.41 in return. Compare that to say, a corporate tax break. Now, I admit, I am not economist, but the folks at Moody's are and Mark Zandi, the chief economist for Moody's Economy.com, estimates that cutting the corporate tax rate gets you only 32 cents in stimulus for every dollar you spend on it. A job, any job, created by the government or the private sector, spurs economic growth. If someone is living paycheck to paycheck, or not working at all, and you give them a dollar, they spend it. When they spend, the economy grows. Simple economics. The reason the economic recovery has been so slow? The private sector is sitting on a boat load of cash that it refuses to spend and the stimulus was way too small. What is better for the economy, jobs or unemployment? Go talk to one of the people that is now working because of the money Mr. Bishop brought here. Tell them that they are parasites, that their jobs are not real jobs and that they'd be better off not working at all, and see what they say. Randy Altschuler made a living by taking well-paying jobs away from American workers and sending them to India. Period. He made his living by screwing his fellow Americans. You say no one cares, I say let's wait and see what happens in 2012.
You don't know...Jack. (See? Now that's clever.)
As for GM. President Obama moved forward to bail out this American car manufacturer despite the crazy cries of "socialism" and "government take over" from the radical right. Obama was right to do so. Not only did he save hundreds of thousands of well-paying American jobs, but GM has created over 4,000 new jobs for American workers. Better still, just last week GM paid back its debt to American taxpayers 6 years early! The American taxpayers won big on this one. The American worker scored a huge victory. Rather than resort to ideological hyperbole and outright disinformation, try arguing facts in a rational, adult, and respectable manner and you may find that people respond in kind.