Conservative Party Bigs are the first to take shots at Councilman Domenic Recchia’s bid to take on Congressman Grimm

Both Mike Long and Jerry Kassar feel the need for speed in throwing some brickbats at Brooklyn Democrat Domenic Recchia, who only recently threw his hat in the ring against Michael Grimm

Jerry Kassar, chairman of the Brooklyn Conservative Party, said Recchia would be a pushover for Grimm.  According to a report in a local newspaper, Jerry Kassar said, “I say bring him on! ... Voters will have to choose between a strong incumbent and a challenger who doesn’t know what he wants to do with his life, and has shown absolutely no evidence of competence in national issues.... It’s, to me, very odd that he decided to run.... Apparently he just needs a job.”
 ( “Domenic  Recchia Aims to Challenge Michael Grimm for Gongress –  Grimm news for Democrats?” by Will Bredderman, 2/21/13, Courier Life’s Brooklyn Daily [http://www.brooklyndaily.com/stories/2013/8/br_recchiacongress_2013_02_22_bk.html]).

Another Bay Ridgeite State Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long added his pinch of spice to the Conservative’s stew, saying  that Recchia was tainted by his close ties to scandal-scarred Assemblyman and former Democratic Party boss Vito Lopez.  According to Mike Long, “[Recchia] was a strong supporter of the organization, and Vito Lopez was the organization in Brooklyn.... “I don’t think that helps him, but that’s for the voters to decide.”

People shouldn’t forget that Long and Kassar were early supporters of Grimm in 2010; and that Conservative Liam McCabe helped Grimm win his GOP primary against Michael Allegretti. At that time, Grimm beat Allegretti in Brooklyn, even though Allegretti had the overwhelming support of the Brooklyn Republican Organization led by County Leader Craig Eaton and State Senator Martin Golden.

Also, don’t forget that I had already said that the Bay Ridge Cabal of Republicans (and Conservatives) have a greater reason to fear a Recchia candidacy for congress in 2014. The local Bay Ridge Democrats are on the verge of running the Republicans-Conservatives coalition out of Dodge; and with Domenic Recchia in the slot for Congress, the Democrats will seal the deal (See my 2/17/13 post below, “If Domenic Recchia enters the 2014 race for Congress in the 11th CD, what’s left of the Brooklyn GOP Bay Ridge Cabal will have a new theme song — ‘Candle in the Wind’ ”). Long’s and Kassar’s quick-on-the-draw early potshots at Recchia are just another little bit of confirmation of my theory and that the Conservatives know what’s coming their way in Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Bensonhurst if Reshhia is on the ticket.