..... and Liam McCabe
The Donovan-Grimm primary for congress is shaping up as another surrogate fight involving Marty Golden and his crew up against Liam McCabe and his crew
After running him over like he was a little old lady in 2017, Marty actually looks and sounds like he is going to the mattresses for two GOP primaries in a row against Liam McCabe
There's a lot at stake in this year's GOP primary for congress, and a lot of it has little to do with who will represent the GOP as it's congressional candidate for the Southwest Brooklyn seat now held by Dan Donovan. For two primaries in a space of less than seven months, Golden is doing some serious work for a side without his name being on the ballot in any way; in 2017 it was for John Quaglione for City Council and in 2018 it is for Dan Donovan for the U.S. Congress.
By now, all of you should have gotten the Marty Golden robocalls and/or the personal but official-looking letter, specially made to look like it's from the "Office" of New York State Senator Golden. So far, it looks like Marty is going all-in for Donovan to carry the Brooklyn end of the congressional district.
Without a doubt, the real fight for all the world to see is if Marty Golden can stop Mike Grimm from carrying Brooklyn, which it looks like he is going to do. That's very much how it was when Grimm first ran for the seat in a GOP primary several years back in 2010 against Michael Allegretti, when Golden strongly backed Allegretti. But this time the real kicking and knifing under the table isn't between the Marty-controlled Brooklyn GOP and the old LaGuardia Club, it's between Marty's guys and those in it for Grimm aligned with Liam McCabe.
Make no mistake about it, if Grimm carries the Brooklyn portion of the two-county congressional district, it will be a real feather in the cap for Liam. That's important because there is already talk of another Brooklyn GOP organizational fight in 2019 due to the very weak performance of Ted Ghorra as County Chairman ( BTW, I don't think that his phoned-in support in the Grimm-Donovan race will count for anything). It's obvious that Golden doesn't want Liam to rebuild any momentum whatsoever, especially after Marty's helping to crush the lad in his 2017 primary tilt against John Quaglione.
Well, with less than five days to go, let's see what happens next.
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The basics of your post are correct Gale, with the exception of McCabe's role in all this nonsense. Insiders know that in addition to his personal problems with alcohol, McCabe is more talk than action. All throughout his various stints as a legislative staffer, he routinely came to work late, made a big show when doing very little of anything, and took grandiose credit for anything he could ("THE TONER CARTRIDGE HAS BEEN REPLACED!") All those constituent stories he told in his campaign didn't impress anyone 'cause people knew 'twas all fluff. Even if, as most suspect, Grimm wins Tuesday, McCabe's future is severely limited. Few people would ever trust him again after the way he stabbed Donovan in the back. Last year's council race was McCabe's last hurrah, even if he doesn't realize it.
Even in Siena poll Donovan is leading in Brooklyn part of the district. Grimm can win Brooklyn but much hyped Spumoni Gardens event fizzled out with a disappointing crowd might be a good sign for Donovan.
Golden isn’t doing shit for Donovan, especially compared to how much he helped John Q.
7:39 is correct. Most of it is cosmetic letter was approved long time ago, notice no picture. Q and other active Donovan supporters have been told not to do too much to help Donovan. Conservatives hedging their bets because it looks like Grimm will win regardless of what happens in Brooklyn.
Gail, what happened you didn't mention Bob Capano in this post. Did you two have a fight?
Liam is striking back.
Bob is drinking beer out of a can.
Yes gale the grimm-donovan primary is a reflection of the council race.
Liam strikes back. Quaglione does nothing. Bob has interviews and then does nothing.
Not so 12:14
Bob is on the Marty golden victory train.
Yeah, keep that though. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Senator McCabe 2020
Golden knows Donovan is out
Where is Quaglione in all this ..he seems to MIA and irrelevant..must be still licking his wounds from 2017..hear he is still extremely bitter..came January , he w ont even have Marty's shoulder to cry on, or a job.
McCabe knows Grimm is out..
Marty wins again
Meanwhile the Democrat left wing is attacking Max Rose for being a "Blue Dog" Democrat. Michael DeVito, Jr. says that the Max Rose $$$$$ comes from the same place as Dan Donovan's and that Rose is nothing more than "Republican Lite." An Emma Vigeland interview with DeVito is being circulated among/by the Bernie Sanders crowd. He is running on a left-Democrat platform.
Don't expect that much from the Dem far left in the 11th CD this year, the Dems are hungry for a win and Rose is way ahead with the party regulars. Plus, there are altogether too many "progressives" in the race against him, in addition to DeVito there are three or four others, some with much more money in the till than DeVito.
The Republicans, Donovan and Grimm, have sucked all the air out of the room, as a result the Democratic Party Primary in the Eleventh Congressional District is one of the quietest Dem primaries in years. With a strong base in Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights, and across the board support among regular party operators in Staten Island, Max Rose should be able to coast to an easy win.
Get real. Grimm will win, and a Grimm win is good for McCabe. PERIOD - FULL STOP - '30'!
Golden and Quags will win with Donovan, beating McCabe badly in less than 10 months..Q will be able to choose his next office to run for as the only GOPer left standing while McCabe goes on a binge and heads to rehab-- yet again.
Perhaps Ghorra thought Golden was too busy helping Donovan to go to a Donald Trump JR fundraiser on Wednesday night. But then again that doesn’t explain why he forgot to notify Kassar that Donald Trump JR was in town. Maybe he thought no one find out about his little party and he would get to keep all the money raised, for himself.
So what if Grimm wins. McCabe can't get elected to anything, anywhere. Nobody trusts him after the Donovan backstabbing.
8:22 not sure that the purpose of that post. Are you saying that Ted attended a Fundraiser with Donald Trump Jr? Be that as it may, he is still Jerry's puppet who won't make a move without asking for permission. You think it's a coincidence that most of John Q supporters were shut out of important party posts at the reorg?
Ghorra just raised $50,000 under everyone’s nose. It’s facts- check Twitter Who’s laughing now? Eaton never had any National wavelength. Will say that eaton used to give money to candidates. Let’s hope the $50,000 doesn’t fund another bullshit maureen Daly phonebank. Crooks.
8:27, “attending” you mean “hosting”. Wake up , real hustlers move in silence and don’t attend funerals.
Phone banks, did you say phone banks? Last night I got a call and it was something about Donovan and Congress. The voice had a thick foreign accent, and probably was an illegal interfering in our elections.
Liam wins
Ted Ghorra raised nothing. More fake news from clueless people. I hope he raises 100,000 or a million so then maybe we can fund credible candidates and have a real office and not have to work out of Dom Sarta's basement. Even the Bronx and their one hundred or so remaining registered Republicans have a nice office, under Ghorra Brooklyn has a corner in a basement.
Donovan?
Ghorra puts Eaton to shame-- again
If he was really Gerry’s puppet he would have invited him to HIS fundraiser featuring DTJ. The puppeteer has to find himself a new puppet come next year.
At least Eaton helped his candidates. Every penny that Ghorra raises disappeares.
On Tuesday at 10 pm Mike Long will be at Grimms headquarters posing for victory photos.
Long and Kassar always win ..Eaton always loses
Long and Kassar always win because they are the only party in Brooklyn in opposition. The GOP is irrelevant.
Eaton had the biggest fundraiser for any Republican candidate in Brooklyn and drew a good crowd. Ghorra did not have a Brooklyn GOP fundraiser, would be curious to find out where the money has been going since we are the only county organization unable to afford an office.
Oh what a night for Chairman Ghorra, while Cats keeps the muzzle on Eaton on saying anything against Golden in his race..
Eaton and Capano have met their end..
Eaton and capano never had a beginning
Everyone knows Ghorra is a puppet. Craig had a huge fundraiser for Dan while Ted tries to take selfies at an event with Don Jr. Oh and I'm surprised you didn't bring up the one word mentoring tweet.
RESPONSE: THE "COMBINATION ANNOYED ME" EDITION
TO: "ANONYMOUS SAID... AT 8:57 AM"
YOUR COMMENT IS GONE --- FIRST, IT WAS FAKE NEWS; NOBODY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS BLOG MADE ANY ASSERTIONS ABOUT DONOVAN WINNING --- SECOND, LANGUAGE, LANGUAGE, LANGUAGE; SOME PEOPLE MIGHT TAKE OFFENSE, LIKE ME !!!!!
'Nough said.....
1250pm
Did Eaton open his mouth about Marty Senate race? He can't because he would alienate Cats..
Two things need telling here and now to stop all the nonsense about Tweets and toots and farts and darts and mentoring or indenturing. John Catsimatidis never told Craig Eaton he couldn't slam Marty Golden. John Catsimatidis never said that he supported State Senator Marty Golden for re-election in 2018.
John Catsimatidis might be the last person on earth to be alienated by anybody saying something bad about Marty Golden, as a candidate, as a state senator or as a human being. Why would anybody think the opposite?
Cats sent an email that has been acknowledged here supporting Marty so nice try 143pm..
Of course this is in addition to cats public tweet saying Marty is "mentoring " his daughter which is much stronger than an endorsement for office to say that about Marty and your only daughter!!
And if Craig is not saying anything public (one link) about the Golden race, when everyone in Brooklyn knows Eaton can't stand Golden, what other explanation is there than Cats telling Eaton to keep quiet..I am sure there will be crickets to this comment or some non sense response..
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Great summation ..
Eaton and Capano have been totally marginalized in Brooklyn and by Cats..they are done..
1:58 PM and 2:06 PM:
Crickets, I don't think so!
You people are so full of shit, you make sloshing noises when you move.
There is no such announced support for Marty Golden for 2018. If Marty Golden wants it, he still needs to ask John Catsimatidis for it, and very politely if he knows what's good for him.
As for Craig Eaton and Bob Capano being marginalized, you couldn't be further off base. Another Eaton-Capano shoe will drop on Marty's head soon, very soon.
How many times has Marty been on Cats highly rated radio program? What’s that? ZERO times you say. That says it all and you can mention emails and tweets all you want.
How many times has Eaton and Capano been on the show..ZERO
Highly rated radio program? Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
I thought that show was cancelled in the 80's
Is it true Ross Barkan moved to vermont?
Minion at 5:52, 7:12, and 7:23 please don’t repeat the idiotic talking points you’re fed. It’s a new highly rated radio program at which Bob Capano has been on multiple times. Craig isn’t an elected official, he’s not interested in playing an active role but he’s being dragged back in by haters and fans alike.
three people listen to it
Bob enjoys being on radio. He can drink beer and nobody knows it.
Yes Yes gale the battle in this GOP primary will be decided in Brooklyn. if Golden delivers for Donovan than he remains the boss. If grimm carries the brooklyn end than the emperor has no clothes.
Liam enjoys being behind the scenes so no one can see him stumbling when drunk
After Tuesday Liam will be the new boss
Cats Roundtable is the underfunded, cheap as it can be, vanity project that John started after the last vanity project -- you know, the mayoral race where there were HQs just for his Greek friends, and lots of campaign t-shirts and campaign water bottles ... but no money to print lit, and no office supplies like toner.
Minion at 2:48. Cats radio so highly rated almost every major national politician has made an appearance. As for his campaign offices yes they were bare bones but lit was delivered not printed and there was plenty of it and paid jobs for young Republicans some of the Greek but most of them not a lot of ethnic backgrounds participated which helped the future of the party unlike the pathetic showing of the Lhota campaign which was clearly let down by its Brooklyn supporters.
Okay, champ at 5:18 who is clearly not an employee of Mr. Catsimatidis or a friend of his ow Greek ancestry: What ARE its ratings?
Give us some numbers on its Share, Rating, Cume or AQH, or even TSL.
We'll wait.
6:45 have another drink OF WATER it’ll help the hangover wear off.
Liam needs water today --- stat
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