| Jack Davis spoke to the Genesee County Democratic Committee tonight. According to a few of my Genesee County sources, he spoke like someone who was in the race. At one point, he questioned why the Genesee County Democrats would endorse NY-26 Democratic candidate Jon Powers. Apparently, he labeled such an endorsement as premature because he deserves a chance.
Davis mentioned a few things that were interesting, to say the least.
(1) He said at one point that he could go to Washington and take on Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Charlie Rangel and others in the House Democratic leadership.
(2) Davis claimed that Monroe County Democratic chair Assemblyman Joe Morelle, Niagara County Democratic chair Daniel Rivera and Erie County Democratic chair Len Lenihan will all side with him, not Powers.
(3) Attacked Powers on a few different issues, namely his "life experiences" and the claim that he hasn't held any other job besides his service to our country as an Army captain.
Davis also blamed former staffers for his lack of campaigning in 2006, which is not true. I spoke with a Davis staffer in 2006 who is not on staff with Jon Powers and that staffer told me that Jack refuses to listen to any of his staff. They would tell him to do something and he would ignore it.
But in the end, Davis informally declared his candidacy tonight. He keeps saying he won't say anything for sure until March (I'm assuming he wants to have a special ceremony for the event) but tonight he certainly sent the signal that he is running for the Democratic nod in New York's 26th congressional district. |
