Say it ain't so, Joe. Our pal Joe Mondello is calling it quits as state GOP Chair.
After a meeting on Long Island on Friday with Rudolph W. Giuliani, the state Republican Party chairman, Joseph N. Mondello, has decided to call it quits, but he will remain chairman of the Nassau County Republican Party, a party official said Monday.
Mondello was pretty fantastic for Dems statewide. He became chair just in time to lose a special election in his own back yard, lost another special in a district that the GOP had held since the 1890's in the North Country, tried to avenge his loss in that first special by running a mayor of a village of 800 at the new incumbent (and got crushed), oversaw the loss of the last GOP power base in the state and then lost a special election NY-20 to a newcomer with zero name recognition. That was one hell of a streak, no?
If there is s silver lining in Joe's departure, it's that he will retain the Chair of the Nassau County GOP. Given the Dems newfound registration edge in Nassau and plenty of hot races from top to bottom there, this is quite a gift.
Oh, and this also probably means that Giuliani is definitely running for Gov next year as it appears that Rudy was the one pushing him hardest out the door.
Good times. |
