GOP Primary News, New Frazier Ad, Sanford Fallout

As even more news is coming out about Mark Sanford, I think it is only appropriate that this governor resign from his office for the sake of his family, and his state. News has come out today that he had a 10 day tryst planned, and that he has visited Argentina previously on the cover of a trade summit. Completely inappropriate behavior, lowly, and embarrassing for the people of South Carolina. Our prayers are with the Sanford Family.

In other GOP news, Colorado US Senate candidate, Ryan Frazier, who is running in the Republican primary, has released a new video ad, and I think it is excellent. He's a 31 year old Aurora city councilman who has all the qualities I named about Marco Rubio last night, young, charismatic, likeable, and he's also African American. He's up for a challenging primary with Bob Beauprez in the mix, a former gubernatorial candidate, but he stands a real chance.



Ryan Frazier gets my endorsement for the Colorado Senate race, and I think he's one of the rising stars in this party.

Also, in my home state of New York, Rick Lazio will be running for Governor, which will be up for grabs in 2010. He'll be potentially be in a crowded Republican primary, that may include Rudy Giuliani. Lazio's a decent moderate, and a former congressman who could have a solid Long Island base, and I personally really liked the statement I found from him on the Moderate Voice today.

“As long as New York Republicans are identified with southern fundamental conservatism, we’re going to struggle because it’s going to be very hard to break through and to talk to people who are new immigrants and the different demographic groups that we traditionally haven’t won,” Lazio said.

“So, I think the northeast’s Republicans need to get back to a heritage where they had that kind of relationship and they need to be able to talk about issues, and I don’t mean just individual candidates running.”

“You need to have support at the higher levels. You need to have the sort of aircover that there are people who got ideas that mean something, that are relevant to people that are from different ethnic backgrounds. We just have not done as good a job as we need to. We’ve done a poor job as a matter of fact, if truth be told, in that.”

From today's The Moderate Voice, a statement by Rick Lazio.

With the State Senate stinking it up in Albany, and a highly unpopular Democratic governor, along with a possible rough primary between Kirsten Gillibrand and Carolyn Maloney and/or Carolyn McCarthy, crazier things have happened than the possibility of Lazio running a competitive race.

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