Mondello, a former state Republican Party chairman and longtime leader of the Nassau GOP, is the first party leader to announce his support of Maragos's US Senate run. (nystateofpolitics.com)
Although he is the first party leader since Margaret Thatcher to change the minds of some colleagues and commentators about the electoral consequences of espousing radical policies he is still constrained by party orthodoxies of which he is personally opposed. (totalpolitics.com)
Suffolk County GOP Chairman John Jay LaValle, who was the first party leader to back Rick Lazio for governor and later flipped to back his local county executive, Steve Levy, confirmed he sat down today with Lazio's primary challenger, Carl Paladino. (nystateofpolitics.com)