Mike and Joe

Capitol Confidential reports that Joe Bruno has hired Brendan Quinn, a former state GOP executive director who has riled both Bloomberg and Pataki with his willingness to work for candidates like, for example, Tom Ognibene.

Mike’s GOP Challenge

Mike may or may not, it seems, be facing a Republican primary from Tom Ognibene.

One Republican tells us Ognibene now has just about 7,500 petition signatures, and predicts that he will get enough to get on the ballot, but perhaps not enough to beat back a legal challenge from the Bloomberg campaign. Read More

Ognibene Getting Help

We hear Tom Ognibene is close to hiring Republican political consultant Brendan Quinn for his attack on Bloomberg’s right flank.

Quinn is a former executive director of the New York State Republican Party and a veteran of the bitter post-election action in Florida in 2000. His presence on the campaign would indicate a level of Read More