Basile New GOP Executive Director

ALBANY—Officially, Tom Basile has been named the executive director of the New York Republican Party.

Basile, an operative who worked on the 2006 gubernatorial campaign serving lieutenant governor candidate Scott Vanderhoef, has been an advisor to new-chairman Ed Cox for several years, and worked as a hired strategist in his campaign Read More

Cox’s Return

This new state politics blog — whose reliability I have no way to evaluate — says there’s buzz in Conservative Party circles that Ed Cox might return to the Senate race. (The item also has some stuff about wire-tapping that, I hasten to note, I’m not endorsing.)

Anyway, I mention it Read More

Cox Question

So can Ed Cox keep his hand in this race? Or does Pirro steamroll him?

He clearly plans to hang in, perhaps hoping the endless airing of “where’s page 10″ and the like will dampen her appeal.

Cox’s spokesman, Tom Basile, just sent out this statement:

“Partial-birth abortion is a serious Read More