Phil Ragusa, the Queens County Republican Chairman, said his day today has been “shitty.”
Aside from the looming pile of work on his desk (he’s an accountant and tax day is around the corner), he’s seeing his coalition of Republican five chairman and abandoning the mission of denying Michael Bloomberg the Republican line.
Last night, Brooklyn Republicans voted to let Bloomberg run in their primary for mayor even though he left the party more than a year ago.
“I think Craig [Eaton] was a little premature,” Ragusa said, referring to his counterpart in Brooklyn. “I think he jumped the gun. He should have waited till we screened the other Republican candidates.