It is nice to see that there is some life left in the NYS Republican party.

While I like Faso over Weld, let's be real. Neither of them are gonna come close to Spitzer and neither of the Senate candidates are gonna be close to Hillary. The only real suspense in NY come November is if Joe Bruno is going to majority or minority leader.

who? hahaha

Faso beats Weld, and Spencer beats KT McFarland?

Is this a sign that the NY GOP will stop treating Conservatives with disdain, or is it a Machiavellian ploy to discredit us in a losing year?

Spencer couldn't keep McFarland under 25%, despite her negative press and her very late start. If polls are any indication, she will win a primary.

Ron, it's not about conservative v. liberal this time, it's about state party aparatus (which supports Weld and Spencer) vs. the come-from-behind outsiders (Faso and McFarland).

Nice, he doesn't even have a Wikipedia entry:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=John+Faso&fulltext=Search

Thanks for the statehouse, GOP.

It's a win for Faso because he was the underdog and Weld was expected to get 50% or better.

It's a win for McFarland because she wasn't expected to get much higher than in the mid-20s (and she got 36.5%).

Is is true that both the Gubernatorial and Senate races will be an uphill battle for the Republicans, but I do believe both the Attorney General and Comptroller race are winnable. If only the media would start giving some props to Chris Callaghan and really looking into Alan Hevesi's record, then yes, I believe Comp and AG are winnable.

Yes he does, Joe: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Faso