Comments on: Bob Turner Says He Wants To Run For Kirsten Gillibrand’s US Senate Seat

By: tina18

tina18 — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:19:28 +0000

I think this is a winnable race. He will have more then enough support from brooklyn, queens. This is a brilliant move by him. Alot depends on the presidency. If Obama loses, so will Gilibrand and farkert as well

By: Daniel Q Blog

Daniel Q Blog — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:15:58 +0000

The great thing with Turner on top of the ticket is not as much if he will win, likely not, but how it will help Republican candidates.
Close races in New York will enjoy having a popular Republican on the near top of the ballot (below Obama of course) in a even somewhat tight race. In 2010, a few races (the AG and Comptroller race are the big ones as well as few congress seats) I feel went Democratic because Paladino imploded and the big races were obvious. For example, Gillibrand’s opponent started off promising and in the end was rocked nearly as much as Paladino and the candidate against Schumer, a percentage point difference to my memory.

DQB

By: rosewood

rosewood — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:00:27 +0000

Mottel1: Shes a democrat in New York, is she can put a coherent sentence together she will be hard to beat.

By: deepthinker

deepthinker — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:51:39 +0000

Turner is a real mentsch, an authentic conservative who has a proven record of success in business.

He will easily defeat the lightweight Gillibrand, who is simply a “yes-woman” for Chuck Schumer.

By: BITTLE ZMAN

BITTLE ZMAN — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:30:25 +0000

Isn’t he a neophyte with no record. At least they can’t bring up his record.

By: Mottel1

Mottel1 — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:27:17 +0000

…not as hard a fight as you think. Gillibrand doesn’t have much of a record…except her meaningless pronouncements. Watch Turner win big.

By: rosewood

rosewood — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:12:20 +0000

That will be a hard fight, but if anyone has a chance it is probably him.

By: akuperma

akuperma — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:02:08 +0000

Finally, someone is taking my suggestion.

Candidates gerrymandered out of a job always attract sympathy, and due to the odd shaped district he won in, he is already well known through the Democrats strongholds in Brooklyn and Queens – areas where a Republican needs to make inroads in order to win.