Get Bent?

[Ishtar]

Is Bruce "Get" Bent actually going to try to oust Mondello after his woeful campaign?

What a disaster.
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[Spotlight]

This guy is beyond real. He is so full of himself that he thinks he should run the organization or at least have a say in things. Republican's didn't even vote for him. Now he knows how to fix the party?

And was this story really worth Page 5 exposure in newsday. Oh yeah, it's Newsday I forgot.
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[Bill McKay]

Spotlight is obviously confused.

If he thinks a political leader who's lost over 50% of the offices he inherited should continue to lead a county so solidly Republican that top National Republicans made it their business to visit here, then he's got to have his head examined.

I think all but a few Republican committeemen are open to the idea of replacing Mondello. At least Bent's got the balls to do more than say something about it.

Guys like Spotlight can just sit there!

[gadfly]

The following link points to an article that appeared in a past publication of the Local News. The Local News is a community-based periodical that appears to cater to the interests of the Nassau GOP.

www.#####.com

According to the article, Chairman Mondello was unanimously re-elected in 1997 for his success at restoring the campaign finance warchest of the Nassau GOP and for "WINNING ELECTIONS"! Although he has since been re-elected to another 2 year term, as pointed out by Bill McKay, the party is losing more offices each election.

Since the Nassau GOP is no longer winning elections at the levels noted in the article - in fact it has lost control of the county legislature and, recently, the county government - and since it's likely that more money is now going to the Democrats thus depleting the Nassau GOP campaign warchest, isn't Chairman Mondello now in the same hotseat as former CE Gulotta?

Shouldn't the 2,000 members of the committee consider the same issues as the taxpayers of Nassau County - party viability? Is the committee getting its money's worth from its leadership?

It's all there in black and white.

The chairman is no longer achieving his platform that realized his previous successes. Granted, his position and current agenda probably suits the executive committee. But what about the Nassau GOP grunt workers and grassroots party loyalists? It now appears reasonable to forge a challenge to his leadership.
Edited by: lipolitics at: 4/25/02 2:39:39 pm

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[Spotlight]

Actually, I never wrote that the current GOP chairman was doing a good job. The point is that Bent is not the answer. He is out of touch with both the voters and the GOP committee.

Is it time for a change.....yeah. But we need someone who will turn things around. Now isn't even the time to make the change since Pataki is running. The real time would be after this Nov. Try not to make so many assumptions Bill. They are generally wrong.

If you want to chat, than lets list so real potential candidates who could do the job.
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[eros]

Let's go with Dean Skelos, Chuck Fushillo, Mike Balboni as te real players to succeed Mondello, whenever, if ever.......

[Bill McKay]

I don't think the answer to the GOP' leadership troubles lie in the group propping up the regime (the Senators).

Rather, the future lies at a more fundamental level. The next leader can only emerge from a genuine grassroots movement within the GOP itself, not necessarily confined to that core group of public officials, supporters and committeemen. Citizen Dan's image of the front page of the Republican party organ Local News is laughable ... no one really believes Mondello enjoys 'UNANIMOUS" support? The base can be activated.

As an interim chairman, I think Bruce Bent can facilitate the transition to a more vibrant future GOP.

And why not make the change now, Pataki must realize Joe Mondello is of no use to him. He's more likely to pose with Dennis Rivera and the Domincan leadership than with Nassau's equivilant of Boss Tweed.

I'd go with change now, not just because I'm Bill McKayand Bill McKay is the better way, but because sn intermin Bent leads to a brighter future.

[citizendan]

Bill McKay is right. Unlike an insurance industry hack and law partner of a firm feeding off the fiscal fiasco of the county, Bruce Bent is a pioneer in the financial markets and ran on a platform to run Nassau County like a business. The article from the Local News states Mondello's claim to be running the GOP Party like a successful business. The Nassau GOP is going politically bankrupt. It's time for a party proxy war by a maverick with the experience to apply successful business ideas to a party suffering from politics from the old school.

The Bent campaign failed because the candidate depended solely on a political consultant from Melville who lacked any grassroots resources. The Nassau GOP, the organization famous for grassroots combat, didn't fully back the Bent campaign. In fact, they resented his rise via the Conservative Party. That' the main reason that he lost.

It's time for the Nassau GOP committee to reaffirm its grassroots commitment to a new leader with a vision and the ability to restore the strengths of the Nassau GOP. Bruce Bent may just be the person to get the job done.

[JUGHEAD]

Bruce Bent is nothing but a rich, arrogant, ignorant , egomaniacal jerk. Anyone that's met the man would have to agree.

He has as much business running a political party as Mondello has at this point.

Bent has ZERO credibility with anyone that associates him or herself w/ the republican Party.

He did not lose for any reason other than his own hubris and arrogance.

Yes, new and fresh blood IS needed, but Bent is the last thing the Nassau GOP needs

[the Shadow]

Jughead, I agree with you. A change is needed. But Bent is NOT the answer. Not to an everyday blue-collar committeeman. Not even the white-collar ones like him.

Though some of the posters would disagree, you need someone who is known within the organization. Otherwise, you will never get elected. Bent is just a a pipe-dream.

You need someone who is fresh and friendly. Fuschillo, Skelos and DeGrace fit the mold.

s, what do you think?

[martys]

Mr Mondello has been duly elected and his term expires in 9/03

[citizendan]

Just like jerrymandering and demographics can be used to accurately calculate the outcome of an election decision, so too do the by-laws and its application of committee member proxies determine the outcome of support for the leadership of a party.

In other words, regardless of popular committee disapproval of the party leadership, the executive committee has the same insurmountable leverage as the electoral college in a presidential election or a corporate board of directors.

Also, based on state law, the executive committee of the party has most of the leverage in setting the rules for the entire county party.

So, the possibility of a grassroots insurgency is virtually impossible unless a faction occurs at the executive level. That hasn't occurred since 1994. And it's well known what happened then: "the dirt was swept from the house".

Isn't it now time to address the need to reform the state law as it relates to the centralized and dominant power of the executive county committee so that all members of the committee have the same degree of proxy leverage, just as corporate shareholders now have when confronting the board of directors of a corporation?

[Maverick]

Grassroots efforts have shown great success in toppling far stronger regimes than this.

No reason one can't do so here, even with Boss Mondello & company termed to a certain period of time.

The machine is wobbly,

[gop33]

I heard that he may get something in Nassau dealing with the Traffic Violations Bureau or something like that. Anyonw know?
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[PoliticsIzLife]

Finally someone is saying something that I have been wanting to say for a while. mondello needs to go. bring in al d'amato, mike balboni, or someone like that who can rally support and keep the troops going.

[Renegade]

Right on!

Send a letter with your name, address and phone number to: Republicans For Reform PO Box 2002 Manhasset, NY 11030 and add your name to the growing list of Real Republicans who know that Change Is Good!

[Mr GOP]

How many people are on your list, and how many of them are active, conservative republicans. three? four?

[GOP42]

He is Mr GOP and a Bent supporter...........