In yet another sign of the disastrous recruiting difficulties that continue to plague the GOP, a top New York Republican has just acknowledged in an interview that most of the party's choices to replace scandal-plagued Rep. Vito Fossella (R-NY) have already opted out of the race, opening up this GOP-leaning district to a strong Democratic challenge.
It's hard to overstate how much this race tells us about the GOP's national troubles, and what tough sledding they're facing this Fall in the Congressional races -- after all, this is the party's local stronghold in New York City, but they haven't been able to find a candidate.
"Unfortunately, as you go down the list, most of them have taken themselves out," said former Rep. Guy Molinari, the unofficial leader of the Staten Island GOP, in a phone call with Election Central.
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