Chris Bragg Writes: New York City Councilman Lew Fidler is kicking off his Brooklyn Senate campaign today – in Manhattan.
Instead of holding the event in his south Brooklyn district, the kickoff will be held about 10 miles away on the steps of City Hall. While that may maximize press coverage for Fidler, it has already given the Senate Republicans an excuse to do what they are expected to do throughout the race for convicted State Sen. Carl Kruger’s seat: paint Fidler as an insider, running against an outsider, Republican attorney David Storobin.
That’s something Republicans did to great effect in the congressional race last summer between Democratic Assemblyman David Weprin, the scion of a political dynasty who had run for three other separate offices in the preceding couple years, and Republican businessman Bob Turner, who scored an upset win.
