A New York Post editorial echoes the new state GOP chairman's call for a ground-up rebuilding of the New York Republican Party in the post-Pataki era. From USA Today:
Immediately after being chosen Thursday as chairman of the state GOP, Joseph Mondello gave an acceptance speech that could have been titled, "George, We'll Hardly Miss Ye."
Though he never mentioned Pataki by name, Mondello pledged that the New York Republican Party's future won't be charted by a "small, consultant-dominated group devoted to the candidacy or career of one elected official for their own private gain."
Moreover, he promised that his leadership will be one that "seeks and encourages input from [the] grassroots level."
That's precisely what the party needs after 12 years of Team Pataki, which culminated in this year's drubbing at the polls. The GOP lost all four statewide races - including to one Democrat, Comptroller Alan Hevesi, who's on the verge of being booted from office.
New York isn't the only state were such a rebuilding is needed. The GOP lost ground in a number of state houses.
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