Don't mess with Brooklyn!

Fossella is a GOP fossil, probably as reliable a Bush Conservative as you'll find in the COngress.

His District in NYC is in Staten island, home of police and sanitation and firemen and other upper-middle class, solid Conservative neighborhoods.

It's kind of like living in White Maryland or Virginia down there.

This is the kind of diary MyDD used to, and should, be all about.

Well it may make a difference.

Is it his first offense (ie does he have priors in NY or elsewhere)

Is there a probation before judgment program in VA

Will he do any jailtime

Will a VA judge go easy on him if he pleas open

Will the Commonwealth go easy on him

Political favortism/speacial treatement may hurt him

It's too bad that both of our candidates are from Brooklyn.  I think we would have a much stronger chance in this district if we ran a Staten Island Democrat, as most of the district's population lives in Republican-leaning Staten Island, not the Democrat-heavy sliver that is in Brooklyn.

Great District.  Maybe the poor guy is just missing 2001 Odyssey (where Saturday Night Fever was filmed).

Bottoms up!

Woooo! Alexandria! Where's the mug shot?!

I don't think i'd call Domeic Recchia a formidable candidate, he doesn't even live inside the district. Steve harrison does live in the district but only in the small sliver in brooklyn whic accounts for about 15% of the votes cast, to win this seat we really need a candidate from SI.

BTW really great to see this kind of story front paged, i agree with Kobi. Shame that this kind of diary'll only attract a few comments, whilst a diary about Barack Obama being a known carcinogen or Hillary Clinton killing puppies or any other inane, irrelevant, trivial drivle that has come to infest the blogs i loved to read so much during the 06 election (that includes you too Kos.), will atract a barrage of distructive commenting. I'm encouraged by this, i know this isn't going to turn into a blog like SSP but its good!!

thank god. it seems conservatives always get DWIs. And keeping the bars open two hours later after the RNC like they are diong this year is a SURE way for more of them to get busted

I still don't understand how a guy as conservative as Fossella has won as convincingly as he has in a marginal district like this.  I'd love to hear the lowdown from anyone in the District.  

Regardless, here's hoping this bum gets kicked to the curb.  DWIs are no joke.  I'll be interested to know what his blood alchohol level was.  That could make this even worse for him if it's particularly high.    

I agree this is a good post.  Congressional races must be watched.

Fosella can lose, remember we won in PA-07 in Weldon's seat (which is my home) by 12 because we ran a good candidate and Weldon had been involved in corruption and had not run many good campaigns.

We can beat him with this Councilperson.

Sadly Kerry lost the seat, while Gore carried it.

If Clinton is the nominee their will be huge coattails as she will probably will carry the seat by 20.

still needs updating. Pollster.com's latest poll has Hillary down in MN. NC is tied according to the latest poll so that should be taken out of the McCain column. Yeah I know, Obama won't win NC but rules are rules no?

the totals according to Jerome's rules (rules shmools):

276(c) 262(mcC)
264(o) 259(mcC)

But Gore did carry the seat by 52-44 while Bush won it 55-44 in 2004.

There is no way Hillary can't win the seat.

Frankly with gas at 3.75 a gallon I dont know how the Republicans have a prayer.

Recchia is a City Council member from Brooklyn member not a city commissioner.

As a NY'er who grew up in Jersey (which is more similar to SI than Manhattan), my gut reaction is that DWI would not be an intrinsically heavy blow, especially in a community where machismo is prized.

We're used to scandals that relate directly to the job. Kerik, McGreevy, Spitzer. Maybe parents would hold it against him, though.