Vincent Bradley Jr.'s bid for D.A. comes to an end as the Democratic party denies his waiver to run against the endorsed candidate Jonathan Sennett. The vote was 15,000 against and 8,000 in favor. Bradley talked some nonsense of running as an independent candidate (yawn), but it's pretty clear despite his deep pockets his bid has come to an end. I urge Bradley to get out of this race and support Sennett. If Mr. Bradley is serious about staying enrolled as a Democrat and supporting our party for years to come then, the very bright and well educated attorney could have a future in politics... but, not if he stays in as a spoiler. I thank everyone who gave up their Saturday and voted, we did the right thing.
Saturday, July 21, 2007
BRADLEY DENIED DEM LINE, SENNETT SUPPORT PROVES STRONG
Vincent Bradley Jr.'s bid for D.A. comes to an end as the Democratic party denies his waiver to run against the endorsed candidate Jonathan Sennett. The vote was 15,000 against and 8,000 in favor. Bradley talked some nonsense of running as an independent candidate (yawn), but it's pretty clear despite his deep pockets his bid has come to an end. I urge Bradley to get out of this race and support Sennett. If Mr. Bradley is serious about staying enrolled as a Democrat and supporting our party for years to come then, the very bright and well educated attorney could have a future in politics... but, not if he stays in as a spoiler. I thank everyone who gave up their Saturday and voted, we did the right thing.
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Bradley told MidHudson News.com that he was going to run a Democratic platform on the Independence line. What kind of line of crap is that?
Three strikes you're out. Bye Bye.
The best hope for the democrats was to give him the primary - Bradley is going to pull a large number of democrat and republican votes - For all the Sennett supporters this is not good- take it to the bank you WILL NOT win if this happens - The only support Sennett has is within his own party - In a three way race your in trouble!!!!!!!! remember Bush Sr.
You watch - Al Spada is going to jump the Bradley ship and now support Holley. Bradley can't survive without Spada - Bradley couldn't survive with Spada. If he couldn't win in a committee of 300-some people, there's no way he would've won in a primary and no way he could win in a general election. Bradley is going to be known as a spoiler, and will be rejected by both Dems and republicans. If he was a true Democrat, he'd put the party before himself (like Julian did), and throw his support behind Sennett. He's proving to everyone what a selfish person he is. The Dems did a good thing today - if there was ever any doubt, Bradley's refusal to cede the Con and Ind lines is proof.
I'm not member of a party so this race means nothing to me. From an outside perspective I think Bradley is a selfish, whiny brat.
Locally and nationally the problem that democrats have is supoort of each other. Listen up DEMOCRATS support you party's person! Bradley tried and while not even being a democrat or a local person he did not succeed. If he is a true democrat he will support the democrat.
The UC ground shifted today in Kingston. There were stunned faces as some people finally felt the powerquake. We ARE a new party and today showed ourselves worthy to be the majority.
ALL Dems, plus some journalists, should take a few days to think.
Despite the choice of day and time and even held at Kingston City Hall to favor the old guard -- Ulster County Democrats spoke virtually 2 to 1:
FOR a Bradley Primary 36%
AGAINST a Bradley Primary 64%
The Daily Freeman remains fixated on Bradley. A 2-to-1 vote is an embarrasing result. Sennett gained support from Democrats since the nominating convention.
Why is the story about Bradley staying in the race? He may not have a party line come November.
Ulster Democrats reject Bradley's primary bid, again back Sennett for DA
07/21/2007
KINGSTON - Vincent Bradley Jr. vowed to stay in the race for Ulster County district attorney after the county Democratic Committee on Saturday overwhelmingly denied his request to run in a September primary against party nominee Jonathan Sennett.
Bradley sent a letter pretending to sound and be like a Democrat. He didn't mention his Conservative Party endorsement. Why not? A few weeks back he was the gauge of ethical and professional conduct.
Bradley's loyalty to the party was suspect then as it is now. If he ever wants to repair this issue of campaign credibility, he needs to bow out gracefully and allow Jonathan Sennett to face Holley Carnright.
Bradley needs to think long and hard about what he will do next. If he is a true Democrat, he will decline the nominations of the Independence and Conservative parties. That will give the Democratic nominee a fighting chance. If he stays in, it is a crap shoot.
Democratic party and Sennett supporters from this day forward no more CRYING about Bradley. You got what you wanted no Primary!Case closed race over Sennett will be the new democratic DA. Unless Bradley is more of a force in the party then ya'll think(which is my hunch) and you were hoping he would quit(wrong).So instead of doing the primary thing and settling it and having a unified party(which you were afraid of) you have a real shot of losing this election and you still will have to run against someone with alot of resources(COIN).GOOD LUCK
Maybe Spada jumping ship and supporting Holley will be enough for the Democrats to win. Seeing how disgruntled the electorate is with career politicans of his type and the damage his support did to Vince's campaign I cannot see how his support will help Holley.
I respectfully disagree, the Freeman was absolutely fair. The vote was about whether or not Bradley could run, and it's certainly news worthy what his plans for the future are now that he has lost for the third time.
Remember the old guard wins--Hinchey, Cahill, Work, Mcginty and VanBarcum. The others have yet to win--Zimet (big loss in Democratic year). We will find out in November which category Sennett belongs to. 200 people hardley speak for the rest of the county. If John Sennett loses this will be huge blow to Hector, Sue, Jeremy, and Julie. It will show they are clueless about politics and Ulster County.
McGinty and Van Blarcum ...the old guard? Give me a break! This is not about the "old guard" or the "new Democrats" it's about picking the best choice for D.A.
I didn't care who was backing Sennett when I decided to support him. I've always supported Jon because he is the best candidate and the most quilified.
Do you people read what you write before you post it?
You have just spent the last month accusing Bradley of being everything under the sun except a Democrat. You tried to convince the whole world he is anything but a Democrat.
Now that the Democratic committee so much as said he is not a Democrat, you appeal to him as a Democrat to drop out of the race.
What a joke.
Yet again, Bradley is a sore loser. He is showing himself to devide people, not unite them.
His campaign is heading South. Maybe he can head south back to the Manhattan District Attorney's Office.
Will Morganthau take him back? No. No one likes a sore loser. It is neither gracious, professional or wise. All skills necessary to be a good DA. Send Brsdley back to charm school.
I heard that Bonnie Hewitt, Chair of the County Conservative Party, already signed a Wilson Pakula to allow Carnwright to primary Bradley for the Conservative line. I understand that she was ticked off that Bradley and his croney Kingston supporters in the Conservative party "stole her convention" by a very small margin of victory over their preferred candidate - Carnwright. Maybe Bradley is not as much of a Conservative as we think he is.
Also, I understand that the Bradley camp "shopped" the GOP to see if the Republicans would dump Carnwright and take Bradley. The answer was a resounding no, and dont let the door hit you on the way out. Maybe Bradley is not so much of a Democrat as he pretends to be, or a Republican as he is willing to be.
How much political havoc can one selfish political opportunist cause?
Pretty funny A 12:38. You certainly have a point there.
Jeremy, you got me scratching my formally haired head there for a moment. Over the vote count, that is. What was the ACTUAL vote count?
BTW, does anyone know where any of these guys stand on any issue? Issues that are relevant to a DA? Prosecuting drug dealers? Gang members? Which candidate will prosecute and which one will plea bargin? Which one belives in the full strengh of the law, or that treatment centers are the answer?
The only reason people questioned Bradley as a Democrat and voiced strong opinions was because he claimed to be a Democrat.
Pushing for the Independence and Conservative lines is disrespectful to the party he claimed such strong ties to.
May the criticism of Bradley continue due to his lack of candor and integrity in this race.
I don't think anyone could ever accuse Bradley of being a true Democrat; thus the irony of him fighting so hard to get the nomination. Now he's going to lie to the voters and say that he's an Independent, and therefore the office will be apolitical. What about the Conservative part? And, had he won the nomination, would that mean he wasn't going to be apolitical? Someone should tell Vince that no matter what party you belong to or endorses you, all DA's are supposed to be apolitical. He told us that he remained non-enrolled in Manahttan so that he could fairly prosecute both Dems and Reps - now that he's going to be a Dem, does that mean he's foregone all neutrality? He's playing both sides from the middle. Jon and Holley are classy men - Vince is acting like a brat. He's staying in the race even though he can't win; he'll do anything to prevent Jon from winning. His actions prove that he's not worthy of the Democratic nomination. If he truly was a team player, he would want a Democrat to win and would "bow out gracefully" (The Spinners: I'll be Around) (Jeremy - you're too young to remember that song).
I have lived in this county 50 years and am a dem. I don't recall a candidate winning county wide election without winning Kingston. Sennett will not win Kingston now, maybe never could of, but can't now. You just took a big blow out of our party's prospects by not voting for this primary. Can Sennett be this stupid...his only chance was to win primary he should of endorsed it. What was he scared of? If guy is not a dem then he could not have won right? Now we have no chance and no money. He will now hurt our other candidates especially in the Legislature. the party is over again after two years. Time to reorganize again.
Not all of Kingston is behind Bradley. There are a lot of people in Kingston who are sick of the "heir apparent" attitude and are not going to vote for Bradley. Also, since Kingston is primarily Democratic, Sottile is going to kick his opponent's butt. Many of the aldermanic races are uncontested and so people will vote row A all the way. I've spoken to a lot of people in Kingston who are not going to vote for Bradley. I've even spoken with some staunch Dems in Kingston who said that if Bradley got the Democratic line, they were going to vote for Carnright. It doesn't take a genius to analyze who is supporting Bradley and why. Sennett will take Kingston and the rest of the county.
In case you have not notice, Ulster County has changed a lot in the past 50 years. The out of towners far outweigh the in towners.
Wake up and smell the coffee. Bradley has been told three times he is not being supported by the Dems. An earlier post said Reps told him to take a hike.
Are we starting to see a trend here? The DA needs to be a straight shooter, which Sennett is.
Do Democratic leaders want to back Sennett or was that all lip service now that there will be no primary?
Good work Jeremy.
I know the morning of the vote you were less than optimistic and said you were going to work the phones all morning to insure the right result. I guess my votes were not needed (although the proxy vote idea from Mexico was a good plan).
Mark down your first international posting.
I think we need to examine who the hypocrits are here? Jeremy did you not send out a letter with Mike Madsen to Dem Committee members encouraging them to vote for Bradley on the Conservative and Indepnedence lines. I got it. Did you not also call my house and then tell me I could do the same thing again. Didn't I get an email from Patty Candelari, an official in the UC Dem Party, once again encouraging me to vote for Bradley there if I wanted to vote for him. Same for Julie McQuain (chair Dem Woman) and Jon Sennett himself. Now you want him to drop out so no one can vote for him? You said he was not a democrat at least fifty times in the last month, now you want him to act like one? You guys are really losing credibility here and hurting the party. You should keep your mouth closed for a while.
I hate to tell the last blogger that most of kingston will vote for Bradley on those lines. Mostly because of the Sennett's and their supportors boorish behavior and his appearance on Gorden Webb, which no one can stop talking about. The county may have changed, but the numbers and people around Kingston have not. He has alienated Kingston and surrounding area...Bradley had nothing to do with that.
Jeremy sent a letter and called people to tell them to vote for Bradley on the conservative and independent lines? That last post (3:43 p.m.) makes no sense. As for boorish behavior, the Bradley camp is not innocent there, either.
Re: 3:43pm
Isn't it interesting that Sennett has managed to keep himself clean throughout this ordeal. He had Blaber and Schriebman do all his mud slinging for him.
To poster 3:43,
Just for clarification, I have
never sent out a letter encouraging anyone to vote for Vincent Bradley, and I don't know if I spoke with you on the phone because you did not leave your name. However, if you're a Committeeman, then I probably spoke with you and you probably got a letter from Alderman Madsen and myself.
The part of the letter you are referring to stated that if someone really wanted to vote for Bradley they could on his minor party lines.
Here is the paragraph in question:
Subsequently, Mr. Bradley has accepted the endorsement of the Independence Party as well as the Conservative Party which is contrary to the Democratic Party’s tenets. If anyone truly wants to vote for Mr. Bradley, they will still have the opportunity to do so on one of those two lines.
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I made a personal plea for Bradley to step out because he has stated in a letter to the Dem Committee, which I'm sure you also received, that he wants to be an active Democrat for many years to come. Then he launches an Independent campaign after he loses the line? Talk about a hypocrite!
There will be other races for Vince Bradley to run for, if he's a true Democrat (like he claims to be) he will respect the committee's decision and support our candidate, Jonathan Sennett.
I think that when all is finished in November the Sennett supporters will regret they denied Bradley the opportunity to run a primary. It looks like to many Democrats will abandon that line and it will cost Sennett and Schreibman the number 1 and 2 spots. It's not just a Kingston thing, Democrats all over the county expected better from their committee members.
I supported Bradley at the convention and had every intention of voting yes, allowing him the opertunity to primary. Then I saw Vince's comments about staying in no matter what. It turned me off and I voted no. I knew Judge Bradley, when he was just Vince Bradley and he never changed, a true gentleman and a Democrat. SR., must be doing acrobats in his grave right now over what his son is doing to the party. I know without a doubt Bradley SR., would be ashamed if he were alive today.
"You tried to convince the whole world he is anything but a Democrat."
"Now that the Democratic committee so much as said he is not a Democrat, you appeal to him as a Democrat to drop out of the race."
The gist of all the comments regarding Bradley is that if he were a TRUE Democrat he would drop out. The implication in those comments is that he is NOT a true Democrat.
The poster who posted the quoted section above is an idiot when it comes to spin. Find someone with half a brain to post for you if you want to try and spin your boy's egegious actions into something positive.
Nice try 1:30am post but your a Senett hack. Senett supporters falling to a new low trying to say Judge Bradley would be ashamed of his son. Many, many Democrats are proud of Vince Jr. and will stick with him on election day. How does 3rd place John Senett sound.
To 1:30 am--
That is the lowest, cesspool type of remark I have yet seen in all of these blogs.
You don't deserve to waste the air you breathe. Of course you hide your identity-in this case it's a cowardly act.
All the Sennett supporters are still Whinning......Bradley is not going to quit!You should have held the primary. If he lost he would have quit because he would have had to. The bottom line is your man is going to need to win a 3 man race. Whinnig and complaining is not going to get you a win. Bradley is in!! MOVE ON
Sennett supporters regret nothing. You can't go wrong by telling the truth.
None of the Sennett supporters are whining. They have asked Bradley to step aside, if he wants to stay in and further divide the party..that's fine. Mr.Sennett will beat him on the issues regardless
The only one doomed for third place is Bradley.
I wouldn't say Bradley Sr. would be ashamed but most defiantly disappointed in young Vince.
How dare any of you bring up Judge Bradley and try and state how he would feel about his son. All I know is that Judge Bradley would be very proud that his son would be civic minded and that he has accomplished so much at such a young age.
This blog has gone way beyond some source to find and discuss Ulster County political news. There isn't an ounce of objectivity in anything posted here. Though I am new to reading this blog, it is overwhelmingly apparent that its content has become an extended name-calling contest between 2 camps. This has been raised to an hysterical pitch by Blaber's own postings on the front page, which appear to have become a daily personal attack on Bradley, complete with childish graphics, (i.e., the Pinocchio cartoon). These types of comments and postings are juvenile and demean this discussion. There are points to be made on both sides; but one can hardly hear them through all strutting and shouting. The level of conversation needs to be raised.
11:14 a.m. - I'm curious why you say that Bradley would "have" to quit if he lost in a primary, but doesn't "have" to quit even though he was denied the privilege of running in the primary. What difference does it make if he doesn't get on the ballot now or in September? Either way, he's still not on the Dem line, and is still on the other 2 minor party lines.
What are we going to do for entertainment now that this issue has been deferred until November?
I guess I have to back to reading the Freeman!
The Freeman is editorially bankrupt. Perhaps even corrupt.
7:42 ....you must be the political adviser to Sennett.If there was a primary and Mr Bradley lost ther is no doubt he would have quit. He would have had no credibility if he did not.He got the signatures which demonstrates he has backing.The next step would be the primary.With all that in place if he had lost, his campaign would have collapsed. The problem for Sennett, which is way he did not want the primary is he would have lost!Once again take it to the bank Sennett WILL NOT win a 3man race!
Sennett can win 3 way race and so can Holley. The only sure loser is Vince Bradley.
Bradley and his cronies have proven to be wheeler dealers for an office that should be a political.
Ohh man who wrote about Bush Senior??
HELLOOOOOO OUR POINT EXACTLY,
Hopefully Voters have LEARNED from their mistakes and WOULDN"T DO that again...
If you are saying Bradley's going to be like Bush, we would all have to be complete and utter idiots to vote for him.
Sorry.
4:10 - You Sennett supporters are CLUELESS - what was written about Bush Sr has nothing to do with comparing Bush to Bradley.....If you remember Bush lost a three way race for the same reason Sennett will lose - his parties vote was split - the only difference is that Bradley will pull a good number of repub votes - Sennett will pull his PUD!!!!!
Bradley is all done politically. He will NEVER get elected to any public office. He changed enrollment to the democratic party, swore what a good democrat he was, and then after loosing for the 3rd time still was a sore looser and said the he doesn't care what the party wants he is going out on his own as a conservative/independent candidate and run anyway. Here is a guy who is a real phony. Never registered, doesn't or hasn't resided in Ulster County but suddenlt shows up and pretends that he does. He moves into his fathers old house and files it as a 2nd residence NOT his primary residence which is in the City of NY area (where he domiciles) For the past 10 years he has been illegally registered to vote in Ulster County whule he domiciled elsewhere. Check the address on his tax returns and bank accounts and credit cards.
SHAME on the people who supported him after the first loss... ESPECIALLY the incumbents already elected to various posts. They would scream bloody murder if the tables were turned and the party leaders tried to end run them and push them out. We have set up a terrible precident here where any one is fair game if the minority of leaders don't like the results. We should be calling for the resignation of the leaders who allowed this to even go this far. They should be ashamed of themselves. BUT you election is comming up soon.... All I can say if watch the next vote.
....a few days late, but to 11:51 -Paul VanBlarcum beat Kevin Costello this past fall by 17,000+ votes. Only 7,416 people voted in Kingston. So, even if no one voted in Kingston, Paul VanBlarcum still would have won county-wide. Kingstonians need to stop thinking that the world revolves around them and no one can win without them.
12:06 ... That was a 2way race - Do the math! Split that vote among three then give a large number/majority of kingston to Bradley the picture is much different. I love how you Sennett people think (it never makes sense)but it sure make you'll feel good.
My point is that a previous poster wrote that no one has won a race (they didn't qualify whether it was a 2-way or 3-way race, nor did I) without winning Kingston. So, before you start ragging on Sennett supporters, bone up on your reading comprehension skills. I merely pointed out a mathematical fact - I guess being a Bradley supporter, that's too complicated for you.
I find this whole thing about Bradley amazing. Here is an absolutely UNKNOWN guy who has domiciled in NYC for the past 17 years and is illegally registered to vote in Ulster County (Not being a resident and all... check his tax return address)Visits mommy and daddys house and claims he still lives there. Consider if his name was John Smith with the identical credentials and personality... Waltzes into town... says I was born here but lived in NYC for all of my adult life and now I want to come back and be your DA. I realize that I am non-enrolled but I will register to run.... but after I loose 3 times I will STILL run as a conservative/independent and stick it to the democrats BECAUSE I really don't give two hoots about the party... "I just want the job" Fact is that if Vincent Sr wasn't his father young NYC Transplant Bradley would never have even gotten to first base in the DA race. The Dems would have said bye bye... The Bradley Dem supporters can't seem to look at the big picture and see that they are somehow paying a tribute to daddy by supporting the son.
7:28 ..... Stop F@#$king CRYING - You had a choice to hold a primary and settle this matter . Stop whinning about how Bradley did this or said that!!Blame yourself and all those who thought he was going to quit.If I were Bradley I wounldn't quit or want to lose to a bunch of WUSSY! Your still crying because you know that your guy is not going to win with Bradley around!
To 9:04 - 7:28 is not whining (or "whinning", as you wrote)- he's merely stating that the only reason why Sadley (another poster in another blog came up with that one) has any support is because of his father. You're (or "Your", as you wrote) complaining because 2/3 of the Dem Committe is saying that a non-Democrat doesn't deserve the opportunity to be in a primary. Bratley (another great pseudonym) actually lost support between June 4 and July 21, while Sennett gained support. The Committee met with all three candidates and are more well-informed than the average voter. If he can't get the support within the committee, then there's no way he'd get the support of the entire county. Bradley's insistence on running on 2 minor party lines proves that he's a spoiled brat - he moved up here and registered as a Democrat and clearly is not a team player. Anyone who cared about the Democratic party (or even if this was a Republican scenario) would drop out and throw his/her support behind the endorsed candidate. You don't continue to run and oppose your own party. Bratley's supporters can't say anything about his credentials other than who his father was and that he's from a "good Democratic family". Big deal - the rest of the county (i.e., not Kingston) is not impressed.
10:14........we know what your saying...Bla....bla....bla(your still whining!!get over it and win in November(which you wont)!Bradley is not your problem. The problem is your GUY aint(how u like that)going to win. So....Bla....Bla....Bla on.
7:20 pm - You're the one who won't get over it - you're still whining that he didn't get to have a primary - boo hoo - get over that. We don't like Bradley - never did, never will. I'd rather Carnright win than Bradley. Carnright has integrity and will prosecute anyone who deserves it, and not give Bradley's friends a free pass and allow the rampant corruption here in UC to continue unchecked.
and the winner is BRADLEY DA. The party over in the DA offfice, so start packing your bags , A new man is coming to ULSTER.
that's exactly the problem and why people don't want Bradley - "a new man is coming to Ulster" - as opposed to Carnright and Sennett who've been here and enrolled in their party for many years...Bradley's going to be a loser, and Ulster County residents will be better off for it...
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