It wasn’t even close despite all of the polling that seemed to be deliberately geared to turn a blowout into a horserace.

Remember that as November draws near.

Tom Suozzi ran a great race, but what struck me is the stark difference in the messages both candidates presented.

Mazi Pilip’s ads (which we no longer have to endure) were all about stoking fear and hate. Tom’s were about getting the job done, even though he never acknowledged Republicans really don’t want to do that anyway.

But we can always hope even as they kill off their own legislative initiatives.

But it worked. A message of positivity and good sense over the politics of fear and resentment. And that will be the electoral template this November. A party that serves its country vs. one that detests it.

As the GOP sinks further into madness and dysfunction, I sense that people are getting tired of the circus and even some of the softer minds are starting to realize the head of the GOP is a cancer that has spread to every corner of the party.

There is no policy. There is only the person. I don’t know how the GOP extricates itself from the personality cult, but he won’t last forever and they’ll be forced to move on. And when that day comes, they won’t know where they are. And they’ll pretend they never knew the man.

Donald Davret

Roslyn