Washington, DC — Former New York Senator Al D’Amato, a great American, floated on NY1 last night the possible candidacy of Staten Island D.A. Dan Donovan for NY Attorney General.
Having worked with Guy Molinari’s regime during the 1997 special election to replace his daughter, Susan, (won by U.S. Rep. Vito Fossella), we dealt with Donovan a great deal.
He was a stand up guy who knew the issues at hand very, very well. He has the potential to be a good candidate — and would indeed be an excellent AG.
D’Amato talked up Donovan big-time, and said Jeannine Pirro “isn’t a fresh face”; that the AG’s race shouldn’t be a “hand me down” from the Senate bid. Ouch.
It’s not insignificant that D’Amato said this. This AG race is about to become much more interesting and competitive.