The news is below that Vito "Two Families are a Better Value than One" Fossella will not run for re-election. Another report is coming from Daily Kos that Dominic Recchia, the Vito Lopez pawn who was running in my mind partly to make sure Vito Fossella wins (I have my reasons to suspect that) is dropping out as well. Perhaps, if my original belief about Recchia and Lopez's motivations was correct, now that Vito isn't running for re-election, the other Vito and Recchia have no reason to be in the field. Or Recchia is getting thrown under the bus by others who now want to run. But at this moment, Steve Harrison is the only candidate from any party running for NY-13. Be ready for the vultures to descend on Fossella's rotting political corpse in a free for all for the NY-13 seat. By the way, I may have caught a lot of criticism reporting a rumor that was going around Albany political circles that Recchia's run for Congress was a dying beast back in March. Recchia's people denied it up and down...but you can't always believe a campaign. Personally I think when political bigwigs are saying a candidate is dropping out they probably know what's coming. Another rumor I heard was that Recchia was about to announce dropping out...right as Fossella was being arrested for DWI. Recchia wisely held back his dropping out to see what the new political landscape was. Although I suggest above that Recchia was only running to help the twin Vitos, and that it is quite a coincidence that Recchia drops out right as Fossella declares he won't run, in reality I think Recchia's campaign was getting no support outside of Vito Lopez's developer buddies and it was doomed long ago. Once Fossella drops out, Recchia's few supporters outside of Vito Lopez's inner circle are now all considering runs of their own and Recchia is worse than useless. I am a strong supporter of Steve Harrison's. But I was also a strong opponent of Dominic Recchia, who was and is a sleaze just like his mentor, Vito Lopez. Other candidates are likely to jump in. For now one of my goals in this race is accomplished: Dominic Recchia's political career is in a collapse. Good. From here, let's see what happens. Best of luck to Steve!