Today, City & State published its list of the week’s winners and losers, and between national Democrats abandoning him and an absolute failure by his staff in a botched campaign event, Brooklyn Democrat Vinnie Gentile just couldn’t catch a break:
LOSERS: “Vincent Gentile – The Brooklynite couldn’t catch a break-neither from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairman Ben Ray Lujan, nor from local transit crews. The DCCC has spent nothing on behalf of Gentile in the race to replace the disgraced former U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm. And it’s unlikely national Dems will get involved in the final month, deciding that it’s unlikely Gentile can best Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan and better off investing in 2016. Then, the massive pothole Gentile chose for a scheduled press conference on the need for more highway funding was filled overnight. He was left clutching a yardstick.“
Tough luck, Vin.