If we want to choose an African American mayoral candidate, I think we should choose Randy Daniels.

A Reagan Republican who was a long time democrat, worked under David Dinkins, before getting a job in the Pataki administration. Yeah, Dinkins to Pataki doesn't sound like a recipe for success to a republican, but in NYC, home of liberalism, it may work.

I'll have to agree with Daniel on this one. Randi Daniels, if he starts early, can build support in New York City in the democrat minority community. But, he's also, from what I understand, conservative-minded. Rockefeller was a tax payers money spending lunatic. Mr. Parsons as his lawyer doesn't sit comfortably with me, unless you can tell me something different.

I like Randy Daniels myself. But I have not heard any rumors of his running for mayor yet. And much as I loathe the legacy of Rockefeller, I don't buy the guilt by association here.

As Daniel points out, Randy Daniels worked under Dinkins AND Pataki. We rightfully lionize those who go their own way and are political martyrs (Goldwater) or spend time in the wilderness (Reagan, Nixon), but politics is still about connections. We should not rule people out simply because of those they served. They need to earn a living, too.

One of the things republicans need to focus on in 2009 is winning city council seats. We need twelve to sixteen seats to make a difference.

We need to run legitimate candidates for Public Advocate and Comptroller. If we don't win the mayoral race, we need at least one of the three citywide seats.

If you think this year's governor's race is an uphill battle with Spitzer, imagine what the Mayor's race will look like with heavyweights in Bill Thompson, Anthony Weiner, Aldofo Carrion and Ray Kelly on the Democrat side.

I'm going to spend time analyzing voter results in past elections. We need to determine which council districts are competitive for republicans. We need to put all of our efforts in all of the ones we can win. I do believe we can win twelve. We just haven't tried hard enough because our candidates weren't that good or there was political infighting that impeded campaigns.

Parsons work for Rockefeller was in another era, and he was only a lawyer representing the interests of NY. Parsons, of course, adamantly denies wanting to run for mayor.

But, he would probably make a decent choice as a candidate being that he is independent of the corrupt pataki machine and has close ties to Bush and other Washington republicans. He's clearly a fiscal conservative if he's being considered as a replacement for Snow.

This wouldn't be the first time Parsons name has been floated as a candidate. But he's been involved in a pretty high-stakes game of merger-mania with AOL and Time Warner the last few years that has demanded his attention. Once he gets tired of the corporate thing, he may change his mind, but as long as there are challenges for him at TW, he's likely to stay there and fight it out.