Somber Tone Reflected at the Suffolk County Republican Convention

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Somber Tone Reflected at the Suffolk County Republican Convention

Submitted by lynnhsieh on Tue, 11/04/2008 - 10:56pm.

By Sean Moore and Joe Incantalupo

The somber tone seemed uniform throughout the convention room, hallways and lobbies of the Suffolk County Republican Committee headquarters tonight in Holtsville.

Two televisions on clothed tables were tuned into CNN and FOX news, causing nervous republicans to turn and glare at Obama's lead.

"McCain was scattered, he didn't hammer [the] issue," said Frank Tantone who serves on the executive committee in Islip. "He was talking about corporate greed one day then taxes the next. He's in a lot of trouble."

Chris DeLuca, a supporter at the Republican headquarters, felt that the republican presidential candidate underperformed and is not enamored with Obama's platform.

"McCain slipped up by not being conservative enough," said DeLuca. "Republicans are for free trade, Democrats are for socialism. It's not looking good."

Nathan Shapiro, former president of the Stony Brook University College Republicans, described the mood at the headquarters as "nervous and disappointing."

Other supporters still remained hopeful.

"I'm more optimistic because I don't want to get pessimistic," said Rachel O'Brien, who also believed McCain's campaign was a bit lacking. "It was clear that Obama was for hope and change – but what does [being] a Maverick mean?"

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Submitted by turlington.christy on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 12:30am.

Two televisions on clothed tables were tuned into CNN and FOX news, causing nervous republicans to turn and glare at Obama's lead.
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Submitted by turlington.christy on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 12:29am.

"He was talking about corporate greed one day then taxes the next. He's in a lot of trouble."
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Submitted by Broderick on Tue, 12/29/2009 - 11:57pm.

Suffolk County encounter a financial depressed these days. And some of the citizen where running into loan to seek financial assistance. The lending industry is desperate to get revenue flowing back in, and everyone is wondering how long it will take until they recover. Granted, no one cries for a credit card company, but that being said, the credit rating agency TransUnion is one of the many firms working on analyzing economic data to figure out what current trends will tell us about the future, and the consensus is that the rate at which damage is occurring will slow, but – surprise! – the biggest road block to getting mortgage, auto, or other installment loans lenders in healthy shape again is unemployment.