Primary elections for federal offices were held in Brooklyn last week: no big thing. Turnout was tepid as usual. Nothing new; just more blue(s). The regular political hustlers made a couple dollars hassling voters outside polling sites; and that’s always entertaining. A few consultants made an early-vacation exit with smiling faces and bulging pockets: and that too is always entertaining (and expected). Winners told jokes heartily; and losers -along with their supporters- used expletives at random. 

Orthodox Pundit is right that the Aroni Satmar are exaggerating their strength within the Williamsburg community– but not by as much as OP (and Albert Friedman of the independent Satmar paper Der Tzitung, who made similar observations to me on the phone right before Shabbos and in another conversation earlier this week) say.

My friend, Gallagher, an old political and legal sage whose wisdom is still sought out and given at a high hourly rate loves to tell tales of even older sages like the late Brooklyn Democratic boss Meade Esposito:

Meade loved to tell the story of the two bulls.

According to the Daily News, Charles Barron, having lost the 8^th Congressional Primary 72% to 28% is demanding a recount.

The late afternoon email from Nydia’s campaign looked like a panic attack.

Chris Owens on the Barron/Jeffies race: