Seems Democratic leaders tried to bully him and he shows examples of others they have tried this tactic on as well, including Representatives Carolyn Maloney and Steve Israel.
WHEN it was reported two months ago that I was thinking seriously about running for the United States Senate from New York, Democratic Party insiders started their own campaign to bully me out of the race — just as they had done with Representatives Carolyn Maloney, Steve Israel and others.
But as I traveled around New York, I began to understand why the party bosses felt the need to use such heavy-handed tactics: They’re nervous. New Yorkers are clamoring for change. Our political system — so bogged down in partisan fighting — is sapping the morale of New Yorkers and preventing government at every level from fulfilling its duty.
The cruel twist, of course, is that the party bosses who tried to intimidate me so that I wouldn’t even think about running against Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, who had been appointed to the seat by Gov. David A. Paterson, are the same people responsible for putting Democratic control of the Senate at risk.
Ford says his decision came because after the Democratic primary, no matter who won it would weaken the Democratic party and strengthen a Republicans chances.
So, while he claims:
I am a Democrat. But I am an independent Democrat. I am not going to stop speaking out on behalf of policies that I think are right — regardless of ideology, party or political expediency. I plan to continue taking this message across our state and across our nation.
Kind of contradictory actually to claim you will fight for what you believe in, claim the problem has stemmed from the same people that out "Democratic control of the Senate at risk," in the first place.
He says they are the problem, he claims to have solutions and ideas, but he would rather let them keep control than fight for those changes from within.
Kinda sounds like a man putting party over the good of the people he wanted to represent.
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