John Simmons, the downstate trial lawyer, left the US Senate race last week after having pledged $40 million to win the race. Instead, he is endorsing Dan Hynes.
Can Costello be far behind. Costello spoke very warmly of Simmons recently–giving one the impression that he used his leverage to move Simmons to the Hynes camp.
Why does one drop his promise to spend $40 million so quickly?
A) He was a gadfly hit with a reality sandwich
B) He was a pawn to scare Hull out of the race
C) He was a pawn of Costello’s to get some leverage
D) He was using his candidacy to get some leverage for another run
I don’t know which is more likely, but none of the options are particularly attractive. And again, an establishment candidate is using Jerry Costello to win despite his ties to organized crime.