This comes in an attempt to raise money for the state Republican Party by using two high profile candidates in this year’s New York City elections. One of the candidates, Anthony Weiner, is pretty much dead in the water. He’s lagging well behind in the polls and will not make the Democratic runoff that will follow the primary. The other is former governor Eliot Spitzer, who is running for comptroller and currently leading in his race.
The mailing’s basic premise is that because these two men did icky things, and because the Democratic Party is considerably stronger than the Republican Party in New York, all Democrats are icky and you, the recipient, should send money to help Republicans.