It was like platos retreat at the Rye Town Hilton for the NYS Democratic Committee spring meeting last friday. Denny Farrell lavishing praise on Shelly Silver, Shelly Returning the favor. Reggie Lafayette from the Westchester BOE lavishing praise on everyone. Andy Spano, the county exec, taking pot shots left and right at the Governor while trumpeting the wonderfulness of Westchester including an invitation for committee members to go Rye Playland, a county owned amusement park.

A few funny moments included Shelly raising the "Gavel" off the podium only to reveal that it was a claw hammer! To which Shelly commented "This is how Denny keeps us in line!"

Reggie Lafayette took some time to talk about how great it was that Westchester has a Democratic County Executive, but didn't mention how the BOE so terribly botched the November election (misplacing ballots, issuing improper ballots to election workers, not having maps available before the election and not have street finders available on election day) contributing to Andrea Stewart-Cousins' 18 vote loss to incumbent senator Nick Spano (no relation to Andy).

And there was hardly any mention of how the anemic state of the state party has left us with a mediocre Republican in the state house for 11 years! I guess they forgot amidst all the self congratulation and excitment of the day. Hey, next year we have Spitzer and Hillary to save us.

Where were the young people? where were the progressives?