Former state Sen. Ray Meier, whose name has been floated as a potential replacement to Ed Cox as state GOP chairman, had no reservations about criticizing the party’s lack of organization going to this week’s convention during an interview that will appear on “Capital Tonight” this evening.

“Some people have suggested it’s going to be the equivalent of a political Gallagher concert,” Meier told Liz this afternoon.

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Meier, who is headed to the Sheraton as a Rick Lazio delegate, wouldn’t say if he’s interested in the chairman gig. But he was more than willing to question many of Cox’s decisions over the past few months – including the endorsement of Democratic Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy to run for governor as a Republican.

“I don’t think on the eve of the kind of election where opportunity is so apparent that you go courting someone who is still a democrat and will still be a democrat come election day,” Meier said.

Meier said it’s also possible Cox was behind M. Myers Mermel’s abrupt decision to end his LG run and join the already crowded governor’s race, causing even more turmoil within the party.

“This does, let’s face it, play out against the backdrop of some discontent and some feeling that we should have been better organized, that we should have had a more organized approach to coalescing around two US Senate candidates,” said Meier.

“We should have been better organized in terms of striking some type of understanding with our friends in the Conservative party about a possible coalition ticket. So these are things that are going to play out over the next few days in New York.”

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