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		<title>Elsewhere: &#8216;Cut the President Some Slack&#8217;</title>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/bruno_swings.jpg?w=300&h=225" /><a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/despite-light-turnout-some-voting-irregularities/#more-80893">There were some irregularities</a> in New   York City&#039;s primary voting.</p>
<p>Turnout is, as predicted, <a href="http://onlytheblogknowsbrooklyn.typepad.com/only_the_blog_knows_brook/2009/09/low-turnout-at-the-polls.html">low.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.gothamgazette.com/blogs/wonkster/2009/09/15/an-election-day-schedule/">Here&#039;s</a> where you can find the candidates today.</p>
<p>On the stump, Bryon Brown promises Buffalonians <a href="http://politicalclassdismissed.com/?p=8438">flat screen TVs.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://alloveralbany.com/archive/2009/09/14/the-primary-is-near-thanks-goodness">Mailers in Albany.</a></p>
<p>&quot;No comment on that. We are just very grateful for his donation,&quot; said the principal of a school where former Senator Joe Bruno steered a state grant for a playground, and where Bruno appeared for an announcement, when asked about his pending corruption case. <a href="/Documents%20and%20Settings/Jvielkind/Desktop/No%20comment%20on%20that.%20We%20are%20just%20very%20grateful%20for%20his%20donation.%20He%27s%20been%20a%20pillar%20here%20in%20South%20Troy%20for%20a%20long%20time">&quot;He&#039;s been a pillar here in South Troy for a long time.&quot;</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.tmz.com/2009/09/15/obama-calls-kanye-a-jackass/">&quot;Cut the President some slack,&quot;</a> Barack Obama said after calling Kanye West a &quot;jackass.&quot; </p>
<p><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/brawlforthehall/2009/09/the-gioia-of-fatherhood-primar.html">Has Eric Gioia mentioned he&#039;s a father?</a></p>
<p>Tony Scannapieco backed Ed Cox, <a href="http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2009/09/15/putnam-gop-chair-wont-run-for-state-chair-backs-cox-again/">again.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0909/House_guidelines_for_Presidential_putdowns.html">A guide to Congressional insults.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/09/rudy_giuliani_too_good_for_the.html">So much</a> for Senator Giuliani.</p>
<p>Michael Bloomberg and London mayor Boris Johnson <a href="http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2009/09/14/columbia-hosts-world-leaders-forum">visited Columbia.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2009/09/a-serendipitous-primary-day-pr.html">Matt Damon was at City Hall.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=842200">Tea partiers will invade Green Island,</a> a village just west of Troy that is neither green nor an island.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/16/world/middleeast/16iraq.html?hp">Someone was shooting at Joe Biden.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.policeonpolicetf.ny.gov/">There&#039;s now a web site</a> for David Paterson&#039;s police shootings task force.</p>
<p>Dean Skelos wants New   York to <a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/18140/skelos-letter-no-state-bucks-for-acorn/">stop sending money to ACORN.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2009/09/thompson-votes-talks-about-cha.html">Bill Thompson talked about &quot;change&quot; when he voted.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/15/AR2009091501898.html?hpid=topnews">Ben Bernanke says the end is near</a>.</p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/bruno_swings.jpg?w=300&h=225" /><a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/despite-light-turnout-some-voting-irregularities/#more-80893">There were some irregularities</a> in New   York City&#039;s primary voting.</p>
<p>Turnout is, as predicted, <a href="http://onlytheblogknowsbrooklyn.typepad.com/only_the_blog_knows_brook/2009/09/low-turnout-at-the-polls.html">low.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.gothamgazette.com/blogs/wonkster/2009/09/15/an-election-day-schedule/">Here&#039;s</a> where you can find the candidates today.</p>
<p>On the stump, Bryon Brown promises Buffalonians <a href="http://politicalclassdismissed.com/?p=8438">flat screen TVs.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://alloveralbany.com/archive/2009/09/14/the-primary-is-near-thanks-goodness">Mailers in Albany.</a></p>
<p>&quot;No comment on that. We are just very grateful for his donation,&quot; said the principal of a school where former Senator Joe Bruno steered a state grant for a playground, and where Bruno appeared for an announcement, when asked about his pending corruption case. <a href="/Documents%20and%20Settings/Jvielkind/Desktop/No%20comment%20on%20that.%20We%20are%20just%20very%20grateful%20for%20his%20donation.%20He%27s%20been%20a%20pillar%20here%20in%20South%20Troy%20for%20a%20long%20time">&quot;He&#039;s been a pillar here in South Troy for a long time.&quot;</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.tmz.com/2009/09/15/obama-calls-kanye-a-jackass/">&quot;Cut the President some slack,&quot;</a> Barack Obama said after calling Kanye West a &quot;jackass.&quot; </p>
<p><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/brawlforthehall/2009/09/the-gioia-of-fatherhood-primar.html">Has Eric Gioia mentioned he&#039;s a father?</a></p>
<p>Tony Scannapieco backed Ed Cox, <a href="http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2009/09/15/putnam-gop-chair-wont-run-for-state-chair-backs-cox-again/">again.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0909/House_guidelines_for_Presidential_putdowns.html">A guide to Congressional insults.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/09/rudy_giuliani_too_good_for_the.html">So much</a> for Senator Giuliani.</p>
<p>Michael Bloomberg and London mayor Boris Johnson <a href="http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2009/09/14/columbia-hosts-world-leaders-forum">visited Columbia.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2009/09/a-serendipitous-primary-day-pr.html">Matt Damon was at City Hall.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=842200">Tea partiers will invade Green Island,</a> a village just west of Troy that is neither green nor an island.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/16/world/middleeast/16iraq.html?hp">Someone was shooting at Joe Biden.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.policeonpolicetf.ny.gov/">There&#039;s now a web site</a> for David Paterson&#039;s police shootings task force.</p>
<p>Dean Skelos wants New   York to <a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/18140/skelos-letter-no-state-bucks-for-acorn/">stop sending money to ACORN.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2009/09/thompson-votes-talks-about-cha.html">Bill Thompson talked about &quot;change&quot; when he voted.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/15/AR2009091501898.html?hpid=topnews">Ben Bernanke says the end is near</a>.</p>
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