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DCCC Raises Off Trump’s Antics

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee emailed its supporters this morning, asking for donations to help fight back against Donald Trump.

The email — which came with the obligatory “You’re fired” subject line — opens with a question about why Trump has been so focused on the president’s birthplace.

“It’s simple,” explains Robby Mook, the DCCC Read More

Steve Israel Is Going to Watertown, Malcolm Smith Is Not

ALBANY—Senate Democratic Leader Malcolm Smith will not, in fact, give the keynote address at the Jefferson County Democratic Dinner in Watertown this evening, but the event will still prove to be a major mixer for candidates looking to replace John McHugh in Congress.
“No,” his spokesman Austin Shafran confirmed. “That was on the schedule Read More

Israel: NY-23 Is a ‘Good News-Bad News’ Fight for Democrats

ALBANY—It’s been just a little over 24 hours since Representative John McHugh accepted Barack Obama’s call to become secretary of the Army. Already, Representative Steve Israel has been in touch with Democratic leaders plotting about how best to win the seat.
“This is all very much pre-game,” Israel, the national recruitment chair for the Read More

Massa Still Not For (Or Against) Gillibrand

ALBANY—Representative Eric Massa, in his first term representing the Finger Lakes and Southern Tier, refused again this morning to endorse Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, or to utter any approving comment about how she’s conducted herself on the job thus far.
“I’m not even going to go there,” Massa told reporters on his weekly conference call. Read More