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Guy Molinari: Trump Is ‘A Son of a Bitch’

Donald Trump may run into trouble in his own backyard if he does decide to run for president.

Guy Molinari, the former congressman, borough president and longtime Staten Island political powerbroker called the real estate magnate turned reality television star “a son of a bitch–and you can quote me on that” during a brief interview Read More

Molinari: Anybody But Straniere, Please

[img_assist|nid=37|title=Guy Molinari.|desc=Getty Images|link=none|align=right|width=206|height=300]For almost thirty years, Republicans have held onto the 13th Congressional district and this November, with the nomination of Bob Straniere, that run is likely to end.

“Really, just about anybody off the street would have been a better candidate,” said Guy Molinari, a Republican who defeated an incumbent Democrat in 1980 to begin the Read More

Bloomberg Gets A Nasty Lesson: Politics Count

On the morning of March 1, Mayor Michael Bloomberg restated his political credo and his greatest selling point:

“I’m 63 years old, and I’m not going to spend my life pandering to anybody,” he said.

But as the second election of Mr. Bloomberg’s career approaches on Nov. 2, the Mayor’s stated disdain for politics Read More

Mike’s Balancing Act

Our story this week dwells on the difficulty of running a campaign on the “I’m not a politician” theme while, well, running a campaign.

We can’t really knock Mike for being a politician. If you like him, you want him to win, so you want him to cut the deals and take the Read More

The Sad Tale of Chicky Piazza

We hate to hit Mike twice in one day on indulging in the pandering, patronage, and politics that he claims to despise. But we didn’t think this one could wait:

The Bloomberg Administration has pretty well purged the mid-level Giuliani loyalists from city government over the last three years, to the delight of Read More

Fossella Ducks But Can’t Hide

In 1990, Guy Molinari became Staten Island borough president and handed down his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives to his daughter, Susan.

She asked him what to do, and he gave her a single piece of political advice.

“I said, ‘Answer the tough phone calls-always answer the tough ones,’” Mr. Molinari recalled. “The Read More