The esteemed numbers expert Jerry Skurnik has responded to a column in which I sought to put David Paterson’s hideous poll numbers in some historical context.
In the column, I wrote:
A quick review of past polling finds that just three sitting governors in the last three decades have Read More
By all appearances, David Paterson now has something he has so glaringly lacked since last year: a game plan for winning a full term in 2010.
As the Observer's Jimmy Vielkind noted, the governor has begun employing a cohesive, aggressive strategy to cultivate specific key constituencies—an aggressive push for gay marriage, for instance, aimed Read More
It's very likely that, at some point in the next year, David Paterson will officially bow out of the 2010 gubernatorial race, clearing the way for Andrew Cuomo to jump in and claim the Democratic nomination without opposition. The question is whether it will look like a simple hand-off or a hostile takeover.
The difference Read More
David Paterson is looking more and more like another Jane Swift.
For the past few years, Swift has served as the standard by which failed acting governors are measured. In 2001, she claimed the top job in Massachusetts – the first woman ever to hold it – when Argeo "Paul" Cellucci quit to become Read More
It was only a matter of time until Jane Swift, the Republican who served as the acting Governor of Massachusetts from 2001 until 2003, lashed out at Mitt Romney, her successor.
Swift, who is supporting John McCain, used an op-ed in Monday’s Manchester Union-Leader to warn primary voters in New Hampshire that Romney’s rampant flip-flopping Read More
At the Super Bowl party we attend every year, our charming
hostess had arranged card tables in the living room where wives unenthralled
with the prospect of four hours of football could play Scrabble. At first,
armed with our superguy drinks-beers and whiskey, no white wine-everyone
gathered convivially in the den. But then there occurred Read More
