By Patrick Clark 9/21/12 6:08am

Morning Read

Former Gov. Pawlenty Puts Snout in Wall Street Trough; Senate Holds HFT Hearings: Roundup

When former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty was campaigning to be the Republican presidential nominee, he told reporters that his “truth message to Wall Street is going to be, ‘Get your snout out of the trough.’” Which, maybe that’s still his truth message? But instead of delivering it as co-chairman of Mitt Romney’s campaign, Governor Pawlenty will be speaking it as head of the Financial Services Roundtable, a banking industry lobby.

Somewhere, an algorithm read the coverage of yesterday’s Senate Banking Committee hearing on high-frequency trading, and figured it will take years for the government to hammer out reforms to fix market structure issues. Read More

By The Editors 8/16/11 7:11pm

Opening Shot

Perry.

Soros is Thrown a Lawsuit While Pawlenty Throws in the Towel

The riots in London seem finally to have subsided, but strange things are afoot stateside this week, so much so that we’re starting to wonder if Mercury, which went retrograde Aug. 3, is currently doing to the entire planet what it once did so publicly to Jeremy Piven. (Also, when does the statute of limitations Read More

By Reid Pillifant 3/23/11 1:44am

From the Paper

Rudy's Last Gasp

On Friday evening, after a cup of broccoli soup, a plate of chicken and a few sips of red wine, Rudy Giuliani took to the stage in the ballroom of the Executive Court banquet hall and prepared to let loose.

With Mitt Romney leading the primary polls by a mile in New Hampshire, and Barack Read More

By Jimmy Vielkind 10/30/09 4:51am

In the NY-23 Race, Conservatives Scare the Would-Be Moderates Away

ALBANY—More than 200 people showed up at the New York Athletic Club Thursday night–overlooking Central Park–for a reception hosted by the state Conservative Party. George Pataki was one of them. He wasn’t scheduled to speak at the event, which was held to honor former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton.

But the ex-governor–a moderate, particularly by national Read More

By Jason Horowitz 10/16/08 1:27pm

The Last Spin Room: Davis Gets Angry, Axelrod Gets Sarcastic

The evening of Oct. 15 marked not only the final debate of the long presidential campaign, but also the last installment of the now time-honored tradition of the post-debate spin room.

Last night, as reporters bounced dutifully between the little clusters around the yellow square signs identifying backers of McCain and the blue rectangular banners Read More