The Democrats’ domestic agenda items “suggest that they’re picking selected fights rather than going for wholesale change.”
Hillary Clinton ducked a question about whether Barack Obama is experienced enough to be president.
When asked about 2008, Clinton told reporters to worry about the next two days, two weeks and two months instead Read More
William Samuels, Democratic donor, semi-retired businessman and son of three-time gubernatorial candidate Howard Samuels, sat in one of the Victorian parlors of the National Arts Club on a recent Thursday, looking like a boy who was showing off his stamp collection. His eyebrows were furrowed, his eyes excitable, and from the rushing whiz of his Read More
Here’s a memorable quote from a speech yesterday by newly elected state Democratic Party chair June O’Neill, explaining her unusual path to power:
“You know, there’s an old saying, if you ever see a turtle on a fence post, you know she didn’t get there by herself. So, speaking as the turtle on the fence Read More
“Best shape we’ve been in in modern history.”
That’s how outgoing state Democratic Party chairman Herman “Denny” Farrell just described the state party’s condition at the end of his five-year tenure.
(For the record, that’s slightly different from how newly-elected party co-chair David Pollak, sees it.)
In a speech to party leaders at the Read More
Now that most of the electoral goals of the state Democratic Party have been accomplished, it’s sort of an open question when it comes to the direction Eliot Spitzer will want to go in when he weighs in on the selection of the new chair.
Here’s an interesting piece of speculation from one informed Read More
In the only contested race in Manhattan – where there are three judicial candidates running for two civil court vacancies – Shari Michels is leading Kelly O’Neill Levy 17.76% to 13.61%.
Less than 20% of precincts have reported so far.
It’s a noteworthy race because neither Michels or Levy are running on the Democratic Read More
“I’m a big deal!” shouted Anthony Weiner as he walked down the steps of the Sheraton towards an interview with Fox News.
Weiner was joking about his new status in a Democratic majority. But he conceeded that the success will create some tensions between ambitious representatives.
“There is going to be a tussle Read More
I escaped the velvet cage holding reporters at the Democratic Party here in the Sheraton long enough to run into one Democrat who said Hevesi has a “zero chance” of serving a full-term.
“The question is, does he make it to the New Year.”
According to this source, the leading replacement would be Bill Mulrow Read More
Here’s a palm card the state Democratic Party printed up, presumably before the Hevesi chauffeur incident turned into a full-blown feeding frenzy.
I’m not sure how widely it’ll be distributed, but one political operative in City Hall said, “They got to hand it out. Hevei’s got to win so they can replace him.”
There’s Read More
In this e-mail to supporters, unsuccessful congressional candidate Chris Owens offers this depressing update about his post-primary financial situation:
“We raised $380,000. But we now have some $30,000 in outstanding obligations. Having been “unemployed” for over a year while campaigning, I am not in a position to meet these obligations on my own and Read More
