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1 day ago by Steve Kornacki

To her critics, there’s only one acceptable way to view Sarah Palin’s decision to quit as Alaska’s governor: Her rationale, as Eugene Robinson put it, is “not just contrived or implausible but literally nonsensical,” and anyone who even suggests she remains a viable 2012 contender is, in the words o ...

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9 days ago by Jimmy Vielkind

ALBANY—A week after she asked donors to help her raise $100,000 by invoking a hypothetical race next year against George Pataki, Kirsten Gillibrand told donors earlier today that she's still $25,000 shy of her goal. Gillibrand has been relentless in raising money, guarding against a potential primar ...

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11 days ago by DrMabuse

[ EDITOR'S NOTE: About a year ago, I began a comprehensive history about the expansion of Verizon. I don't know if I will ever finish the narrative, because the story is quite complicated. But here is the next installment in the series. Part One, which concerns itself with April to August 2000, can ...

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12 days ago

Take this one with all the usual caveats - the election is far away, who knows if this is a good sample, Gillibrand has months to improve her name ID, etc. Still, Carolyn Maloney has the ability to raise lots of money and there is no doubt that her views are more in line with the extreme leftist vie ...

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16 days ago by Azi Paybarah

Former state senator Roy Goodman of Manhattan released a statement today saying he’d like the stalemate in the Senate to be broken by a bipartisan commission. Goodman, one of the last of the Rockefeller Republican types, recommends the following “individuals of the highest caliber” to serve on it: F ...

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28 days ago by Lauren--NY

As you may be able to immediately ascertain from the title of this blog entry, I was not a normal child. It’s a bit of an understatement to say that my family is interested in politics. We’re obsessed, particularly my mother and me—although the rest of the family certainly has more than a passing in ...

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37 days ago by tdorman

Iowa is famous for its retail politics. And apparently we’re a supercenter that never closes. For the clinically sane, it’s really, really early to start thinking about the 2012 Iowa caucuses. But like a struggling department store determined to sell you Santa snow globes while you’re still in sanda ...

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41 days ago by Jimmy Vielkind

ALBANY—About 400 people attended last night's Conservative Party dinner at the Sheraton in midtown, including Erie County Executive Chris Collins. It was Collins' first appearance at the dinner, Chairman Mike Long said, and he was seated at the head dais. Also up front was Rick Lazio, the former con ...

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41 days ago by Azi Paybarah

Michael Bloomberg zig-zagged over political lines last night, lauding a Republican and a Democrat during his speech at the New York League of Conservation Voters at Chelsea Piers, and then praising his hosts for being non-partisan. Bloomberg praised Republican George Pataki, who is being talked abou ...

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44 days ago by Aron Goldman

Siena College 2010 New York Gubernatorial Survey Rudy Giuliani 59% (56%) David Paterson 31% (29%) Andrew Cuomo 53% (53%) Rudy Giuliani 41% (39%) Siena College 2010 New York Senatorial Survey George Pataki 43% Kirsten Gillibrand 43% Kirsten Gillibrand 48% Peter King 26% Favorable / Unfavorable [Net] ...

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