The Gateway (Mad Hatter Edition)

Bob Turner admits he was pandering to the National Review.

After the election, he will admit he was pandering to Koch. GOP hopeful Bob Turner pushes budget cuts in race to replace Weiner, admits to 'blatant pandering' www.nydailynews.com

Bob Turner: So Tea Party, I'm renaming him the "Mad Hatter." Bob Turner – Politicians – The Sean Hannity Show www.hannity.com

In which we answer the question, which is more insensitive, acknowledging the First Amendment rights of American to build a shrine to G-d in Lower Manhattan (Weprin), or using the murder of thousands to score cheap political points (Turner)? Firefighter officer’s not pleased by Turner ad | The Empire empire.wnyc.org

We just got a call from a nursing home in Boynton Beach Florida–a retired garment worker who was the last person favorably influenced by a Liberal Party Endorsement just died.

If the late Bernie Catcher were running the Weprin campaign, fliers in Bob Turner's name announcing the “Liberal’s” endorsement would be under every door in Gerritsen Beach, Broad Channel and Breezy Point. Bob Turner To Claim Liberal Party Endorsement, Worth To Be Determined blogs.villagevoice.com

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While the idea of political candidates giving out swag bags is pretty wretched, I have to admit that this article makes clear who would be the smartest, savviest Assemblyman from the 54th AD.

Espinal campaign manager Michael Olmeda!“I’m a grassroots kid”: Rafael Espinal, Vito Lopez, and the special election in Brooklyn’s 54th Asse empire.wnyc.org

 

 

Hertzberg delivers an act of mercy: everything you need to know about the GOP debate, so you never have to actually watch it.

So good, I'll excuse that I beat him to the Social Darwinism Joke by almost two years. Hendrik Hertzberg: G.O.P. Fitness Training at the Fox News Gym www.newyorker.com

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The GOP is more anti-Obama than anti-tax. Partisanship And GOP Anti-Tax Mania | The New Republic www.tnr.com

 

From the mouth of the smartest man in America, to G-d's ears. Amen. G.O.P. House Majority at Risk fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com

 

My first NYC campaign–wonder if I'll be in the next chapter. Assembly primary race dramatis personae: community leaders, opponents, regulars and reformers talesfromthesausagefactory.wordpress.com