Espinal is not anti-choice; he's multiple choice.
And on gays, he's really progressive–he goes both ways. Espinal’s stances on abortion, same-sex marriage called into question | The Empire
The Weprin campaign has not been an optimum PR apparatus, but this pie chart illustrates perfectly the self-contradictory absurdity of the positions that “Bob and Weave” Turner has embraced over the course of the last three months.
I know Turner now says he never really felt that way and was only pandering, but the fact that he now admits to having been a lying sack of shit does not inspire confidence in him quite as much as he might have hoped.
Go figure. The Brooklyn Politics Blog www.thebrooklynpolitics.com
Horrible article–as I've been noting since November, the Ninth CD is not overwhelming Democratic, and did not overwhelming support Obama.
Did anyone at Politico look at any election results before writing some ignorant uninformed garbage? GOP candidate Bob Turner banks on Obama disenchantment – Alex Isenstadt www.politico.com
Lopez: “At the end of the day Weprin will prevail, but we are facing many challenges we did not foresee, and we are putting plans in place to address those challenges.”
If he didn't foresee this, he wasn’t paying attention.
At least, Vito has finally found some common ground with the local press. Orthodox David Weprin Faces Backlash in Orthodox Community Over Gay Marriage Rhetoric www.cityhallnews.com
In perhaps the stupidest accusation of the campaign, Bob Turner accuses David Weprin of favoring congestion pricing.
On July 12, I noted Weprin's opposition to congestion pricing as one reason why progressives lacked enthusiasm for his campaign. I also noted, and condemned Weprin for this position on 2/6/10.
In his attacks on Weprin on Israel, Medicare and Mosques, Turner distorts facts. Here he just makes them up. Weprin to Turner: I Was Against Congestion Pricing | PolitickerNY www.politickerny.com
Michael Bouldin back blogging NYC politics; and we're even on the same side! Which New York do you prefer? | The Daily Gotham www.dailygotham.com
CHN's First Read reports intrepid New York Observer blogger Azi Paybarah will join Capital New York.
Mark my word, like the swallows to Capistrano, Azi will yet return to the New York Observer.
He always does