Don't put too much stock in the fact that Shelly Silver called Democratic control of the State Senate is “enticing;” he probably thinks lobster is enticing too, but you won't catch him putting it on his menu. In both cases, Shelly thinks they are traife. Silver calls the notion of a Democratic State Senate 'enticing' | Capital New York www.capitalnewyork.com
Just starting with City and State, Morgan Pehme already thinks he's working for Vanity Fair.
Of special note is the Sci-fi portrayal of Senator Kirsten’s granny Polly Noonan as some sort of feminist role model. Kirsten Gillibrand is currently enjoying a career trajectory comparable to only a select few America www.cityandstateny.com
Rep. Michael Grimm has been cleared by the Office of Congressional Ethics of any fundraising violations since becoming a member of the House.
In other news, Mark David Chapman has been cleared of any gun law violations since becoming a ward of the State. Michael Grimm cleared by ethics watchdog – John Bresnahan www.politico.com
Strange Bedfellows Department: Abe George, critic of Joe Hynes for being too soft on child sex abuse in the Hasidic community, campaigns at an event hosted by the Hasidic leaders who have held fundraisers for the legal defense of accused child molesters. Guess Who is Kissing-Up to Hasidic Williamsburg | Gestetner Updates gestetnerupdates.com
Whatever became of that douchebag with a bowtie anyway? Two plan to seek Saratoga County GOP helm poststar.com
When I first posted this link on Facebook, my comment was “Win or lose, the Lee campaign will surely have a happy ending,” but sadly the Post had already made a similar joke. I suppose there’s a wealth of other puns to choose from here—“Lee’s already shot his wad,” not to mention the possibilities flowing from the first name “Myungsuk.” All told, this is a campaign that is going to have trouble staying “on message” rather than “on massage.” Qns. state Assembly candidate profits from prostitution ads in his newspaper www.nypost.com
Dominic Carter sucks off a Weiner. Yes, Anthony Weiner can make a political comeback. | Room Eight www.r8ny.com
Juan Gonzalez is correct that 514 people going to the polls and voting for no one in a hotly contested race with nothing else on the ballot is implausible, but I'm not sure I buy the rest of his implied argument that this casts some discredit on the results.
I yield to know one in enjoying a good write-in vote, but the 78 unreadable write-ins are of little note–even if they were cast for Rangel or Espaillat, under the election law write-in votes for a candidate whose name is on the ballot are void.
The other 436 uncounted votes are surely of more concern, but not only could they not affect the result, but unlike other things which occurred they reflect no incompetence in the administration of this particular election; to some extent they reflect votes which were probably improperly cast, and to some extent they reflect flaws in the technology chosen (which turned out, when tested in a recent hand recount, to have worked extraordinarily well)–the technology which in other contexts (such as the election night count) the same paper has been treating as sacrosanct.
The case against the Board of Elections is full of pretty compelling evidence, and an investigation of this election, and of more general problems at the Board of Elections, is surely merited–but there is no need to embellish the sometimes ugly truth with internally inconsistent blather. http://t.co/2EBgcAPh www.nydailynews.com