Author: Gatemouth

I've noted more than once that I rarely discuss the Second Amendment with my friends, because I have the somewhat controversial opinion that the plain meaning of words is exactly that, so the regrettable Second Amendment means people can own guns, subject to regulation. I don't particularly care for that, but I don't like equal representation in the US Senate either, and that's in the text as well.

The member of the Weiner household with a future that involves something other than diapers or stand up takes center stage.

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.

As I pointed out over a year ago, visual or taped evidence makes a big difference. No one has ever survived it. All those complaining about the difference between Weiner and David Vitter don't get it. You wanna know the difference?

Weiner, your next Pubic Advocate.

Once the Board of Elections posts its certified election results, I usually do at least one story where I try to glean what there is to be found from the data.  As you may have noticed, I’ve already done one story from this year’s data.

Last year, I made a big hit with a column about the write-in vote in NYC elections—so big a hit that it got picked up as a national story by Politico.

I love Mary Alice Miller, but a few points are in order about her piece puffing the nearly non-existent prospects of the State Senate Dems, which should be subtitled “The World According to Mike Gianaris’ Masturbation Fantasies.”:

Back in 2006, I noted:

Somewhat Bad News: Espaillat is not going to Congress