Author: Gatemouth

There’s a special election for Congress in New York City in a District the Republicans could win, which would cause tremendous embarrassment to the President and our party, and massively set back even the most minimal hopes for any progress on anything even slightly resembling a liberal agenda.

The last time the GOP held the ancestral seat of the 9^th Congressional District was 1922. The last time a Republican held any small portion of the district in its current form was 1982 (anyone remember John Leboutlier?).

"I have a sense of anger…I don't forget, I get even…I always like to tweak people if I can. Especially if I don't like them. There is something vicious in me."

In his book “Mayor,” Koch writes at great length to illustrate how he will always avenge a slight, no matter how long it takes.

I’m not sure I have any great argument with Rock’s Barron column column, which offers a very personal view of the man and what he stands for. It is not necessarily my view, but it is surely a useful one.

Republican Congressional Candidate Bob Turner defends his support of Ryan(non)Care:

Betty Ford, the greatest First Lady of my lifetime.

Alev ha-sholem. May her memory (like her life) be a blessing

I have heard that Shelly Silver thinks Cuomo will keep his word and veto any redistricting done by legislature.

Shelly apparently feels that is preferable to agreeing to a non-partisan commission because he'd rather have the courts do it than a commission.

The reason is allegedly that Cuomo's districting bill explicitly states the Commission can't take incumbency into account while courts have previously ruled that incumbency can be considered.

Councilman Mark Weprin (to Gatemouth): Nice handicapping‏. Well done…You deserve all the credit that I hear you are taking.

Mystery?

No Mystery here.

With Weiner gone, Chuck obviously feels driven to make sure he has at least one of his Chicklets in the House Mysterious phone poll has Cusick in House mix blog.silive.com