If Bloomie had picked Michelle Rhee, that would have been an act of guts, vision and audacity; this is merely an act of "arrogance," a trait he usually attributes to his betters.
Category: News and Opinion
The Gateway (A Week Later and Still Whining Edition)
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To my whining friends on the left, another example, among thousands, of why even if you think the Dems are wusses, you should still care enough to beat the GOP.
A Suggestion – Ignore Worthless Speculation
|Yesterday I suggested that we pay little or no attention to the spin from all sides regarding who will win too close to call election results. While writing about it, I was reminded about two other examples of worthless speculation that people in New York politics engage in – one happened last week and the other will happen shortly.
LGBTQ Teen Suicides A Crisis
|It is hard to say that after the horrible suicide of Rutgers student Tyler Clementi there either followed a rash of more LGBTQ suicides or that those high numbers have always been there and we are only now paying attention to the fact.
The New Anarchists: The Republican Party
|The Republican Party with its extremist calls for limited government is nothing more than an incarnation of the Anarchist movement of a century ago which resulted in the assassination of U.S.
Close Elections Not Decided – Don’t Believe The Spin – Nobody Knows
|As each side tries to explain why their side is absolutely certain to win the still undecided Congressional & State Senate elections in New York, I’d like to reprint what I wrote previously about this type of speculation –
http://www.r8ny.com/blog/jerry_skurnik/20th_cd_results_wait.html
In Frank Rich’s World – Nobody Can Win An Election
|Frank Rich in Sunday’s NY Times writes one of those pithy comments that make no sense if anyone thinks about it for more than a minute.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/opinion/07rich.html?emc=eta1
You can’t win an election without a coherent message. Obama, despite his administration’s genuine achievements, didn’t have one. The good news — for him, if not necessarily a straitened country — is that the G.O.P. doesn’t have one either
The Gateway (Clams at Sam’s IS the Caravan of Dreams Edition)
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Pelosi for Minority Leader?
And why not?
She was a very successful Minority Leader; she has proven she can do THAT job well. House Speaker Pelosi to Run for Minority Leader – WSJ.com online.wsj.com
The Gateway (Cry Tough Edition) [Featuring Special Guest Nils Lofgren]
|This is all so silly. No one watches Olbermann or Maddow (or Fox) expecting objectivity. They expect advocacy.
The Gateway (More Insincere Apologies Edition)
|Perhaps I've been a little too harsh on State Senate Democratic Floor Leader John Sampson on the pickle Buffalo's Antoine Thompson finds himself in–(likely loser in the State most prohibitively Democratic Senate District outside NYC); after all Thompson has his own unique leadership qualities, as I reported after the vote on expelling Hiram Monserrate: