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Harold Ford Jr. was reportedly set to meet the Independence Party's state chairman Frank MacKay on March 3 to discuss running on the party's line for U.S. Senate.... READ MORE»
It’s been two years since the chairman of the New York State Independence Party, Frank MacKay, cut his hair and removed his earrings. At the time, he was traveling around the country, trying to lay the groundwork for a potential presidential campaign, and he realized that he’d be taken more seriously if he looked less like the nightclub owner he had been on Long Island, and more like a political... READ MORE»
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Michael Bloomberg told a room full of Independence Party activists that he wants to see nonpartisan elections "as much as you do" but added, " We have to see a road map before we start marching again." Bloomberg spoke to New York City Independence Party leaders for about 30 minutes in midtown this afternoon, before expelling reporters to field questions from party members p... READ MORE»
The city Independence Party - the faction aligned with the controversial Lenora Fulani – held its annual fund-raiser last week, and published a journal for the event. Inside were a handful of ads from politicians who presumably had no qualms about being associated with the... READ MORE»
A group of organizers that wants to see a debate in Harlem between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton made a unmissable showing with these t-shirts last night at Obama's appearance at the Apollo. As one of the members, outspoken political activist and mayoral candidate Lenora Fulani told me, the group “wants to hear the distinction between [the two candidates], like where they stand on, not just particular issues, but the implementation of all the... READ MORE»
Lenora Fulani, who ran for president and governor and is planning a bid for citywide office in 2009, is getting involved in the national stuff again, demanding a debate between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. From a public statement her supporters at the Independence Party of New York City sent out yesterday: "Endorsers of the call for a Clinton/Obama forum at the Apollo Theatre will hold a press conference Friday outside the Apollo and... READ MORE»
The city’s Independence Party, which is currently rallying around Lenora Fulani’s 2009 citywide race, is looking for fund-raisers. A reader passed on this help wanted ad from Craigslist, which says, “The New York City Independence Party is seeking energetic callers for 6 week fundraising drive, with possibility of long-term work.” Other jobs on that zany electronic message board: Policy analyst for Mayors Against Illegal Guns. Communications Coordinator for Rory Lancman. ... READ MORE»
Never one to cut out early on a warm, sunny Friday, Azi sends along the news that the Lenora Fulani faction of the Independence Party has won back the right to control the selection of party candidates in New York City. Fulani, who waged an independent bid for the presidency in 1988 and sought the Democratic nomination in 1992, and her New York City counterparts have been at odds with the state Independence Party, which... READ MORE»
Okay. Barring extraordinary circumstances, this will be the last item here on Lenora Fulani this week. Even as she capped off an announcement that she’s going to run for mayor and repudiate her anti-Semitic comments from 18 years, Fulani pointedly refused to retreat from another controversial position: that it’s OK for therapists to sleep with their patients. It’s something that Fulani’s mentor, Fred Newman, had previously said was acceptable. During an interview on... READ MORE»
"I am repudiating my remarks of 18 years ago." That was from Lenora Fulani of the Independence Party earlier today as she announced the formation of an exploratory committee for a "city-wide" office. The chances are "very high" it will be mayor, she told me after the press conference. The 1989 remarks in question - in which she described Jews as "mass murderers of people of color" - were a big part of... READ MORE»
While the Republican state Senate majority was holding a hearing about the Spitzer administration's ethics issues, Eliot Spitzer was in Chelsea with Michael Bloomberg and others talking about expanding health care coverage. During a Q&A, I tried to ask the mayor why ads for his quasi-campaign web site now appear on Google alongside searches for certain phrases like “education,” “climate change” and “nonpartisan.” His somewhat unsatisfying response: “I have absolutely no... READ MORE»
There’s a new player in the ongoing fight between the Independence Party of New York City and their own state party organization: the National Action Network. A lawyer for NAN, which is run by Al Sharpton, joined the city organization of the Independence Party, which is controlled by Lenora Fulani supporters, in Brooklyn state Supreme Court yesterday. They were arguing against the the state party's efforts to take control of the nominating process... READ MORE»
I asked Democratic consultant Hank Sheinkopf what he thought about the prospect of Independence Party activist Lenora Fulani getting into into the 2009 mayor's race. His assessment: she would be "great fodder for any negative campaign." UPDATE: Cathy Stewart, New York County Independence Party Chair emailed just now to say, “Negative campaigning is what voters rejected when they elected Mike Bloomberg twice. The issue in 2009 is whether we can keep the Bloomberg era of nonpartisanship... READ MORE»
