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 <title>Hillary&#039;s Thank You Tour</title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<!--paging_filter-->No drama here.

<p>Just a light schedule starting at 7:45 a.m. tomorrow, when Hillary Clinton meets with firemen and union leaders for a post-election breakfast in midtown.</p>

Then, according to her agenda, she's off  to thank all the voters other parts of the state: Long Island, Rochester, Albany, Syracuse and Cheektowaga.

<em>--Azi Paybarah</em>]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2006 16:26:01 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>In Today&#039;s Observer</title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<!--paging_filter--><div class="photoCaption" /><img alt="pete king.jpg" src="http://thepoliticker.observer.com/pete%20king-thumb.jpg" width="250" height="337" /><br /></div>

<p>Jason Horowitz <a href="http://www.observer.com/20061030/20061030_Jason_Horowitz_pageone_newsstory1.asp">takes a look </a>at Pete King, a wartime congressman who, unlike most of his Republican colleagues and fellow candidates, isn't scared of talking about the war. "I am what I am," he said. He's a hawk, but will that hurt him in November?</p>

Choire Sicha <a href="http://www.observer.com/20061030/20061030_Jason_Horowitz_pageone_newsstory1.asp">hits the roads </a>of Hillaryland, where the onetime "cutie" stares daggers into John Spencer at the debate in Rochester.  He also observes the sophisticated mechanics of the Hillary news cycle: reporters want to know about 08, so Hillary talks about 08, and then reporters write about Hillary talking about 08. 

<p>John Koblin <a href="http://www.observer.com/20061030/20061030_John_Koblin_pageone_newsstory3.asp">has the goods </a>on Bill Clinton's three-day 60th birthday bash.  He tells us who's going (Burkle!) how much guests are paying (60 - 500 grand) the entertainment (The Rolling Stones, golfing) and who's tired of Bill's endless fund-raising carnivals (much of New York.)</p>

Steve Kornacki <a href="http://www.observer.com/20061030/20061030_Steve_Kornacki_opinions_wiseguys.asp">follows the ripples </a>of Barack Obama's announcement that he is "considering" a presidential run all the way into the House.  Sure, the country's lone black Senator is generating great excitement, but what about guys, like, Charlie Rangel, who have helped run the country for decades? Why hasn't anybody ever been excited about any of them?  

<p>And Joe Conason is evermore <a href="http://www.observer.com/20061030/20061030_Joe_Conason_opinions_conason.asp">depressed </a>by the Republican leadership and the spiraling situation in Iraq.</p>]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2006 04:45:00 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Thoughts on Hillary&#039;s Debate</title>
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<p>Hillary was hawkish on North Korea, less aggressive on universal health care, and non-committal about 2008. There were no questions about gay marriage, abortion, and Hillary didn't wear <a href="http://blogs.nydailynews.com/dailypolitics/archives/2006/10/her_cross_to_be_1.php">her cross</a>. Best slip was when John Spencer said he did not support building a 2,000-mile fence along the US-Mexico border which, according to his website, he <a href="http://www.spencerforsenate.com/blog/_WebPages/Issues.html">supports</a>.</p>

Choire Sicha, our man in Rochester, emailed to say:

<blockquote><p>A CNN reporter got John Spencer in the media room. But not Hillary--she's signed a few baseballs and she's out!</p></blockquote>

<p>And any anybody who went to Hillary's debate watch party on Third Avenue, feel free to boast about how much fun you had.</p>

<em>-- Azi Paybarah</em>]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:36:52 -0400</pubDate>
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 <description><![CDATA[<!--paging_filter-->According to our man in Rochester, Choire Sicha, pre-debate excitement is already starting.

<blockquote><p>"A rowdy crowd of 15, count 'em, 15 folks have turned out to loudly protest for.... 'marriage equality,' of all things."</p></blockquote>

<p>Hillary Clinton has <a href="http://thepoliticker.observer.com/2006/07/hillary-and-chuck-on-gay-marriage.html">said</a> earlier that she supports "full equality for people in committed relationships."</p>

<em>-- Azi Paybarah</em>]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2006 14:20:38 -0400</pubDate>
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 <description><![CDATA[<!--paging_filter-->A phone bank in midtown to help Democrats take the state senate starts <a href="http://www.dfnyc.org/cms/node/87637">calling</a> people at 6:15

<p>NY1 has a town hall meeting 7 p.m.</p>

RNN has an AG debate at 7 p.m.

<p>DFNYC's research and advocacy group <a href="http://www.dfnyc.org/cms/node/87149">meets</a> at 72nd Street at 7:15</p>

Candidates in the Brooklyn 11th congressional district have a <a href="http://dailygotham.com/event/11th_congressional_district_candidates_forum">candidate's forum</a> at the Montauk Club at 7 p.m.

<p>The congress and the presidency are <a href="http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/cspan.csp?command=dprogram&record=191861028">discussed</a> on C-SPAN at 8 p.m.</p>

And Spitzer has a debate-watching <a href="http://www.spitzer2006.com/main.cfm?actionId=globalShowStaticContent&screenKey=cmpEvents&s=spitzer3">party</a> in Rochester at 8:30.

-- <em>Azi Paybarah</em>]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2006 14:00:29 -0400</pubDate>
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 <description><![CDATA[<!--paging_filter-->Via AP:

<blockquote>WASHINGTON (AP) _ Rep. Patrick Kennedy said Friday he was entering treatment for addiction to prescription pain medication, a decision made after a highly publicized car crash near the Capitol that the congressman said he cannot recall. Kennedy, D-R.I., said he would seek immediate treatment at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.</blockquote>]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 05 May 2006 13:05:39 -0400</pubDate>
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 <description><![CDATA[<!--paging_filter--><a href="http://www.rollcall.com/issues/atr/">Roll Call (subscription)</a> reported yesterday that a poll prepared for <a href="http://www.kuhlforcongress.com/index.asp">Randy Kuhl's</a> Democratic challenger, <a href="http://www.massaforcongress.com/">Eric Massa</a>, has the Republican leading by three points, which is within the 4.4 percent error margin.

<p>Although in a Republican dominated district, Kuhl is one incumbent of many that Democrats believe they can oust in this year's midterm elections.  In 2004, Kuhl won the district with 51% of the vote.</p>

From Roll Call:
<blockquote>In the poll, 33 percent of the voters had a positive view of Kuhl's job performance, while 50 percent had a negative opinion.

<p>"Add yet another incumbent to the growing list that national GOP groups will be asked to bail out," pollster Alan Secrest wrote in his polling memo.</blockquote>

The Rochester <i>Democrat & Chronicle</i> <a href="http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060417/NEWS01/604170342/1002/NEWS">reported last week</a> on Kuhl's proud moment in front of the camera with President Bush, noting that it was Karl Rove who had snapped the picture.  It was Kuhl that persuaded the president to visit Canandaigua last month.</p>

An excerpt</i>: 
<blockquote>Democrats say it could be dangerous to pose for pictures with a president whose job approval rating has plummeted to the mid-30 percent range in recent polls. Bush lost New York in both the 2000 and 2004 elections, but won in Kuhl's district. </blockquote>

<i>&mdash;Nicole Brydson</i>]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 28 Apr 2006 09:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
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 <description><![CDATA[<!--paging_filter-->The weekend-long 30th annual delegate assembly of The National Education Association/New York kicks off tomorrow in Rochester with Eliot Spitzer and author Jonathan Kozol expected to address the delegates.

<p>Tom Suozzi and Assemblyman Michael Gianaris will speak on separate panels at a <a href="http://www.citizensunion.org/events.shtml">symposium on reapportionment</a> hosted by Citizens Union at The Newman Center at Baruch College.</p>

George Pataki will be in Nashua, Bedford and Manchester, <a href="http://ny1.com/ny1/NewsBeats/politics.jsp">New Hampshire</a>.

<p>Bill Clinton will be attending the Clinton Global Initiative town hall debate on HIV/AIDS at the Mother AME Zion Church in Harlem.</p>

<i>&mdash;Nicole Brydson</i>]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:45:00 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>A Liability in Missouri?</title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<!--paging_filter-->The Democrat running for Senate in Missouri is still <a href="http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/14209525.htm">avoiding Hillary like the plague</a>.

<p>Which says nothing positive about Hillary '08, however she does in Rochester.</p>]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2006 07:52:05 -0500</pubDate>
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 <description><![CDATA[<!--paging_filter-->I'm not sure if anyone Downstate has picked up on <a href="http://www.cgr.org/Articles/?id=182">an important new report</a> from the Rochester-based Center for Government Research yet, but it seems to provide some serious ammunition for the way New Yorkers see their relationship with Albany.

<p>The report tracks lawmakers' discretionary spending on community projects -- the New York version of Federal earmarks -- and finds the following for the use of $1.7 billion over the last nine years:</p>

<blockquote>Benefits are not distributed equally. The differences among regions and interest groups are stark, even if a perfectly even distribution of funds would not be expected in a state as diverse as New York. Albany and Dutchess counties received about $1,000 on a per-capita basis while 40 other counties were allocated less than $100 per capita. Two counties, Tioga and Hamilton, received none of these funds. New York City's per-capita allocation was the [lowest] among regions at $29.

<p>Certain interests have also benefited disproportionately. The biggest winners have been the five Centers of Excellence, university-business high-tech ventures created by Gov. George Pataki in 2001, which have been allocated $529 million. Business-related projects ranked second with $380 million, while colleges and universities have reaped $221 million.</blockquote>

So who wants to be the state version of Pat Moynihan?</p>

(hat tip: LDL)]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2006 05:30:32 -0500</pubDate>
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