Kieran Mahoney

Who needs private polls?

Zenobia McNally, the Major Owens-backed challenger to Yvette Clarke, is doing her own test-run of the campaign against Hillary. Outside the Cortelyou Road subway station this morning, she was handing out a flyer that read, in part:  read more »

"The challenges facing our district are many, and we cannot allow an elected official to use our votes as stepping-stones to higher office."

Kieran Mahoney is no doubt following that one closely.

When you have as much power as the American Republican Party, all strategy has a touch of palace intrigue. Just look at how Pirro has traded on hints of hints of support from Karl Rove.

And one Republican correspondent notes that the early hiring choices by Pirro, Weld, and Cox seem to reflect a possible divide between the New York insiders, led by Pirro advisor Kieran Mahoney, and the Bush insiders.

Weld, apparently, has signed up media man Russ Schriefer and lawyer Ben Ginsberg, both Bush family associates; Cox is using pollster Fred Steeper, an old Bush hand, and Ginsberg.

"In other words, the Bush boys are poised to challenge Kieran and Arthur," our corresondent writes of Pirro advisor Kieran Mahoney and his longtime collaborator Arthur Finkelstein.  read more »

But today, Pirro has made her own insider hire: Charles Black as a "senior campaign advisor."

"In addition, Pirro will bring in Mark Miller to serve as senior advisor and manager of all fundraising and Chris Mottola to handle television advertising," the press release says.

"Looks like we're going to be raising federal money," Governor George Pataki began telling supporter  read more »

We just couldn't resist piling on our embattled Governor in this week's issue, tracing his path from an apparent revival a couple of months ago -- when he was telling backers that he was starting to raise "federal money" -- to the current mess.

You'll be glad to learn that the Patakis' personal economic development policy apparently includes an office park...in Georgia. And that somehow a few New York State contractors turn up among the tenants.  read more »

"I don't think it's premature for an obituary," Baruch's Doug Muzzio told us, reflecting a growing consensus. "Forget it. The guy is not going to be President."

Based on our conversation yesterday with Pataki advisor Kieran Mahoney, we feel confident that he will consider both Muzzio and the authors of the article morons.

The Republican National Convention hasn't started yet, but Governor George Pataki may already have w  read more »

To the outside observer, it looked as if Roger Stone was merely running Independence Party candidate  read more »

Bill Bratton's prospective run for Mayor next year has unleashed a monsoon of threats from Mayor Rud  read more »

Westchester County District Attorney Jeanine Pirro is seriously considering leaving her post and ent  read more »

Hillary Clinton, meet the man you nearly had to face in next year's New York Senate race: Gov.  read more »