Often when candidates debate for the first time, they have a tendency to play it cautious for fear of making a mistake or seeming too much like an attack dog.
That was not the case at last night's comptroller debate, with both Tom DiNapoli and Harry Wilson going at each other from the opening statements, as Read More
"I love the way you read the papers," said one elderly lady roaming the halls of TheTimesCenter, an event space adjacent to The New York Times offices on Eighth Avenue in midtown, after the Democratic attorney general primary debate ended last night.
She was talking to NY1 morning news anchor Pat Kiernan, who moderated the Read More
We will be liveblogging the Reshma/Maloney debate
The first question is about a fundraiser that Maloney with members of the financial servives industry while FinReg was passing.
Maloney said that the fundraiser was scheduled long before FinReg began making her way through Congress.
Responded Maloney: My opponent is financed by Wall Street. I support campaign finance reform. And Read More
The attorney general candidates (minus Kathleen Rice) gathered for (what seems like) the 87,242nd debate this primary season at the cramped studios of the public access station Manhattan News Network.
The event was sponsored by the city's ethnic and foreign language press, and there were few surprises, except when a reporter from the Chinese language daily Read More
For months, Reshma Saujani's campaign has been trying to get Carolyn Maloney to debate. Yesterday, Maloney accepted. Now the Saujani campaign isn't so sure.
"We need a debate that will be seen by voters in the district," said Saujani campaign spokesman James Allen.
Maloney agreed yesterday to a debate that will be hosted by WWRL, but, Read More
The Reshma Saujani campaign is continuing to try to lure Carolyn Maloney out onto the debate stage.
The most recent impetus is an interview Maloney did with WNBC's Melissa Russo yesterday in which the long-time Upper East Side Congresswoman said that, "my staff is talking to her campaign staff" about setting up a debate.
Responds Saujani campaign Read More
Democratic primaries are dominated by labor unions and liberal-leaning voters, but the five Democrats vying to become the state's next attorney general made their case to New York's business community this morning at the Crain's Breakfast Forum. And all tried to tailor their largely liberal policy agenda into something that would ultimately benefit the Read More
Two former candidates from last year's city elections, plus a Democratic operative, got into a back and forth exchange on my Facebook page when I asked readers who were the winners and losers from the health care vote last night.Alex Zablocki, a Republican who ran for public advocate, said, "we already have health insurance Read More
Here's the livestream of debates between a number of congressional candidates in the Hudson Valley, including freshman Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand versus Republican Sandy Treadwell.
Thank you Glens Fall Post Star!
UPDATE: Watch the video here.
On the heels of Pastor Rick Warren's widely praised performance as the moderator of the recent faith-centric forum between Barack Obama and John McCain, Michael Schaffer argues in The New Republic that presidential debates, in general, might benefit by barring journalist-moderators from the stage.
"Since the debut of televised presidential debates in 1960, the Read More
The debate over debates – or more precisely, the debate over joint appearances – has begun this year earlier than ever.
Both John McCain and Barack Obama are months away from formally cementing their respective parties’ nominations, but that didn’t stop McCain from proposing a series of 10 town hall-style forums featuring both candidates over the Read More
But it is Mrs. Clinton who has the big lead, both in New Hampshire Read More
