ALBANY—Senator Kisten Gillibrand is calling for two Republican colleagues to remove their hold on the confirmation of John McHugh to be secretary of the Army.
McHugh cleared a senate committee earlier this month, but the body recessed until September without acting on his nomination after Sam Brownback and Pat Roberts placed a hold Read More
Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Sam Brownback of Kansas—who endorsed Mr. McCain after abandoning his own run for the presidency—and John Thune Read More
But that guessing game assumes that Mr. Brownback, who in polls was statistically indistinguishable from Duncan Hunter, had any meaningful support in the first Read More
“I’ve enjoyed watching these fellas,” he finally managed, after stumbling for something sufficiently light-hearted to sat, “But I gotta admit: it was starting Read More
But on the eve of his declaration on Sept. 6, there was more evidence that the biggest x-factor in the G.O.P. race is not from Tennessee. The eight non-Thompson candidates debated Read More
The former Massachusetts Governor was at it again on the morning of Sunday, Aug. 5, when, hours after a new Washington Post poll confirmed his front-running position in Iowa, the nine Republican presidential candidates Read More
Thank God for the Ames Republican Presidential Straw Poll. It’s probably not the healthiest expression of democracy – the right to vote costs 25 bucks, with campaigns typically gobbling up chunks of tickets and handing them out to participants who might not be anywhere near Iowa come next January’s caucuses – but it sure gets Read More
Via the miracle of fiber optics, the Politicker is coming to you today from the relatively balmy state of South Carolina, the locale of this politicker's birth. The big news here today is the death of another native son, James Brown--the story takes up the entire front page of the local newspaper, The State. Read More
Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan's widow, Elizabeth, was puzzled
to learn that her husband's name had been cited in the Senate debate over gay marriage. Republican Senators Sam Brownback of Kansas and John Cornyn of Texas are the New Yorker's unlikely new acolytes. "Senator Moynihan also wrote that 'the principle objective of American government at every level Read More
