So it’s tempting to greet the latest proposed overhaul of the Democratic primary calendar, this one authored by Florida Senator Bill Read More
So it’s tempting to greet the latest proposed overhaul of the Democratic primary calendar, this one authored by Florida Senator Bill Read More
According to Councilman Michael McMahon, the fact that the Democratic Party on Staten Island has never nominated a candidate of color isn't a sign of bias. That was the implication yesterday from the campaign manager of an African-American Assembly candidate, Kelvin Alexander, who lost the Democratic nomination and is now running against the party-backed Read More
Mr. Spitzer could be waiting for other large states to make their move before Read More
Democrats will no doubt hail the non-binding resolution just passed in the House of Representatives as another victory towards forcing the administration to change its course in the war. Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey sees the non-binding House resolution opposing the Iraq troop increase as a defeat for the Democrats. Discussing the 246 to Read More
In this week's (stunningly attractive!) redesigned Observer, I wrote about a plan from the Spitzer people to panic Republicans Senators into defecting to the Democrats. The idea would be not only to install a friendly majority in the Senate but to diminish the influence of Sheldon Silver, who has emerged as Spitzer's Moriarty-type nemesis Read More
I just got off a conference call with Senator Biden, much of which focused on today's story. At first he was asked about the validity of his comments attacking the other candidates in the Democratic Party. "I believe I was quoted accurately, but they weren't meant to take shots," he said. "I was responding Read More
Speaking of Chuck Schumer, here, after some ado, are a few passages from his new book. "One of the open secrets in Washington is that senators of the same party and same state rarely get along. Hillary and I are both ambitious hard working politicians who occasionally step on each other's toes. We Read More
You don't have to run for president to sell books. Take Chuck Schumer, who on February 22 will make an appearance at the New School to publicize his new offering, Positively American: Winning Back the Middle-Class Majority One Family at a Time. The recently ordained political guru of the Democratic Party will talk Read More
Chuck Schumer, politician, campaign guru and fund-raiser extraordinaire, is now also officially an author. From "Positively American," the senator's 270-page offering which is scheduled to show up in stores later this month, we'll get his take on the Democratic Party's appeal and the Supreme Court, among other things. Schumer has said that he is not Read More
The Democrats' domestic agenda items "suggest that they're picking selected fights rather than going for wholesale change." Hillary Clinton ducked a question about whether Barack Obama is experienced enough to be president. When asked about 2008, Clinton told reporters to worry about the next two days, two weeks and two months instead Read More
William Samuels, Democratic donor, semi-retired businessman and son of three-time gubernatorial candidate Howard Samuels, sat in one of the Victorian parlors of the National Arts Club on a recent Thursday, looking like a boy who was showing off his stamp collection. His eyebrows were furrowed, his eyes excitable, and from the rushing whiz of his Read More
Here's a memorable quote from a speech yesterday by newly elected state Democratic Party chair June O'Neill, explaining her unusual path to power: "You know, there's an old saying, if you ever see a turtle on a fence post, you know she didn't get there by herself. So, speaking as the turtle on the fence Read More
"Best shape we've been in in modern history." That's how outgoing state Democratic Party chairman Herman "Denny" Farrell just described the state party's condition at the end of his five-year tenure. (For the record, that's slightly different from how newly-elected party co-chair David Pollak, sees it.) In a speech to party leaders at the Read More
Now that most of the electoral goals of the state Democratic Party have been accomplished, it's sort of an open question when it comes to the direction Eliot Spitzer will want to go in when he weighs in on the selection of the new chair. Here's an interesting piece of speculation from one informed Read More
