Another Reason For “Rich” Dollinger to Not Run For Senate
Liz Benjamin had an interesting post on the new feud between state Senate Democrats and the Working Families Party. This should be of concern to Rich Dollinger. According to Benjamin:
To start with, they risk being abandoned by a key ally, the Working Families Party. The outfit’s top players are furious with the Senate Dems’ refusal to back up Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on the so-called millionaires tax.
In a heated conference call last Friday, officials of the labor-backed party deemed Senate Minority Leader Malcolm Smith a “disappointment” and asked whether continuing to help him would be a waste of time. The party has played a big role in bringing the Democrats to within spitting distance of wresting the Senate chamber from Republican hands. [Read more →]

I recently had a conversation with a young friend who expressed his displeasure at the lack of conservative candidates in this presidential election cycle. His feeling, shared my many on the right, is obviously that John McCain is not a “real” conservative. I’ve heard this sentiment from many conservatives in the past few months - from high profile squawkers like Rush Limbaugh and James Dobson to rank and file folks in my everyday life. I’m more than a little sympathetic to their complaints. I myself have spent no small amount of mental energy since the New Hampshire primary trying to come to terms with the reality that John McCain will be the Republican (and by extension, conservative) standard bearer for 2008.