Of all the days to be busy at work.  Sorry this took so long but I’ve finally had a chance to review the results of the Siena College poll of the six Senate Races they’ve been following.  I’m not an expert on this stuff but here is my take. No doubt, most of these elections [...]

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With prospects of Senate passage of HR 6899 dim and anticipating a Bush veto if it were, yesterday the Dems dropped their bid to extend the 1981 offshore drilling ban which expires on September 30th. A singular victory for American consumers and a tribute to the dogged determination of the Republican minority on the Hill. [...]

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The Siena Poll was released this morning.  Joe Robach is up 11 points — according to Siena College info:  56th SD – Monroe County – Joseph Robach (R, incumbent) vs. Richard Dollinger (D) Robach leads Dollinger 49-38 percent.  While Robach holds 78 percent of Republicans and gets the support of one-third of Democrats, Dollinger has [...]

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We at monroerising.com have indicated in previous posts that the Cat Whisperer, Democratic Assemblyman and party chairman Joe Morelle has earned our grudging respect for his work with the local Democrat Party.  While I don’t agree with most of his politics, this morning I found myself in complete agreement with his comments on the front page [...]

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I’ve written about my fondness for Philbrick over at www.mustardstreet.blogspot.com many times.  In fact a few friends say I sound like a giddy school girl when I write about him.  I’ve lifted this clip form him on Joe Bidden talking about how Franklin Roosevelt handled the 1929 stock market crash when he was President.  The [...]

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