For getting the lowest approval rating in the 30-year history of the Marist College poll.
What a great day for the Democrat political party machine in New York State to know that our citizens think that the Democrat Governor is not doing a good job running the show.
This from the New York Post:
Call him “Gov. Unpopular.”
A Marist College poll [...]

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An ad titled “Every Single Day” has been having some astonishing effect. The ad explains that if you started spending a million dollars a day, every single day since Jesus was born, you would not spend more money than Ex-President-Elect Obama’s stimulus bill.  This ad was focus group polled by Frank Luntz, who found that [...]

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It was reported by New York Times that President Obama had offered the Russian government a deal to stop missle defense in exchange for stopping Iran from its drive to nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles.  Sounded pretty good, this was the thing Mr. Obama had ran on and as a result of winning the election [...]

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Malcolm Smith. Senate Majority Leader, said yesterday he won’t even consider critical funding for Upstate highway and transit projects, even as state government wrstles with a new financing plan for NYC’s mass transit that could include billions of dollars in new taxes and tolls.
From the Politicker:

ALBANY—With at least two Democratic state senators saying they won’t [...]

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This certainly didn’t take long — according to the Politicker — the Governor said yesterday speed in spending stimulus money was more important than deliberation — rejecting concerns that there should be regional balance in any spending.
From the Politicker:
ALBANY—David Paterson is maintaining his emphasis on speed  when it comes to spending the stimulus funding, noting the [...]

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I just saw the article in this morning’s Democrat and Chronicle.  Look at Mayor Bob Duffy’s quote :
Mayor Robert Duffy said there was little doubt what Lightfoot should do if guilty, but added that the councilman’s “career in office should take a back seat to getting his life back on track.”
What!?  Willie better issue another [...]

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I’m not sure which Lightfoot is the bigger loser — City Councilman and thrice convicted DWI’er John, or his cousin Monroe County Legislator Willie.
Clearly, John Lightfoot has a problem. He violated probation for his 3rd DWI with another DWI that injured another driver and he’s going to spend a week in jail before hopefully finding [...]

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It’s too bad that it took a story by Albany Times Union reporter James Odato and obvious public outcry to get Democrat Governor David Paterson to pay back the over $23,000 in public taxdollars he spent so he, his wife and five government staffers could go to Washington for the inauguration.
From Odato’s story (bold is mine):
Gov. [...]

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