Friends, I have recently been thinking about this whole mayoral control conundrum. As interesting as I’ve found it that Mayor Duffy, David Gantt and Joe Morelle were able to agree on a mutual plan to reward their supporters and create a whole new level of patronage; the fact that the unions have vowed to withhold [...]

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Friends, I found this clip from an interview County Democrat Party Chair Joe Morelle did with City Newspaper in December last year.
Anyone you think would be a good candidate for the 2011 county exec race?
I think we have a number of potential candidates. The one who comes to mind the quickest is the mayor. I [...]

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Friends, I learned today that our Senior Senator for the State of New York disrespects women.  On a flight back to Washington from New York City, he called a female flight attendant a “bitch.”  To make matters worse, he said it to his seat mate…the Junior Senator for the State of New York, Kirsten Gillibrand.  [...]

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Friends, just a quick post here, I won’t analyze this due to time constraints.  I’ll leave it to Cinci, Mr. P and the rest of the crew to describe the impact of this Politico story by John F. Harris.
“Presidential politics is about storytelling. Presented with a vivid storyline, voters naturally tend to fit every new event [...]

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Friends, I noticed in yesterday’s Democrat & Chronicle that the non-profit organization Action for a Better Community has received $8 million in federal stimulus funds.  Here is the article:
Agency gets $8M grant
Action for Better Community announced Monday that the agency will receive more than $8 million in stimulus funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment [...]

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Friends, I know its been awhile since I last posted here on MR, but I felt it was important to log back on a share a few post election thoughts.
On a national level, I cannot believe how badly the Republican party once again screwed up a New York Congressional Election.  On June 30th, I wrote [...]

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Friends, we’ve known for quite awhile the Madame Speaker Nancy Pelosi is crazy.  But I submit to our readership that she is losing touch with reality.  For the San Fran Nan, there has always been a casual relationship between herself and truth.  However, it seems as if shes about to go off the deep end.  Pelosi [...]

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Friends, my adoration for “Morning Joe” host and former Republican Congressman Joe Scarborough is no secret.  However, today another national publication has come out and touted Joe Scarborough presidential candidacy.  The Huffington Post’s Andy Ostroy wrote a column saying that Scarborough candidacy is possibly the worst thing the Republicans could do politically to President Obama’s reelect [...]

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Friends, while local Democrat party officials love to claim that they believe voters should have a choice in our local elections, it seems that they are only talking about having a choice when the incumbent is a Republican.  When it comes to local Democrat officials, well, they deserve a free pass.
The Democrat & Chronicle reports today [...]

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Friends, with news yesterday that the White House is trying to drop the “public option” provision of the Congressional Health Care Bill, the liberals are crying foul and rallying the troops around socialized medicine.  Across the liberal media, the squawkers have been tearing the President, the man they wished to hold a coronation for over [...]

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