Kirsten Gillibrand- The Buffalo Bean

Posted by Matt in Campaign 2010, Featured Articles on 06 2nd, 2010 | No Comments

Time to unite. The former Congressman Rick A. Lazio emerged as the Republican Party’s preferred candidate for governor at an often raucous convention in Manhattan on Wednesday, dealing a fatal blow to the efforts of Steve Levy,the Suffolk County executive, to become the nominee of a party he joined...

Posted by Matt in Campaign 2010, Economy, Featured Articles, Federal Government, Media, NY State Government, corruption on 04 8th, 2010 | Comments Off

There’s good news for anyone worried that sanctimonious disgrace Eliot Spitzer learned lessons and improved himself since he joined the Emperors Club: he hasn’t changed at all. Yep, he’s still as contemptible as ever. I hate to even give attention to someone who most people hoped would enjoy...

Lazio Clobbers Levy In New Poll...

Posted by Matt in Campaign 2010 on 03 22nd, 2010 | 2 Comments

NY GOP Chairman Ed Cox may be trying to handpick the party’s gubernatorial nominee, but a new Marist Poll shows that Empire State Republicans are thinking for themselves. Looking ahead to the election for Governor, If the Republican primary for Governor were held today, who would you vote for...

Posted by Anthony Bialy in Erie County, Kook Left, NY State Government, The Skyway on 03 7th, 2010 | 3 Comments

Expanding the Best Picture Oscar field to 10 entrants may water down the field. But some competitions feature a plethora of worthwhile candidates. Take trying to pick the Best New York State Democrat. The academy that’s in charge of issuing the Democraties ™ would have to permit a similarly...

Blue + Brown = Red...

Posted by Matt in Buffalo, Campaign 2010, Economy, Erie County, News on 01 24th, 2010 | Comments Off

Barack Obama wants something. Scott Brown doesn’t. Brown wins. Yes, last week’s special election provided the most awesome result of all time. But it could delightfully be topped. The one thing more fun for conservatives than the phrase “Republican Senator Number 41″...

A Massachusetts State of Mind...

Posted by Matt in Campaign 2010, Featured Articles on 01 21st, 2010 | 2 Comments

Well everyone, for the past week or so, I have been fully absorbed in the U.S. Senate Special Election in Massachusetts, helping Scott Brown get elected. I devoted my blogging time to my Massachusetts blog, Hub Politics, which experienced a tremendous surge in traffic in the last weeks and days of Brown’s...

Rudy Endores Lazio, Won’t Run For ...

Posted by Matt in Campaign 2010 on 12 22nd, 2009 | Comments Off

Today, Rudy Giuliani will not only announce his endorsement of Rick Lazio for governor, but apparently announce that he will not run for the U.S. Senate against Kirsten Gillibrand. Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani is expected to announce Tuesday he is not running for U.S. Senate or anything else in 2010, effectively...

Rudy To Run For U.S. Senate?...

Posted by Matt in Campaign 2010, U.S. Senate on 11 19th, 2009 | 2 Comments

Nothing confirmed yet (last I heard), so this is probably a trial balloon. That said, I really hope it is true. Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani has decided against running for governor, but is strongly considering running for U.S. Senate instead, sources told the Daily News. The Republican heavyweight was...

A Pataki Comeback?...

Posted by Matt in Campaign 2010, U.S. Senate on 09 21st, 2009 | 3 Comments

Back in February, I blogged about reports that former governor George Pataki had been approached about running for the U.S. Senate. This idea was mocked by one local left-wing blogger, who said that he could state with confidence that “no one has any fear of Pataki running for statewide office,”...

Posted by Anthony Bialy in Campaign 2010, Federal Government, NY-20, U.S. Senate on 09 16th, 2009 | Comments Off

Politics didn’t change Kirsten Gillibrand, but a new job did. She became a company woman once since she was assigned to stand for in the Senate; that’s different that how she acted while representing only New York’s 20th Congressional District in the House. Unfortunately for her, she may have just...

Posted by Matt in Federal Government on 06 2nd, 2009 | 1 Comment

I never believed the the federal stimulus plan would have any long term benefit to the economy. It didn’t take long for Obama’s bogus promise that the stimulus would prevent the unemployment rate from going above 8 percent to be proven wrong. But, seriously, if the money is supposed to...

Gillibrand’s Left-Wing Makeover...

Posted by Matt in NY State Government, U.S. Senate on 04 20th, 2009 | Comments Off

Michael Goodwin at the New York Daily News reports that Kirsten Gillibrand, the conservative Democrat appointed by Governor Paterson to fill Hillary Clinton’s vacant Senate seat, is learning that diversity is not a virtue of her party, as she is flushing her moderate and conservative views down...

Pataki For U.S. Senate?...

Posted by Matt in Federal Government, U.S. Senate on 02 19th, 2009 | 1 Comment

An AP source says that former Governor Pataki has been approached about running for the U.S. Senate in 2010: The head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee approached former Gov. George Pataki this week about running for the U.S. Senate in 2010, according to a person who spoke to Pataki about...

Posted by Matt in Federal Government, U.S. Senate on 01 22nd, 2009 | Comments Off

The Daily Gotham says David Paterson has picked Kirsten Gillibrand (D-20) to replace Hillary Clinton in the U.S. Senate…