The Most Competitive Democraties Ever...
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Anthony Bialy in
Erie County, Kook Left, NY State Government, The Skyway on
03 7th, 2010 |
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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...
Holiday Miracle: Slaughter, Conservative...
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Anthony Bialy in
Buffalo, Campaign 2008, Campaign 2010, Commentary, Economy, Erie County, Federal Government, House of Representatives, News, U.S. Senate, White House on
12 28th, 2009 |
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It’s nice to agree with your congressperson every so often. Concurring with one’s representative makes one feel, well, represented. That’s true even if accord happens for some as rarely as seemingly every area of the country except Buffalo gets walloped with Christmas-week snow. Anything...
Hope for Non-NY 23 Conservatives...
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Anthony Bialy in
Amherst, Breaking News, Buffalo, Campaign 2009, Campaign 2010, Commentary, Erie County, NY-20, NY-26, NY-27, NY-29 on
11 4th, 2009 |
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Imagine if the National Republican Congressional Committee had supported Doug Hoffman from the start. Instead of throwing money at a left-winger who remained on the ballot after she quit and repaid the organization by endorsing her erstwhile Democratic foe, Hoffman would be running for re-election...
Gipper > Craig...
Craigslist is like representative democracy in Western New York: it’s a great idea in principle that often frustrates in reality. Just as it’s disheartening being led or represented by individuals such as Louise Slaughter, Byron Brown, or every aggravating soul in the Erie County Legislature who...
A Revealing Encounter With Rep. Louise S...
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Matt in
House of Representatives on
11 13th, 2008 |
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Jim over at Opinerlog had an interesting encounter with Rep. Louise Slaughter yesterday:
Following the usual pleasantries and before the festivities were underway, I asked Louise what she thought about Sen. Schumer’s characterization of conservative talk radio as “pornography”, and...
NY-26: Slaughter Says Jack Davis and Jon...
A WROC-TV has a story noting the nastiness of the NY-26 Democratic primary with a revealing quote from Rep. Louise Slaughter:
And so the race has gone. Two Democrats, who can hardly resist taking a jab at the other. The Buffalo News wrote an editorial, saying the two men are too ready to do anything...
Democrats Representing WNY Share Blame F...
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Matt in
Energy on
07 29th, 2008 |
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This says it all.
Nearly all of the Democrats representing Western New York — including Sens. Charles E. Schumer and Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Reps. Brian Higgins of Buffalo and Louise Slaughter of Fairport — share in the blame for the deadlock because they are in the majority, and either back...