Caroline Kennedy Meets With Syracuse Mayor Matt Driscoll My lady of Camelot, I know I speak for all respectable persons residing in the outer provinces when I say how deeply shocked we are by the offensive manner in which your ladyship was received by that pack of louts who badgered you with impertinent questions during [...]

She doesn’t want to be involved in the “Stop Caroline” campaign in any way, and she’s making that crystal clear. From Politico: Prominent Clinton supporters, including Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.), union leader Stuart Applebaum and fundraiser Robert Zimmerman, recently expressed skepticism about the choice, suggesting that Clinton’s supporters would see naming Kennedy — a crucial [...]

Oh, thank you, my lady of Camelot. I know I speak for all of your loyal subj…er…supporters in New York when I say how pleased we are that you have seen fit to govern us, as indeed, you should. Yes, we mark ourselves as fortunate to have one of your noble grace and bearing willing [...]

It’s official. She wants it. And frankly, it could be refreshing to have somebody who hasn’t been a diehard political operative in that seat. From Politico: Her move raises the pressure on New York Governor David Paterson either to choose her or to select someone else soon, as Kennedy’s rivals for the seat have already [...]

Former President Kennedy daughter has thrown her very expensive hat into the ring for New York’s soon-to-be-vacant Senate seat: Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of an American political dynasty, has decided she will pursue the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, a person told of her decision said Monday. The decision came [...]

I find this news a bit puzzling, especially coming from the left wing of the Democratic party. Maybe they want Andrew Cuomo instead? And to the point of liberals being a bit too vocal too early, here’s Steve Hildebrand about this today… This is not a time for the left wing of our Party to [...]

She has said she wasn’t interested numerous times, but I can’t help but think that getting into the family business at this time in history is too attractive to pass up. From ABC: The crazy speculation about Hillary Clinton’s Senate seat may not be so crazy after all. A Democrat who would know tells ABC [...]

Not that this was ever really a realistic scenario, given that he’d have to give up his jet setting lifestyle to do a thankless job…but this was speculation we just couldn’t pass up. From CNN: Responding to such speculation, Clinton spokesman Matt McKenna tells CNN that “it’s completely false. President Clinton is excited to expand [...]

The ailing Citigroup is being fairly targeted for their spendthrift ways. From NY Times: In 2006, Citigroup signed a 20-year, $400 million contract to name the Mets’ new stadium in Queens Citi Field. As recently as last week, the troubled financial-services conglomerate said it had no intention of backing out of the deal for the [...]

79 electoral votes here for the Illinois senator. Moving on…

(UPDATE: Both campaigns rejected the offer because they don’t want to limit it to just one network. Hmmm…) Now this is a pretty brilliant move… The guy who has some of the deepest pockets in the world, and could be a VP for either candidate, wants to use that leverage. From Politico: New York Mayor [...]

Bravo to Governor Patterson for saying New York should recognize gay marriages from other states, but this has obviously made A LOT of social conservatives angry and they’re not going down without a fight. First, Patterson’s reasoning… Paterson issued a memo earlier this month saying that gay New Yorkers who marry where it is legal [...]

Watch this time lapsed video. It’s hypnotic. More from the New Yorker: White has the security-camera videotape of his time in the McGraw-Hill elevator. He has watched it twice-it was recorded at forty times regular speed, which makes him look like a bug in a box. The most striking thing to him about the tape [...]

No surprise. There was really no other option. In case you missed the wall-to-wall coverage on every news channel, here’s the story. Even though I didn’t always agree with Spitzer, I’m sorry to see this. He inspired a lot of people. His fall will just add to the general cynicism many have towards politics and [...]

In reading blog coverage and comments about the Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal, I’ve gotten the sense that there are a lot of people who think this is no big deal. The underlying assumption is the either prostitution is not worth enforcing or that this particular case should be a private matter for the Spitzer family. [...]

He was caught as part of a federal investigation and has already apologized – wife by his side. Many are calling on him to resign from his position as governor of New York. Prostitution is a good deal worse than having an affair, and Spitzer wasn’t just picking up women on the street. He was [...]

More good news for the Clinton camp, but we’ll see how the delegate count shakes out. Bottom line, Clinton has won big in the Northeast.

First the national poll from Gallup, which shows that last week Clinton was up by 16 points. Now the gap is 6 points. Clinton 42% (-2) Obama 36% (+3) Edwards 12% (-2) Then Kennedy’s endorsement has helped Obama in Massachusetts… A Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of the Massachusetts Democratic Presidential Primary finds Hillary Clinton attracting [...]