A group of powerful Senate Democrats is urging leadership today to repeal the federal anti-trust exemption that insurance companies have enjoyed for more than six decades. In a letter to President Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), the Democrats More…
Jonathan Martin’s smart report on Harold Ford Jr.’s baffling campaign for a Senate seat in New York includes a memorable swipe from Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.)
If he thinks that its an appealing argument to position yourself as being somebody who will stand up to Harry Reid
The National Republican Senatorial Committee — which, so far, has been struggling to find any challenger to appointed Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) — is attempting to make an issue out of a frothy story about Sen. Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) tiff with a female flight attendant while Gillibrand remained mum. More…
There is no joy today for New York political reporters. Media-savvy, blunt-talking Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) has passed on a 2010 run for the Senate against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), who was appointed in January to replace now-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.). King’s terrifically honest about his decision. More…
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) got off to a rocky start in her relationship with her state’s Hispanic community, but on the day President Obama nominated Judge Sonia Sotomayor to be the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice, Gillibrand wants you to know she recommended Sotomayor for the job.
When New York More…
Chicago Sun-Times columnist Lynn Sweet writes today that Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.), who occupies President Obama’s old seat, recently told her he believes his experience and knowledge of both Illinois and Washington have helped him adjust to his new job.
“I am right on course,” Burris told Sweet, who reports that Burris More…
I don’t know how seriously to take Republican candidate Jim Tedisco’s ballot challenges in New York’s 20th Congressional District special election when his campaign is pulling stunts like this as absentees are combed over:
When Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s absentee ballot came up in the queue, the poll watchers for
?Over the weekend, Steve Greenberg turned on his TV to watch college basketball and was treated to something that’s become unavoidable in his part of the country: a new ad for the special election in New York’s 20th Congressional District. This More…
The big news for national Democrats in the new Marist University poll of New York voters is the Senate trial heat.
If the 2010 election for U.S. Senate in New York State were held today, whom would you support?
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D) – 49 percent
Rep. Peter
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