Adam Brickley, the man who led the charge to draft Sarah Palin onto the Republican ticket in 2008, has begun a campaign to draft conservative author Amity Shlaes to run against Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand in New York. (more)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Rep. Gabrielle Giffords condition is improving and she is now in serious condition at a hospital after being shot in the head about a week ago. (more)
I was moved and touched by the Arizona memorial service on Wednesday night. In part by President Obama’s speech, but a bigger part was the surrounding cast of women. Governor Brewer’s hopeful speech and Secretary Napolitano’s reading from the Old Testament. The miraculous story of Congresswoman Giffords opening her eyes for the first time during a visit from her friends Senator Gillibrand and Congresswoman Wasserman Schultz. (more)
Well, it didn’t take long. The Republican Party was handed an historic opportunity with women. For the first time since the advent of exit polling data in 1982, women voters favored the GOP in the 2010 election. A rather shocking occurrence given that just two short years ago, President Obama had a 14-point advantage with women. What does the GOP do with this historic opportunity? Blow it! (more)
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov.-elect Andrew Cuomo says he’s against trying the professed mastermind of the Sept. 11 terror attacks in his state. (more)
A look of the key races in the 50 states: (more)
NEW YORK (AP) — Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Republican rival Joe DioGuardi clashed over health care, terror trials and each other’s trustworthiness in their first campaign debate Friday. (more)
Of the midterm races with interesting Tea Party components, here’s the latest: (more)
Could a Republican really win Hillary Clinton’s old Senate seat in New York? (more)
Before running for the U.S. Senate this year, West Virginia Republican businessman John Raese had run — and lost — three statewide campaigns for office. (more)
The news Tuesday that the Connecticut Senate race is edging close to a dead heat was bad news for Democrats looking at the national map. (more)
If the women at the feminist group The New Agenda do not hear an apology soon from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for his “sexist” comment, he will be facing more than just a few frowning fems. (more)
WASHINGTON – Two stunning new polls show appointed first-term Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand with a race on her hands – and one has her clinging to a one-point lead over Republican Joe DioGuardi. (more)
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) tweeted Monday afternoon that she had just spoken with Lady Gaga, who has been lobbying the Senate ahead of Tuesday’s vote on a defense authorization bill that includes a repeal provision for “Don’t ask, don’t tell” (DADT). (more)
If one is an activist, political guru or just one that watches the daily goings-on in our nation’s body politic, one has surely noted the political gamesmanship (especially pervasive from the left) that takes place on a daily basis. (more)
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had an unusual form of praise for New York’s junior senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, this morning at the fundraiser Mayor Bloomberg hosted for him at his townhouse – referring to her as “the hottest member” as she sat just a few feet away, according to three sources. (more)
Vivia Morgan, an Independent who’s challenging Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand for Senate in New York, is among the politicians this election cycle whose hard drive appears to lack an edit feature. (more)
NEW YORK (AP) — As vulnerable congressional Democrats weigh how to respond to President Barack Obama’s statements on Muslims’ right to build a mosque near ground zero, those in New York and closest to the controversy are staying silent or scrambling away. (more)
Well Charlie: you’ve disappointed me, and while I may not be one of your close, personal, friends, I was offering you some friendly advice in my last missive when I urged you to fight these scandalous charges against you from the comfort & safety of The Dominican Republic. (more)
NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s Democratic political establishment came out in force for embattled U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel on Wednesday, packing a sold-out fundraiser to praise Rangel’s service to the city and state over a 40-year career recently tainted by ethics charges. (more)
