NY to Rudy: Help!

While most New Yorkers spent the Fourth of July holiday with family and friends, every member of the state Senate was hauled back into the Capitol for yet another special session to figure out yet another solution to the ongoing Senate leadership crisis. While dysfunction continues, upstate New York suffers disproportionally. My home district’s state senator, Roy McDonald (R-Saratoga Springs), published an excellent piece in the area’s Saratogian newspaper yesterday, laying out the ramifications of the Senate power-struggle for upstate New Yorkers in particular: A good place to start would be the day the standstill began. Downstate Senate leadership was prepared to ...

The Palin Ploy: My Respectful Dissent to “Another Dead Horse”

Yesterday my faithful compatriot rj bemoaned the fall from glory of another Republican. I could actually feel his heart breaking in the tone of his voice. Why wouldn't it be? The past eight months have been rough for Republicans all over this country. Instead of recovery and a renewed invigoration, we have for the most part seen an weak and unorganized party with plenty of infighting to boot with the Frum led Neo-Cons attempt to take over the GOP while the Reaganauts favor a movement back to the roots of conservatism. The recent escapades of the Governor ...

NY to Rudy: Help!

While most New Yorkers spent the Fourth of July holiday with family and friends, every member of the state Senate was hauled back into the Capitol for...

The Palin Ploy: My Respectful Dissent to “Another Dead Horse”

Yesterday my faithful compatriot rj bemoaned the fall from glory of another Republican. I could actually feel his heart breaking in the tone of his voice....

It’s (Almost) A Race In New Hampshire

Good news for New Hampshire Republicans has come out of the New Hampshire Union Leader <a href=”http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=AG+Ayotte+resigns%3b+eyes+Senate+run&articleId=21957806-a45d-4ac6-8166-bdd0c18e6281″>today</a>-...

Another Dead Horse Around the Waterhole…

There are times where I cannot help but feel like I’ve led many equines to water, and they die of thirst. This happened quite frequently in my college...

Pawlenty: The Real Winner in Minn. Senate Race

The Minnesota Supreme Court has awarded the Senate seat to Al Franken and Norm Coleman has conceded the race. Yet there is a more important story: the...

Democracy in Albany 2

The past week and a half in Albany has been one for the history books. Not because of any major legislation the Republicans would’ve introduced after...