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February 26, 2010

Reports: Paterson Giving Up Election Campaign
— DrewM

Looks like NY's accidental Governor is going to drop his election bid, which he officially announced only last week.

Gov. David Paterson has told Democratic leaders that he won't seek election to a full term amid a roiling scandal over whether he and his troopers intimidated a woman who'd reported domestic violence against one of his top aides, The Post has learned.
Paterson communicated his intentions to top advisers and supporters, saying he'll make an announcement today, multiple sources said -- confirming a Post report.
Paterson, who took over the state's top spot when Eliot Spitzer resigned after it was disclosed that he had sex with a prostitute, is expected to say he won't resign.
Just last night Paterson said he intended to continue his campaign, which he launched this past weekend. But he also said he would talk to fellow Democrats about his future.

I guess they told him what everyone already knew...he was dead man walking before the recent scandal hit and that being caught up in allegations of intimidating a possible victim of domestic abuse wasn't exactly going to help.

My guess is he will still wind up having to resign before all is said and done.

What's this mean for Republicans? Not much in terms of the Governor's race. Andrew Cuomo, who will be investigating Paterson now, will still win the Democratic primary and Rick Lazio will still get steamrolled by him.

It might help on the margins in some suburban state Senate districts that were formally held by Republicans but lately have been going to the Democrats. Retaking the state Senate in '10 and holding it in '12 will be very important as NY goes through its redistricting process, especially since NY is likely to lose at least one House seat.

Posted by: DrewM at 06:33 AM | Comments (109)
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1 I wonder where Rahm was yesterday. When did Paterson get the dead fish?

Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at February 26, 2010 06:36 AM (otlXg)

2 I think this is all set up to distract from yesterday. This is the Friday headline.

Posted by: Mjim at February 26, 2010 06:37 AM (V8B//)

3 Even he could see the handwriting on the wall here....

Posted by: laceyunderalls at February 26, 2010 06:38 AM (pLTLS)

4 Lazio needs to subtly but clearly link the entire NY Dem establishment to Patterson/Spitzer, et al. As was recently said here, don't blame voters for their past Dem-zombie behavior, but give them a way to repent.

Cuomo will win NYC, but an upstate and NYC Suburb strategy can bear fruit.

Posted by: ParisParamus at February 26, 2010 06:38 AM (bN5ZU)

5
I didn't see that one coming.

Posted by: Ouch at February 26, 2010 06:39 AM (UA4gE)

6 Blinky Paterson lied on his resume for openers, there's a big difference between Assistant DA and Assistant to the DA. He's a cheatin', lyin' pussy hound. Just like his ex-boss. Now he doesn't have to answer about the Aquaduct Raceway no-bid contract scandal.

Posted by: Pecos Bill at February 26, 2010 06:39 AM (8WOM0)

7 Blinky Paterson lied on his resume for openers, there's a big difference between Assistant DA and Assistant to the DA.

No there's not!

Posted by: Dwight Schrute at February 26, 2010 06:41 AM (VuLos)

8 (I thought "pussy hound" was part of the AoS lifestyle?)

Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 26, 2010 06:42 AM (mR7mk)

9
So how long ago was the Democratic machine pushing this guy to drop out?

And he refused to drop out.

Then shit hits the fan.

Makes a feller wonder. Don't it?

WELCOME TO CHICAGO!

Posted by: Dang at February 26, 2010 06:42 AM (UA4gE)

10 The Chicago Way.

Posted by: toby928 at February 26, 2010 06:43 AM (PD1tk)

(I thought "pussy hound" was part of the AoS lifestyle?)

Nah.

Out: poon

In: cuddling.

Go figure.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at February 26, 2010 06:43 AM (pLTLS)

12 8 (I thought "pussy hound" was part of the AoS lifestyle?)

To be one of those, doesn't one have to at least "score" once in a while?

/If that's the case, then maybe it's an optional part of the AoS lifestyle?

Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at February 26, 2010 06:44 AM (otlXg)

13 So, let me see if I get this right. The NYT is willing to destroy democrats they don't like? hmm.

Posted by: Ben at February 26, 2010 06:44 AM (wuv1c)

14 Rahmbo unavailable for comment.

Posted by: Jane D'oh, cold and cranky at February 26, 2010 06:44 AM (UOM48)

15 8 (I thought "pussy hound" was part of the AoS lifestyle?) Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 26, 2010 10:42 AM (mR7mk) Yes, if your definition of "pussy" is 98 lb weakling.

Posted by: FreakyBoy at February 26, 2010 06:45 AM (Q41Zh)

16 I don't think the fish bothered him, but the horse's head in the bed probably influenced his decision a tiny bit.

On a serious note, can't the NY Republican party scrape up anybody better than Rick Lazio? I mean seriously, the guy who let himself be sand bagged by Hillary Clinton? They gotta be able to do better than that...

Posted by: Nighthawk at February 26, 2010 06:46 AM (OtQXp)

17 Never saw it coming?

Posted by: ThackerAgency at February 26, 2010 06:47 AM (HhRUR)

18 What the NY Times demands, the Dems give.

Why isn't this RACIST?

Cause Joos run the Times and EVERYONE knows a Joo can not be a RACIST.

It's in the Koran, or something, snark.

Posted by: Kemp at February 26, 2010 06:48 AM (qvT/A)

19 See, a wink IS as good as a nod!

Posted by: Rod Stewart at February 26, 2010 06:48 AM (BFqyO)

20
It's in the Koran, or something, snark.
Posted by: Kemp

The Koreans are not Joos! Idiot.

Posted by: Dang at February 26, 2010 06:50 AM (UA4gE)

21 He should have stayed in. He could have won with community organization. Even a blind hog can find ACORN if he roots long enough.

Posted by: nickless at February 26, 2010 06:50 AM (MMC8r)

22 in related news, the new season of SNL will have an excuse to run only Patterson sketches and neglect any obama ones.

Posted by: Ben at February 26, 2010 06:50 AM (wuv1c)

23 I guess it took two days for him to resign, because the braille edition of the Times just arrived this morning.

Posted by: Kemp at February 26, 2010 06:51 AM (qvT/A)

24 Zee blind pig, she find zee truffle!

Posted by: Nicky Sarkozy at February 26, 2010 06:52 AM (BFqyO)

25 On a serious note, can't the NY Republican party scrape up anybody better than Rick Lazio?

Dede Scozzafava's available. *heh*

Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 26, 2010 06:53 AM (mR7mk)

26 The Koreans are not Joos! Idiot.

Tell that to my dad, asshole.

Posted by: Longwang Goldberg at February 26, 2010 06:54 AM (qvT/A)

27 (I thought "pussy hound" was part of the AoS lifestyle?)

Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 26, 2010 10:42 AM (mR7mk)

That's skirt-chasing cooch-hound, if you please. Harrumph!

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 26, 2010 06:54 AM (ypGDY)

28 Mighty nice family you have here. Be a shame if something happened to it, ya know?

Posted by: Barry "Knuckles" Sotero at February 26, 2010 06:54 AM (tafgh)

29 Perhaps it is time for the Tea Party Movement to challenge the MSM and publish a weekly newspaper of some sort with things as they are not things as they hope they would be. If they could fund it and give it out for free, with the truth, to reach those not on the internet, then perhaps the MSM might be forced to clean up its act?

Posted by: curious at February 26, 2010 06:55 AM (p302b)

30 The good news is, he and Roman Polanski will both be free to go chase pussy in Switzerland.

Posted by: Hatchet Five at February 26, 2010 06:56 AM (tafgh)

31
26 The Koreans are not Joos! Idiot.

Tell that to my dad, asshole.

Posted by: Longwang Goldberg

Sorry, Mr. Goldberg. I couldn't see the hat with all that crazy-ass hair.

Posted by: Dang at February 26, 2010 06:57 AM (UA4gE)

32 25 On a serious note, can't the NY Republican party scrape up anybody better than Rick Lazio?

Dede Scozzafava's available. *heh*

Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 26, 2010 10:53 AM (mR7mk)

*FACEPALM*

Posted by: Nighthawk at February 26, 2010 06:57 AM (OtQXp)

33 Obama finally got a win. Against a fellow Dem no less

Posted by: Dude at February 26, 2010 06:57 AM (4C8y0)

34 Cuomo will win NYC, but an upstate and NYC Suburb strategy can bear fruit.

Posted by: ParisParamus at February 26, 2010 10:38 AM (bN5ZU)

Please find a strategy that can defeat that worthless cocksucker; even my lib friends hate him.

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 26, 2010 06:58 AM (ypGDY)

35 Are there any strong republicans in NY? Or, have they all been effectively neutered by the democratic machine? How does Peter King survive?

Posted by: curious at February 26, 2010 06:58 AM (p302b)

36 (I thought "pussy hound" was part of the AoS lifestyle?)

Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 26, 2010 10:42 AM (mR7mk)

Only for the single morons. I'm informed that for us married types it is *not* part of the lifestyle.

Posted by: Hatchet Five at February 26, 2010 06:58 AM (tafgh)

I didn't see that one coming.

Me neither

Posted by: Gov. David Paterson at February 26, 2010 07:00 AM (QrA9E)

38 Cuomo represents another dynasty. although his dad never ran for the presidency as was rumored. On the financial blogs, usually embedded among the threads, are comments about Cuomo's stint as HUD secretary during the clinton years. Those guys seem to allude to this as thoguh there is some important information there that others aren't seeing.

Posted by: curious at February 26, 2010 07:00 AM (p302b)

39 Meanwhile...

Al Gore gets a slap down at Apple shareholders meeting

Posted by: Mjim at February 26, 2010 07:02 AM (V8B//)

40 I dunno, I kind of liked the guy.

Posted by: Ike Turner at February 26, 2010 07:03 AM (LfSli)

41 OT, but biggest news of the day (month?): Carly Simon has revealed the target of "You're So Vain".

Posted by: Countrysquire at February 26, 2010 07:06 AM (xPe5J)

22 in related news, the new season of SNL will have an excuse to run only Patterson sketches and neglect any obama ones

Is there life west of the Hudson? Stay tuned.....details at 11:00.

SNL is so fucking parochial anyway. Like any of the rest of us out here in flyover land give a fuck about their 'inside baseball' skits.

Posted by: pendejo grande at February 26, 2010 07:07 AM (ZZf1e)

43 38 Cuomo represents another dynasty. although his dad never ran for the presidency as was rumored. On the financial blogs, usually embedded among the threads, are comments about Cuomo's stint as HUD secretary during the clinton years. Those guys seem to allude to this as thoguh there is some important information there that others aren't seeing.

Posted by: curious at February 26, 2010 11:00 AM (p302b)

Found this on Cuomo's time at HUD:

http://tinyurl.com/ye4wj25

Apparently he helped inflate the housing bubble, among other things...

Posted by: Nighthawk at February 26, 2010 07:11 AM (OtQXp)

The thing is, this is just the result of the democrat machine no longer covering for the guy. I'd think it was a setup, but if the dems were able to pull setups like that, they'd do it to republicans as well. Which leads to a question: Just how much dirt is the dem machine sitting on? Considering the amount of corruption in government, it's horrifying to think that's just the less serious stuff they don't bother trying to cover up.

Throw Washington DC into the Sun, and then nuke the Sun from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

Posted by: Cautiously Pessimistic at February 26, 2010 07:13 AM (pZEar)

45 OT, but biggest news of the day (month?): Carly Simon has revealed the target of "You're So Vain".

Posted by: Countrysquire at February 26, 2010 11:06 AM (xPe5J)

She's just trying to sell a record. It was about Beatty, everyone knew it was about Beatty. It was never any damn secret. Pretty sad way ti milk a career.

Posted by: Rocks at February 26, 2010 07:14 AM (Q1lie)

46

Big bus wheels keep on turnin', proud Barry keep on burnin'.

Posted by: Blazer at February 26, 2010 07:14 AM (t72+4)

47 Well, according to Rasmussen anyway, Obama did himself no favors yesterday. It is fortunate for our side that this man is not as bright as Clinton and refuses to learn from his mistakes. Of course, I am sure CNN will come out with one of their famous "flash polls", giving democrats a 27 point sampling advantage, to tell us that Obama was a HUGE success yesterday and Republicans are the Devil.

Posted by: Bill Mitchell at February 26, 2010 07:16 AM (kEBiX)

48 I saw a great idea for a campaign slogan for November: "Vote Republican, The Party of Know"

Posted by: Bill Mitchell at February 26, 2010 07:17 AM (kEBiX)

She's just trying to sell a record. It was about Beatty, everyone knew it was about Beatty. It was never any damn secret. Pretty sad way ti milk a career.

Posted by: Rocks at February 26, 2010 11:14 AM (Q1lie)

She says it was about David Geffen, head of Elektra records at the time.

Posted by: Dwight Schrute at February 26, 2010 07:17 AM (VuLos)

50 sock off

Posted by: Tami at February 26, 2010 07:17 AM (VuLos)

She says it was about David Geffen, head of Elektra records at the time.

Posted by: Dwight Schrute at February 26, 2010 11:17 AM (VuLos)

Did that turn him into Teh Ghey? And yes, what a pathetic way to get your name in the headlines.

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 26, 2010 07:21 AM (ypGDY)

52 Throw Washington DC into the Sun, and then nuke the Sun from orbit.

That'll clear up that pesky global warming, too.

Cuomo represents another dynasty.

His daughters have the sacred Kennedy DNA. Schumer better look out.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 26, 2010 07:23 AM (mR7mk)

53 Obama givs Cheney a phone call.

Posted by: Mjim at February 26, 2010 07:24 AM (V8B//)

54 New York? Who gives a shiat about New York? I'm not the one who just got butt-f*cked on national TV!

Posted by: John McClane at February 26, 2010 07:25 AM (TJoID)

55 Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 26, 2010 11:23 AM (mR7mk

Looks like a dem/lib power struggle and BO is on the side of Cuomo and not the spitzer faction. So guess the kennedy thing makes sense, he joined the kennedy dynasty by default. Remember Patterson refused to appoint caroline.

Posted by: curious at February 26, 2010 07:26 AM (p302b)

56 wonder where bill and hill fall in the power struggle? Are they with spitzer or cuomo?

Posted by: curious at February 26, 2010 07:27 AM (p302b)

57 Wonder what GWB and Cheney talked about at their meeting yesterday in Virginia? Heard it in the car on ABC news yesterday afternoon.

Posted by: curious at February 26, 2010 07:28 AM (p302b)

Fucking amateurs!

Posted by: Clinton's Troopers at February 26, 2010 07:29 AM (ucq49)

59 Obama givs Cheney a phone call.

Posted by: Mjim at February 26, 2010 11:24 AM (V8B//)

Oh good God...did you read some of the comments there? Moonbat central.

Posted by: Tami at February 26, 2010 07:29 AM (VuLos)

60 Beck has tape of him being named at an American communist meeting as a danger to them. But I think I heard them call him "a fascist horse"? Wish Beck would clarify.

Posted by: curious at February 26, 2010 07:29 AM (p302b)

She says it was about David Geffen, head of Elektra records at the time.

Posted by: Dwight Schrute at February 26, 2010 11:17 AM (VuLos)

Yes, and she is pushing a record. It's total BS.

Posted by: Rocks at February 26, 2010 07:30 AM (Q1lie)

62 Oh good God...did you read some of the comments there? Moonbat central.

No, I didn't even bother... but i just went back and took a look.

No kidding! They are praising the One for being so classy...

Posted by: Mjim at February 26, 2010 07:32 AM (V8B//)

63 No kidding! They are praising the One for being so classy...

I hate to say something positive about JugEars, but it really is a moderately classy move....which tells me that it wasn't Bambi's idea and he most likely made the call while pouting like a toddler in the Oval Office.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 26, 2010 07:39 AM (I/MqP)

They made him an offer he couldn't refuse.

http://tinyurl.com/lpd2ek

Posted by: kansas at February 26, 2010 07:41 AM (sPCho)

65 I hate to say something positive about JugEars, but it really is a moderately classy move....

I agree, it was the right thing to do. But it comes off as superficial at best.

Posted by: Mjim at February 26, 2010 07:44 AM (V8B//)

66 anyone seen my dentures?

Posted by: garrett at February 26, 2010 07:47 AM (oZEYK)

67 Whats the big deal?

Posted by: Bill Clinton at February 26, 2010 07:47 AM (IcwSO)

68 What did O do that was classy?

Posted by: kansas at February 26, 2010 07:47 AM (sPCho)

69 What did O do that was classy?

Obama givs Cheney a phone call.

Posted by: Mjim at February 26, 2010 07:52 AM (V8B//)

70 Bitch set me up.

Posted by: Dave "the Marion" Paterson at February 26, 2010 07:52 AM (DhWT9)

71 That conference was his second tryout for a job in the MSM. The first tryout was when he did a little "play by play" in the booth. Wonder who he will be working for?

Posted by: curious at February 26, 2010 07:53 AM (p302b)

72 71 What did O do that was classy?

Obama givs Cheney a phone call.

Posted by: Mjim

Thanks.

Posted by: kansas at February 26, 2010 07:53 AM (sPCho)

73 "71 What did O do that was classy?

Obama givs Cheney a phone call.

Posted by: Mjim at February 26, 2010 11:52 AM (V8B//)"

If the phone call came after his meeting with GWB then it was to find out what happened in that meeting.

Posted by: curious at February 26, 2010 07:54 AM (p302b)

Obama givs Cheney a phone call.

I don't mean to nitpick but that's not really class. It's protocol.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at February 26, 2010 07:55 AM (pLTLS)

75 I thought Patterson had more of a back bone. Guess BO won, he wanted paterson out and Cuomo in. So he got rid of eliot and then paterson so now he will put cuomo in.

Posted by: curious at February 26, 2010 07:55 AM (p302b)

76 Cuomo will win, Patterson may have lost thanks to whoever set him up for that fall.

Posted by: O'Shea at February 26, 2010 07:56 AM (mhD2v)

77 breaking New Post Obama Appoints SEIU Union Boss Andy Stern to Deficit Commission http://tiny.cc/ulCsm

Posted by: AHFF Geoff at February 26, 2010 07:57 AM (5r0Tz)

78 13 So, let me see if I get this right. The NYT is willing to destroy democrats they don't like? hmm.

Tell me about it.

Posted by: Hillary! Clinton at February 26, 2010 07:58 AM (WjerO)

79 I saw a great idea for a campaign slogan for November: "Vote Republican, The Party of Know"

Posted by: Bill Mitchell at February 26, 2010 11:17 AM (kEBiX)

Me likee.

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 26, 2010 07:58 AM (xxgag)

You morons truly are not deserving of your man cards.

How in the world have you not referenced "The Manhattan Madam"?

None of you are worthy.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at February 26, 2010 07:59 AM (pLTLS)

81 breaking New Post Obama Appoints SEIU Union Boss Andy Stern to Deficit Commission http://tiny.cc/ulCsm

Posted by: AHFF Geoff at February 26, 2010 11:57 AM (5r0Tz)

Does this appointment need senate approval or is he just in?

Posted by: Tami at February 26, 2010 08:01 AM (VuLos)

yeah, he called Cheney AFTER GWB flew here to see him. He realized that he looked like shit and tried to make up for it. He forgot the protocol. And since we know about it, I doubt Cheney told the press, then Obama announced that he had called Cheney.

Sorry no class there.

Posted by: dagny at February 26, 2010 08:02 AM (HaCrJ)

83 83 Oh God, Beck is going to lose his mind. I predict tears. Andy is one of his favorite targets

Posted by: dagny at February 26, 2010 08:03 AM (HaCrJ)

84 OT, and Hilarious: Latest Sarah Palin Speech Opens Seventh Seal

Posted by: Sharkman at February 26, 2010 08:04 AM (Zj8fM)

85 Oops, that was the Sixth Seal.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 26, 2010 08:06 AM (Zj8fM)

86 Does he get to keep any campaign fund raising all ready collected?...sweet!

Posted by: Paladin at February 26, 2010 08:06 AM (H7yeS)

87 #82
Now listen you hoarder of souls! I was trying to watch some Skinemax pron and flip through these posts...

Wow. She looks well-fed and maintained IYKWIMAITYD. Still, I cannot deny my Skinemax wymens. Thanks lacey, I mean, hoarder of souls!

Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at February 26, 2010 08:06 AM (otlXg)

88 Ok a lot of Americans don't want people trading on their name, their dynasty. They want fresh new faces, new people not carrying the baggage of generations in politics.

Posted by: curious at February 26, 2010 08:07 AM (p302b)

89 "84

Sorry no class there.

Posted by: dagny at February 26, 2010 12:02 PM (HaCrJ)"

this is too funny since they appear to be the most paranoid administration ever.

Posted by: curious at February 26, 2010 08:09 AM (p302b)

90 The state govt in NY is doing such a great job, they should keep on voting for democrats.

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at February 26, 2010 08:15 AM (cpuvG)

91 IF Xippy called Cheney, my question is how do we know if Cheney answered?

Posted by: NY Besty Rose at February 26, 2010 08:17 AM (XJ3kL)

92 45

Just how much dirt is the dem machine sitting on? Considering the amount of corruption in government, it's horrifying to think that's just the less serious stuff they don't bother trying to cover up.

Posted by: Cautiously Pessimistic at February 26, 2010 11:13 AM (pZEar)

Is there a democrat-gate in the offing ? When they fall, it will be quick, just like climate-gate.

Posted by: CyclopsJack at February 26, 2010 08:18 AM (a4o2p)

93 Mort Zuckerman own the NY Daily News, guess that's why they piled on with the times.

Posted by: curious at February 26, 2010 08:23 AM (p302b)

94 My friend says that Rangel said something yesterday about "for some of us this is our last term" and then all this stuff about the ethics committee comes out. Do they plea bargain in the ethics committee?

Posted by: curious at February 26, 2010 08:24 AM (p302b)

95 If you live in NY you better make your wishes eminently clear or else the kiddies will be able to get those trust funds if you go in for plastic surgery and get a staph infection. I mean they could say "don't bother to give him/her antibiotics, they've outlived their usefullness to us anyway": "Governor David A. Paterson today announced passage of the Family Health Care Decisions Act (FHCDA). The FHCDA allows family members to make health care decisions, including decisions about the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment, on behalf of patients who lose their ability to make such decisions and have not prepared advance directives regarding their wishes.

Posted by: curious at February 26, 2010 08:30 AM (p302b)

Remember me every time you hear the name Charles Rangel.

http://tinyurl.com/ybwt63r

Posted by: Phil Cardillo at February 26, 2010 08:30 AM (5vrLJ)

97 But yet, with the privacy act, you can't have any information about the relative unless they say you can. so how are these two little items going to work together?

Posted by: curious at February 26, 2010 08:31 AM (p302b)

Rangel said Friday that the ethics report "exonerates" him because it says there is no evidence that he knew the trips were sponsored by corporations. The report said his staff knew who paid for the trips.

In other words, Why don't you just mind your damn business? Nothing to see here.

Posted by: madtechie at February 26, 2010 08:40 AM (5vrLJ)

99 Big surprise, apparently the NYTimes has good blacks (Rangel) and bad blacks (Paterson). "Good blacks" can cheat on their taxes, non-report income and not file disclosures accurately- break the law !....Nothing here move along. Paterson is a "bad black" , after about 2 months of rumors and innuendos, we finally learn that one of his aides could is a bad guy. So let the AG investigate...but like this kind of stuff has never happened before. Paterson may be inept, but the voters seemed to have already figured this out. Job 1 for the NTY is the "crowning" of Cuomo as the anointed governor. I had many more problems with Spitzer and Rangel, both oozed arrogance. NY residents deserve what they get.

Posted by: John at February 26, 2010 08:47 AM (6FYZ6)

100 BLINDSIDED!

Posted by: Unclefacts, Summoner of Meteors, and Buckets of Scorn for the Left at February 26, 2010 08:48 AM (erIg9)

101 An old timer told me that Patterson's dad was Basil Pattterson and all this stuff has to do with stuff with him that goes way way back.

Posted by: curious at February 26, 2010 09:07 AM (p302b)

102 Wonder what GWB and Cheney talked about at their meeting yesterday in Virginia? Heard it in the car on ABC news yesterday afternoon.

Since Cheney can't make it to today's Bush Admin reunion, it might have been a note-taking session and maybe Cheney gave Bush a coffeecake for the gathering.

Posted by: The other 49 states with like 99% of the population at February 26, 2010 09:19 AM (soatC)

103 a sock for another thread, another day

Posted by: arhooley at February 26, 2010 09:19 AM (soatC)

104 41 OT, but biggest news of the day (month?): Carly Simon has revealed the target of "You're So Vain". This is not about ME!

Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama (or Barry as whispered) at February 26, 2010 09:21 AM (CfmlF)

105 Here's something funny I just found by following links on the Cheney story. These notices are all attached to a SINGLE story, and the last one is especially dip-worthy. (Guess the publication!)

Correction: August 28, 2009
A picture caption on Thursday with the continuation of the obituary of Senator Edward M. Kennedy misidentified two of his sisters and omitted a third in some editions. Shown in the picture, of the Kennedy clan in 1934, were front row, from left: Patricia, Rose, Joe (holding 2-year-old Edward), Rosemary, Eunice and Kathleen. (In some editions, EuniceÂ’s name was omitted, and in some editions Rosemary and Kathleen were reversed.)

This article has been revised to reflect the following correction:

Correction: January 3, 2010
An article last Sunday about the death of Edward M. Kennedy in August misstated the length of his tenure in the Senate. He served 47 years, not 46 years. (The error appeared in Mr. KennedyÂ’s obituary and another article, about memories of the Senator, on Aug. 27, and also in an editorial that day. The error was repeated in an article on Aug. 28 about how the Senate had changed during the time he served.) The article also referred incorrectly to the assassination of his brother President John F. Kennedy. The president was assassinated in 1963, the year after Edward Kennedy was elected to the Senate Â— not the same year.

This article has been revised to reflect the following correction:

Correction: January 10, 2010
An article on Dec. 27 about the death of Edward M. Kennedy in August referred incorrectly to the assassination of his brother President John F. Kennedy, and a correction in this space last Sunday erroneously corrected the length of his tenure in the Senate. The president was assassinated in 1963, the year after Edward Kennedy was elected to the Senate Â— not the same year. And as the article correctly reported, Senator Kennedy served 46 years Â— not 47 as the correction said. (The correction also erred in stating that the length of tenure was incorrect in Mr. KennedyÂ’s obituary, in two other articles on Aug. 27 and Aug. 28 and in an editorial on Aug. 28. All four correctly reported the tenure as 46 years.)

Posted by: arhooley at February 26, 2010 09:34 AM (soatC)

106 85: Stern is there to overshadow the appointment of Rivlin.

Rivlin was the first chief of the Congressional Budget Office and was appointed by Jimmy Carter. She was vociferously opposed to Reagan's tax cuts. She is an avowed Keynesian.

She believes in large public debt. She believes in higher tax rates.

Posted by: Quilly Mammoth at February 26, 2010 09:56 AM (m0gY5)

107 I've met Rick Lazio and he is a nice guy who ably will volunteer to run for offices when the GOP has no shot.

The problem is that with a good candidate the GOP WOULD have a shot here, but it's indicative of how badly run the state party in NY is.

Posted by: LikeATimeBomb at February 26, 2010 10:53 AM (mXYsC)

108

The problem is that with a good candidate the GOP WOULD have a shot here, but it's indicative of how badly run the state party in NY is.

The NY-23 race is a good indicator of how bad the party in NY is ran.

Posted by: Vic at February 26, 2010 10:55 AM (QrA9E)

109 #110-111, The NY GOP may be an embarrassment, but I don't think #NY-23 is solid evidence of it.

Moreover, the NY GOP may suck, but in 2010, that doesn't condemn Lazio. Social media, talk radio, InterWeb (generally), and even Tea Party people reduce NY GOP's importance.

The big "?" here is can New Yorkers be awoken from the political coma that causes them to vote "D" no matter what. I think it's possible, but it's not that clear to me.

Posted by: ParisParamus at February 26, 2010 11:51 AM (GgR+e)

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