Republican strategist Matthew Dowd said on Sunday that people are so angry at the Democrats, they’re willing to vote for candidates that may seem beyond the political pale, like Delaware’s Christine O’Donnell. But if Carl Paladino, the outspoken and controversial Buffalo millionaire running for New York governor, was counting on that formula working for him [...]
Republican Carl Paladino may still be drawing support from voters who describe themselves as angry, but Democrat Andrew Cuomo is building a big lead in their race for governor that will be difficult, if not impossible, to overcome, according to a Quinnipiac University poll conducted Oct. 1-5. You’ll remember that Quinnipiac was the pollster that [...]
All the bizarre highlights (lowlights?) and moments from Anderson Cooper’s interview with Assistant Michigan Attorney General Andrew Shirvell, who is targetting a gay college teen named Chris Armstrong on his blog, including drawing swastikas on pictures of him, and Cooper’s interview with Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox. Among the hilarity, Shirvell repeatedly refers to “political campaigns,” although nobody involved in this situation is in a political campaign of any kind. Midweek Politics with David Pakman is a nationally syndicated talk radio and program. 24/7 Voicemail Line: (219)-2DAVIDP www.midweekpolitics.com http www.facebook.com www.twitter.com feeds.feedburner.com
Buffalo millionaire Carl Paladino stunned the Republican establishment in New York by beating its candidate for the gubernatorial nomination, and the latest surprise is how close he is to Democrat Andrew Cuomo in a new Quinnipiac University poll on the gubernatorial race. Cuomo, the state’s attorney general who has been regarded as a prohibitive favorite [...]
A sub-theme of the GOP’s 2010 midterm election strategy is that Democrats have become corrupt — that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s plans to “drain the swamp” were just talk. The ethics woes of Reps. Maxine Waters and Charlie Rangel have strengthened the argument, and its possible another name may be added to the list. BigGovernment.com [...]
Conservative Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and liberal labor leader Andrew Stern don’t come to mind as natural partners. But they are on a joint mission to trim the nation’s $625 billion defense budget. Former Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming, co-chair of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, dropped word of the unusual [...]
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