I have some reflections on the belated passage of same-sex marriage legislation in New York. The two most important are that 1)the belief that achieving policy victories through legislation will insulate them from backlash is silly, and 2)while the arc of history might bend toward...
New York politics
Shorter Verbatim William C. Duncan: "What remains to be seen now is whether the people of New York will look kindly on the legislators who ignored them, listening instead to.
Looks like the vote will finally pass. Outstanding! At lease one member has unexpectedly switched to a "yes"; once the logjam has been broken you'd think some GOP members would.
Sadly, it's not like anybody else's arguments against SSM are much better.
It will be interesting to see the Pain Caucus try to rationalize away this one. Personal to Dems: voting to get rid of Medicare to fund upper-class tax cuts is.
I'd say New York's latest teabagger hero isn't ready for prime time, but it's more like he isn't ready for the 2 AM slot on public access. My guess is.
I applaud the strategic acumen of the New York Republican Party, granting the consequences of a fluke win would be particularly horrible.
You may remember that forgotten-but-not-gone GOP hack Rick Lazio attempted to resurrect his long-dead political career by fomenting hatred about the Burlington Coat Factory community center. Amusingly, this was not.
As one of our commenters noted at the time, one reason to be outraged by Spitzer's actions is that he ended up sticking us with this mope. And unlike Reid,.
Paterson not running for re-election as governor. Apparently, it's a long way down responsibility road.One thing worth noting is that, while it will get much less attention (especially nationally), the scandal that seems to have ended Paterson's political career would in any rational world be...
I had pretty much given up hope that Monserrate would be expelled, because it's almost impossible for the New York legislature to get a majority vote for any good outcome,.
Harold Ford. I continue to hope he runs; watching him trying to win a closed Democratic primary in New York -- against an incumbent Senator with a strong upstate base!.