Oy. Eliot Spitzer, the crusading governor of New York, is stepping down following his ensnarement in the investigation of a high-profile prostitution ring. His lieutenant governor, David A. Paterson, is set to take over the helm in Albany — which would make Paterson just the third elected black governor since Reconstruction.* We wonder: what are Read More
The New York Times is reporting that Eliot Spitzer, the first-term governor of New York, has been linked to a prostitution ring as a client. Spitzer’s whole steez as New York’s A.G. was based on ‘cleaning up’ Wall Street and ethics reform. UPDATE: It turns out he was caught in a wiretap. Oy. ALBANY – Read More
Erich Rauchway, a history professor in California and one of our buddies over at the very dope blog egdeofthewest, drops some knowledge in a New York Times article that asks that very question.
(photo courtesy NBC) I used to be a pretty big fan of The West Wing, hokey as it could be. And ever since Barack Obama announced his run, I kept thinking of how similar he seemed to Matt Santos, the fictional Democratic congressman played by Jimmy Smits who was running for president. At the Democratic Read More
There are four politicians who are always hit with that label: Senator Barack Obama. Newark Mayor Cory Booker. Congressman Harold Ford, Jr. Washington D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty. Or is that just a coincidence?
You will fail. Bet money.
Outside of the Hillary-is-a-bitch reference, we thought this was pretty cool.
Nah, We’re playing. Just more fun with delegates. YAY! Anyone with a brain could see that if the DNC went through with its threat, voters there would be disenfranchised. Had the NAACP and other groups gone after the state legislators then, we wouldn’t be in this position now. And with Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Read More
After murking Hillary Clinton in Tuesday’s primaries, The New York Times is reporting that Democrats are saying Barack Obama’s lead among delegates may be too much for Hillary to make up, even if she takes Ohio and Texas in March and Pennsylvania in April. Clinton has been calling for the DNC, helmed by Howard Dean, Read More
