The New York Attorney General has decided to stay put in her current position as the city's highest law enforcement officer.
(Buffalo News) — Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl P. Paladino maintains he was only politically incorrect — not racist — when he forwarded a series of e-mails to friends that, among other things, used the N-word and portrayed President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama as a pimp and a hooker. Those e-mails, however, follow a […]
(Washington Examiner) — A new poll puts former Maryland governor Bob Ehrlich in a statistical dead heat with Democratic Gov. Martin O’Malley, driven by a growing disaffection among Democrats. Ehrlich, a Republican, won 47 percent of votes compared with O’Malley’s 46 percent in a Rasmussen telephone survey of 500 likely Maryland voters. Five percent said […]
(Atlanta Journal Constitution) — Double-digit unemployment has all the candidates for governor this year touting plans to create jobs and attract new business to the state. Many of them want to use the tax system to give breaks to companies that hire or to potential investors. Virtually all of them talk about working to attract […]
(NYT) — Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo, declaring his candidacy for governor of New York, could not have been clearer. “The influence of lobbyists and their special interests must be drastically reduced with new contribution limits,” Mr. Cuomo said last month. “We will be taking on very powerful special interests which have much to lose. We […]
(Amsterdam News) — It is official: City Councilman Charles Barron has just announced that he is going to run for governor. In order to defy what the former Black Panther called the “Republicrats,” on Thursday, June 17, Barron will throw down the gauntlet to the Democratic Party and gubernatorial candidate Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. Evidently, […]
(NYT) — Councilman Charles Barron provided details Monday of his plans to begin aprotest bid for governor, and blasted Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomoand the Democratic Party for putting together an all-white statewide ticket. Mr. Barron, a black leader with a knack for stoking controversy, said he would begin a petition drive to create a new party, the New York Freedom […]
(Atlanta Journal Constitution) — The lousy economy and a crowded field of candidates has made it tough for those running for governor in Georgia to raise money heading into the July 20 primary. The scarce cash could change how the race is run.