Nan Hayworth Watch
- Hall gives Rangel donations to charity - Times Herald-Record March 10, 2010
- Orange Bureau Confidential: Middletown teen earns spot in state poetry finals - Times Herald-Record March 4, 2010
- Political notes - Mid-Hudson News March 3, 2010
- NY senators back reconciliation on health-reform bill - Times Herald-Record February 28, 2010
- 'A sisterhood of mommy patriots' hosts Congressional candidate - The Photo News February 20, 2010
- 'A sisterhood of mommy patriots' hosts Congressional candidate Nan Hayworth - Warwick Advertiser February 19, 2010
National Politics
Slasher co-opts Obama’s message for his campaign
Hiram Monserrate is a former NY State Senator who was convicted of assaulting his girlfriend. Afterwards, Monserrate was was expelled by the State Senate. Now he's trying to make a political comeback using President Obama's logo and slogan. We must stop him. »
Vanderhoef wants a Senate run; should he resign as Exec?
Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef has dropped his bid for State Comptroller and is now mulling a run for the Senate. Yet another diversion by Vanderhoef is bad news for Rockland as he is again more concerned about career advancement than the the tough job at hand. »
Obama White House Accepting Public Comment on Tax Reform
Wondering what happened to candidate Obama's chief economic advisor Austan Goolsbee? Since the inauguration, he's been quietly tucked away at PERAB, Obama's economic recovery board, busily crafting proposals to reform the tax code, create green jobs and invest in infrastructure, healthcare and manufacturing. But Obama is now asking everyone to contribute ideas for fixing... »
Maddow, Olbermann coming to FIOS in Rockland
MSNBC and it's popular political programs such as The Rachel Maddow Show, Morning Joe, and Countdown, are coming to Verizon's FIOS service in Rockland County. This is big news for progressives and liberals in the area. FIOS subscribers have either have had to go without the popular news channel, or those wanting to subscribe... »
Harold Ford, Jr. vs. the facts
Harold Ford, Jr. might be running for the Senate, but he's also running from the facts. Ford has been unapologetically against women's reproductive rights in the past as well as being with the far-right on many other issues. »
It’s time to fire Tim Kaine
DNC Chairman Tim Kaine has lost three critical Democratic elections in three tries. And he lost those elections—including the Governor's seat he vacated—to Michael Steele, the incompetent RNC chair. Why can't Kaine win? Because he forgot that the Democratic base is progressive and they're not inclined to support center-leaning Democrats. »
Is Steve Levy really switching to the GOP?
The Republicans on RedState.com are calling the GOP a "growth industry" in the North East, as they're already dancing beneath the goalposts over their supposed win today in blue Massachusetts. They're now just short of predicting that Democratic Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy will be switching parties in his run for the Governor's seat.... »
OFA Calls for Interns
Formerly Obama For America, the President's former campaign apparatus turned activism-outreach program is seeking student interns to work a minimum of 12 hours per week for OFA's 2nd year of grassroots community organizing in support of President Obama's agenda. You can get college credit and valuable experience. »
Ball drops out of NY-19 congressional race
Greg Ball announced Saturday that he's abandoning his campaign for the 19th Congressional District seat held by Rep. John Hall, and will run instead for the New York State Senate. »
The importance of partisan politics at the local level
I often hear that political partisanship has no place in local politics. I'm told that we should chose candidates based on local issues, and not their political affiliation. But the truth is, political divisions are inherent in all political discourse and partisanship at the local level is much better than the alternative. »
