Weiner Bill To Bring More Security $$$ To NYC

Written by John DeSio on February 12, 2007. Posted in Politics, Posts

Congressman Anthony Weiner is introducing a bill today that would change federal policy on anti-terror funding, decreasing the number of cities eligible for high risk anti-terror funding from the current 46 to just 15. Had Weiner’s bill been in effect last year, New York City would have picked up at least $49 million more in
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Does Everyone Love Rudy?

Written by John DeSio on February 12, 2007. Posted in Politics, Posts

Yes, if these polls are accurate. Another poll of New Hampshire Republicans was released this morning, and former Mayor Giuliani has retained his commanding lead of Arizona Senator John McCain in likability 56-32. As for who they would vote for, voters have them tied at 27% each. Democrats were also polled, and were found to
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Conservative Anger At Rudy Rears Its Ugly Head

Written by John DeSio on February 9, 2007. Posted in Politics, Posts

The influential National Review is editorializing about Rudy Giuliani today, parroting the accepted general wisdom that the former mayor lacks the conservative credentials to win real support from the right during the presidential primaries. Sure, he might have been a great manager, but his positions on abortion and civil unions will kill him in the
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Where Can A Christian Democrat Turn?

Written by John DeSio on February 9, 2007. Posted in Politics, Posts

Ben Smith, lately of The Politico, has an excellent piece up on the fallout from the John Edwards blog scandal. With Edwards defense of the two bloggers and his failure to fire them from his campaign following bizarre comments about the Immaculate Conception, prominent Christian Democrats now feel slighted and worry that the room for
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The Carrion/Obama Partnership Never Was…

Written by John DeSio on February 8, 2007. Posted in Politics, Posts

…if tomorrow’s event schedule is any indication. Last week, Crain’s published a report from someone close to Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion’s inevitable 2009 mayoral campaign indicating that Carrion and Bronx Democratic Chairman Jose Rivera were lining up behind Senator Barack Obama and against hometown favorite Senator Hillary Clinton. Carrion’s unnamed aide went on to
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No One Knows Rudy’s Past

Written by John DeSio on February 7, 2007. Posted in Politics, Posts

A new Gallup Poll released today shows that while the conventional wisdom indicates that Republican voters will shy away from the socially moderate views of former Mayor Rudy Giuliani in a primary, those same voters might not even be aware of his history on social issues. The poll finds that most Republicans and right-leaning independents
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Report: ATF Investigating Bloomberg

Written by John DeSio on February 7, 2007. Posted in Politics, Posts

According to a letter posted on the website of the Second Amendment Foundation, Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s blind purchases of firearms as part of an investigation into illegal gun dealers last year is under investigation by the bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF). The letter indicates that the ATF is actively investigating whether or not
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Who’s Flippin’ Who?

Written by John DeSio on February 7, 2007. Posted in Politics, Posts

Why is this man smiling? Because last night he took one more step towards the (eventual) Democratic takeover of the State Senate. With Craig Johnson’s defeat of Maureen O’Connell in yesterday’s special election in Nassau, Democrats now just need to pick up two more seats to take control of the legislative body and make State
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Gore’s Quiet Momentum

Written by John DeSio on February 6, 2007. Posted in Politics, Posts

Though he has not even hinted at a possible run for for presidency in 2008, former Vice President Al Gore is making an awful lot of noise these days. Nominated for both an Oscar (a real accomplishment) and a Nobel Peace Prize (a meaningless nomination anyone can get) on the strength of his global warming
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Giuliani’s Gun Dilemma

Written by John DeSio on February 6, 2007. Posted in Politics, Posts

Not content with throwing water on the presidential ambitions of Mayor Bloomberg, the gun industry has now set its sights on Rudy Giuliani. The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) is accusing Giuliani of flip-flopping on gun control, favoring now a more Republican friendly position while in the past holding a more liberal view. "Recent remarks
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