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August 20, 2001
New World Order

Wake up! Campaign-finance reform has made a contender of gadfly George Spitz as well as Alan Hevesi; term limits have given us the most hotly contested races in years.

August 27, 2001
Over the Rainbow

Talk of a black-Latino coalition to put Fernando Ferrer in Gracie Mansion presumes an African-American voting bloc that may not, in fact, exist.

January 10, 2005
Chair War

Who can lead the Democratic Party out of the wilderness? As it turns out, many claim they can—all pointing in different directions.

April 11, 2005
Is Freddy Ready?

Yes, Ferrer is up in the polls. But so was Mark Green. Being an old-school Democrat gets you only so far. Closing the sale is the hard part.

November 1, 1999
Unchartered Territory

Though the typically immovable mayor backed off his effort to block Mark Green by changing the city charter, the revised proposal still makes for bad public policy.

January 19, 1998
Whose Life Is It, Anyway?

There might be something, after all, to Woody Allen's insistence that his art isn’t imitating his life: Lately, in fact, it seems to be imitating Philip Roth's.

June 12, 2000
Not Enough Lip

At least with Rudy we knew the race would be about more than Hillary's address; but in their bland scrabble for the middle, Rick and Hill are tough to tell apart.

May 21, 2001
Slave Trade-Off

Don't accuse Al Sharpton of grandstanding in Sudan; the anti-slavery mission was the real thing. But back at home, he can't seem to resist hijacking the mayoral race.

September 10, 2001
Après Moi, le Déluge

For Giuliani, the mayoral election is all about his legacy. And who could make him look better than Peter Vallone?

January 15, 2001
Pay It Forward

The GOP lost the election, even if it took the White House. Instead of being bitter, every liberal member of Congress should remember the mandate is ours.

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