Blog Posts Tagged: early and often

Posted 07/02/09 in Daily Intel

Early and Often

Joe Biden Is in Iraq

[Insert foot-in-mouth joke here.]

Filed Under: early and often, iraq, joe biden, politics

Posted 07/02/09 in Daily Intel

Early and Often

Congress Takes a Lot of Working Vacations

Also, the White House staff doesn't earn that much, but their quality of life probably isn't too shabby.

Filed Under: barack obama, congress, early and often, jobs that are cushier than ours, nancy pelosi, obama administration, politics, white house

Posted 07/02/09 in Daily Intel

Early and Often

If Maloney Doesn’t Run, Ahmadinejad Wins

New York should take a page from Iran?

Filed Under: campaigns, carolyn maloney, early and often, elections, kirsten gillibrand, politics

Posted 07/01/09 in Daily Intel

Early and Often

Gloria Steinem Backs Cy Vance for Manhattan District Attorney

One of the founders of modern feminism isn't backing Leslie Crocker Snyder, who hopes to be the island's first female D.A.

Filed Under: cyrus vance, early and often, gloria steinem, leslie crocker snyder, manhattan district attorney, politics, robert morgenthau

Posted 06/30/09 in Daily Intel

Early and Often

Minnesota Supreme Court Rules Al Franken Winner of Senate Race [Updated]

And yet he is still not quite a senator.

Filed Under: al franken, early and often, minnesota, norm coleman, senate

Posted 06/30/09 in Daily Intel

Early and Often

Obama Tells Gays to Be Patient

"I know that many in this room don’t believe progress has come fast enough," the president told a group of gays and lesbians yesterday. "And I understand that."

Filed Under: barack obama, defense of marriage act, don't ask don't tell, early and often, gays, politics

Posted 06/29/09 in Daily Intel

Early and Often

State Democrats Gear Up for 2010 and Beyond

As Paterson contemplates a deal with the devil, Senate Democrats get some good news.

Filed Under: albany, charles o'byrne, david paterson, democrats, early and often, politics, roger stone

Posted 06/25/09 in Daily Intel

Early and Often

Rick Lazio Running for Governor, Wants to Abolish Senate

Or, more accurately, merge it with the Assembly.

Filed Under: albany chaos, campaigns, early and often, elections, hillary clinton, politics, rick lazio, rudy giuliani

Posted 06/24/09 in Daily Intel

Early and Often

Dick Cheney’s Book Deal: $2 Million or More

But it's not going to be about settling grudges. Because he's not about that.

Filed Under: books, dick cheney, early and often, politics

Posted 06/18/09 in Daily Intel

Early and Often

Hillary Clinton Falls, Fractures Elbow

It's time for that age-old game: Who Threw a Banana Peel in Front of the Secretary of State!

Filed Under: early and often, hilllary clinton, politics

Posted 06/17/09 in Daily Intel

Early and Often

Obama, Taken to Task on Gay Issues, Takes Token Step Forward

He'll provide some benefits for some same-sex partners of federal employees.

Filed Under: barack obama, early and often, gay rights, gays, politics

Posted 06/16/09 in Daily Intel

Early and Often

Obama Trying to Cleanse New York of Republicans

He "dangled" the job of ambassador to Ireland in front of congressman Peter King.

Filed Under: barack obama, early and often, john mchugh, peter king, politics, rahm emanuel

Posted 06/14/09 in Daily Intel

The New Clintonism

The Good Soldier: Hillary Clinton As Secretary of State

She has turned herself into Obama’s greatest asset, on Capitol Hill as much as around the world.

Filed Under: barack obama, early and often, foreign policy, hillary clinton, politics, the new clintonism

Posted 06/10/09 in Daily Intel

Early and Often

Paterson on Senate Snafu: ‘This Is Getting a Little Ridiculous’

The governor railed against both parties for not "acting like adults."

Filed Under: albany coup, albany!, david paterson, dean skelos, early and often, malcolm smith, politics

Posted 06/10/09 in Daily Intel

Early and Often

GOP State Senator: Let’s Hire a Locksmith!

Breaking into the State Senate chamber is just the latest awesome plan out of Albany.

Filed Under: albany coup, albany!, early and often, george maziarz, john samson, malcolm smith, politics

Posted 06/09/09 in Daily Intel

Early and Often

Chris Smith: What Will the City Get Out of the Albany Shake-up?

That's what we need to be asking ourselves.

Filed Under: albany coup, albany!, dean skelos, early and often, hiram monserrate, malcolm smith, mayor bloomberg, pedro espada, politics

Posted 06/09/09 in Daily Intel

Early and Often

Pedro Espada Was Maybe Mad at Democrats for Not Letting Him Give Money to His Friends

In the months leading up to yesterday's coup in Albany, top members of Espada's party refused to earmark funds for organizations tied to him that they couldn't prove were real nonprofits.

Filed Under: albany coup, albany!, early and often, malcolm smith, pedro espada, politics