Copyright 2008 Latest Politics | The New York Sun Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:29:37 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog webmaster@latestpolitics.com en-us Russell Berman http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog/2008/04/gop-official-wright-will-not-be.html http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog/2008/04/gop-official-wright-will-not-be.html Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:29:37 EST With a rebuke of state party officials for using Senator Obama's former pastor in a television ad, the Republican National Committee and the McCain campaign are beginning to define what will be fair game in a general election match-up with the Illinois senator. A Republican official involved in party strategy told The New York Sun this morning that the party does not expect to use Rev. Wright in ads against Mr. Obama this fall if he wins the Democratic nomination. "I don't foresee a case where Josh Gerstein http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog/2008/04/nazi-skinheads-for-mccain.html http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog/2008/04/nazi-skinheads-for-mccain.html Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:21:00 EST A political group registered last week with the Internal Revenue Service, "Nazi Skinheads for McCain 2008," is aimed at skewering the presumptive Republican nominee, not backing him, an organizer said yesterday. "I'm not a Nazi skinhead. I'm not a McCain supporter, either," an unemployed software designer from Jacksonville, Fla., Kier O'Neil told The New York Sun Tuesday. "I'm kind of a disaffected Republican. I would rather have pretty much anybody in office than to have a Republican back in Russell Berman http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog/2008/04/which-clinton-pastor-was-obama.html http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog/2008/04/which-clinton-pastor-was-obama.html Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:15:00 EST In a moment of last night's Democratic debate that hasn't drawn much attention, Senator Obama struck back against Senator Clinton's criticism of his former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, by noting that her "former pastor" had publicly stood up for Rev. Wright. "But what I should also point out is that Senator Clinton's former pastor publicly talked about how Reverend Wright was being caricatured and that, in fact, this is somebody who had maintained an extraordinary ministry for many years," Mr. Russell Berman http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog/2008/04/clinton-backer-says-of-mccain-its.html http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog/2008/04/clinton-backer-says-of-mccain-its.html Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:02:15 EST WASHINGTON — A prominent backer of Senator Clinton, Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, veered a bit off-message when introducing her this morning in Washington, saying in regard to Senator McCain that the presidency is "no old man's job." Mr. Murtha, a congressman since 1974, noted that he had served with seven presidents and said they "all get older" during their time in office. "This one guy running is about as old as me," the 75-year-old lawmaker said of Mr. McCain, 71. "Let me tell you: Josh Gerstein http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog/2008/04/hoffa-penn-demotion-not-good-enough.html http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog/2008/04/hoffa-penn-demotion-not-good-enough.html Sun, 6 Apr 2008 23:09:35 EST The announcement from Senator Clinton's presidential campaign that Mark Penn has resigned as chief strategist is not enough to assuage one of Mr. Penn's top critics in the labor movement. The president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, James Hoffa, said through an aide tonight that the change is of little significance, since Mr. Penn will continue to advise and poll for Mrs. Clinton's presidential bid. "Demotion doesn't answer General President Hoffa's concerns. Mark Penn is still Josh Gerstein http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog/2008/03/hollywood-comes-to-senator.html http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog/2008/03/hollywood-comes-to-senator.html Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:21:00 EST Senator Clinton is heading West to California next week and planning to draw on her Hollywood connections to refill her campaign's coffers in the lead-up to the April 22 primary in Pennsylvania. Hollywood types backing the April 3 fund-raiser in Beverly Hills include Jamie Lee Curtis, Mary Steenburgen, Ted Danson, Fran Drescher, Sally Field, Debra Messing, Kathy Najimy, Rob Reiner, Bradley Whitford, and Daphne Zuniga. According to an invitation obtained by The New York Sun, the gathering, Russell Berman http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog/2008/03/obamas-check-yes-and-then-no-on.html http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog/2008/03/obamas-check-yes-and-then-no-on.html Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:27:00 EST Did the Obamas have a change of heart when it comes to the voluntary contribution to public financing of the presidential election campaign? The Obama campaign just released seven years of joint tax returns showing that the couple earned close to $1 million in 2006. The returns indicate that from 2000 to 2004, both Barack and Michelle Obama checked off the box that authorizes $3 from their taxes to go to the fund for public financing. In 2005 and 2006, however, the boxes for each are left Russell Berman http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog/2008/03/clinton-not-a-government-bailout.html http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog/2008/03/clinton-not-a-government-bailout.html Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:56:00 EST Four words that are almost certain to be heard in the course of any mainstream Democratic proposal to address the mortgage and credit crisis are: not a government bailout. That was the line from Senator Clinton and her advisers as she laid out a proposal that could dramatically increase the government's role in trying to prop up the housing market and stave off further waves of foreclosures across the country. The words serve as a ready rebuttal to the inevitable attacks from small-government Josh Gerstein http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog/2008/03/senator-clintons-first-lady.html http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog/2008/03/senator-clintons-first-lady.html Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:11:00 EST More than 11,000 pages of Senator Clinton's schedules from her eight-year stint as first lady are going to be released tomorrow by the National Archives, which operates the Clinton Presidential Library, a spokeswoman said today. The records are to be released simultaneously at the Clinton Library in Little Rock, Ark. and at Archives headquarters in Washington. The White House signed off on the release yesterday, according to an official there. In response to a lawsuit from a conservative Russell Berman http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog/2008/03/patersons-lone-t-trips-up-dems.html http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog/2008/03/patersons-lone-t-trips-up-dems.html Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:56:55 EST Memo to Democrats: The surname of the new governor of New York is spelled with one 't.' It may simply be a matter of a few sensitive computer keys, or a sign of how little known David Paterson is, that several Democrats — including the party's national apparatus — have added an extra 't' in referencing the former lieutenant governor and state Senate minority leader over the past week. "Rep. Clarke Welcomes David A. Patterson New York's First Black Governor," read the press release sent out Josh Gerstein http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog/2008/03/amid-re-vote-stir-dr-dean-goes-to.html http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog/2008/03/amid-re-vote-stir-dr-dean-goes-to.html Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:50:00 EST With high-stakes discussions ongoing about a possible make-up Democratic primary in Florida, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Howard Dean, is on the ground in the Sunshine State. Dr. Dean arrived in Fort Lauderdale this afternoon, coming from Alabama, according to a well-placed source. A spokeswoman for the DNC, Stacie Paxton, confirmed the trip and said it was to attend a scheduled fund-raiser. However, Dr. Dean has been talking by phone to members of Florida's Russell Berman http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog/2008/03/rangel-admitted-to-hospital-with.html http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog/2008/03/rangel-admitted-to-hospital-with.html Wed, 5 Mar 2008 17:15:42 EST The dean of New York's congressional delegation and the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Charles Rangel of Harlem, was taken to the hospital yesterday with what an aide described as "flu-symptoms." Mr. Rangel, 77, was feeling ill at his Manhattan home yesterday and summoned a doctor, a spokesman for the congressman, Emile Milne, told The New York Sun. He said Mr. Rangel's condition was not serious and that he could be released as early as this evening. "They wanted to Russell Berman http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog/2008/03/obama-lawyer-ambushes-clinton.html http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog/2008/03/obama-lawyer-ambushes-clinton.html Tue, 4 Mar 2008 22:12:08 EST A lawyer for Senator Obama's campaign tonight ambushed a conference call convened by advisers to Senator Clinton who were accusing the Obama camp of "intimidation" during the Texas primary and caucuses earlier today. The Clinton officials said supporters of the Illinois senator had broken election rules by trying to sign up voters for the night-time "precinct conventions" at poll sites during the day. They also accused the Obama campaign of "locking out" Clinton supporters from caucus sites. Josh Gerstein http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog/2008/03/amid-gaza-crisis-mccain-urges.html http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog/2008/03/amid-gaza-crisis-mccain-urges.html Mon, 3 Mar 2008 13:54:00 EST The all-but-certain Republican nominee for president, Senator McCain of Arizona, seemed to call this morning for negotiations to end the crisis caused by repeated missile attacks on Israel from Gaza and by retaliatory military strikes Israel has carried out in Gaza. However, his top foreign policy adviser Randy Scheunemann told The New York Sun this afternoon that the Arizona senator was referring only to a resumption of talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, which controls the Josh Gerstein http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog/2008/03/aide-to-president-clinton-clears.html http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog/2008/03/aide-to-president-clinton-clears.html Sun, 2 Mar 2008 20:47:00 EST A longtime aide to President Clinton, Bruce Lindsey, has finished his review of about 11,000 pages of schedules from Senator Clinton's time as first lady, a spokesman for Mrs. Clinton said today. "We've given the records back over to the archives," Mrs. Clinton's communications director, Howard Wolfson, said on ABC's "This Week." "Our say in the process is over, and I assume that they will be releasing them very expeditiously." Senator Obama's campaign and conservative critics of Mrs. Clinton Josh Gerstein http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog/2008/03/gravel-fails-in-bid-to-muzzle.html http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog/2008/03/gravel-fails-in-bid-to-muzzle.html Sun, 2 Mar 2008 20:39:51 EST Ultra-longshot Democratic presidential hopeful Mike Gravel has failed in his bid to silence a so-called 527 organization formed by backers of Senator Clinton, the American Leadership Project. On Friday, a federal judge in Toledo, Ohio rejected Mr. Gravel's request for a temporary restraining order barring the group from running a television ad touting Mrs. Clinton's record. In a seven-page ruling, Judge Jack Zouhary said the law required Mr. Gravel to take his complaints first to the Federal Russell Berman http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog/2008/02/spitzer-might-stump-for-clinton-if.html http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog/2008/02/spitzer-might-stump-for-clinton-if.html Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:27:26 EST Governor Spitzer made a rare foray into campaign surrogate work for Senator Clinton this afternoon, and it may not have gone entirely as planned. At various points during a conference call with reporters, he referenced the possible demise of Mrs. Clinton's campaign, begged off an appearance in Ohio tomorrow, and noted that it was her opponent, Senator Obama, who supported his controversial proposal to give drivers licenses to illegal immigrants. Mr. Spitzer joined Governor Corzine of New Jersey Josh Gerstein http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog/2008/02/clinton-fund-raising-watch.html http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog/2008/02/clinton-fund-raising-watch.html Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:11:00 EST Advisers to Senator Clinton are now openly blaming a lack of resources for their failure to fight Senator Obama's presidential campaign more aggressively in caucus states and elsewhere. They are also intent on not being outgunned by Mr. Obama in the remaining contests. To that end, the Clinton campaign has begun another intense round of fund-raising. The Sun reported today on attempts to seek new Jewish, Irish, Asian, and Indian donors. (Yes, we know India is in Asia, but that's the way the Russell Berman http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog/2008/02/bush-mistakes-sharptons-daughter.html http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog/2008/02/bush-mistakes-sharptons-daughter.html Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:32:00 EST President Bush was coasting through a list of greetings for prominent African American leaders at a White House ceremony this afternoon when he came to one of his fiercest critics, Reverend Al Sharpton. "Reverend Al Sharpton, and his wife Dominique — Reverend, it's good to see you.," Mr. Bush said. The only problem? Dominique Sharpton is the reverend's 21-year-old daughter, not his wife. An audience member quickly shouted a correction to the president, who winced as the audience broke out in Josh Gerstein http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog/2008/02/clinton-sets-low-dollar.html http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog/2008/02/clinton-sets-low-dollar.html Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:12:00 EST UPDATE: Senator Clinton's schedule seems to have been reshuffled and the event described below is now set for the previous evening, February 20, at 7 P.M. Still $50 and up. Still women. No word yet on whether it will be at Hunter or somewhere else. Stay tuned. Original post follows: New Yorkers who don't mind getting up early and have a spare $50 will have a chance to see Senator Clinton next week as she takes a break from intense campaigning in the states yet to hold primaries. Mrs. Clinton