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Gov. Eliot “The Don” Spitzer has made a proclamation from on high. The Don is going to prance down the main streets of a few upstate cities and throw out dollar bills like confetti. Local politicians are salivating like suckling pigs jockeying for position to get the biggest meal from the bloated sow that is [...]

I’ve written before about the folly of municipal political consolidation. The Press & Sun-Bulletin reports today that a group of people in the Village of Windsor appointed to study dissolution of the Village (and merger with the Town) spent a year looking at it and came to the same conclusion.
According to the article:
…a nine-member committee…spent [...]

Yes, I watched the New Hampshire primary returns eagerly last night, wondering what would happen. It’s fascinating. I can’t remember a time when more people were “engaged” in the process. It’s also mildly depressing for me as I have this creeping feeling that Republicans are going to get beaten badly this November. I’m not trying [...]

Note: Thanks to my dad for calling to let me know the debates were on. I would have missed them had he not called!
Fred Thompson still has the best ideas–but he’s an old fart and will not catch fire, period. It’s just a matter of time before he’s out. Too bad. I watched last night [...]

In brief, my conclusions are:

Hillary is beatable
Huckabee will (eventually) flame out
Thompson will (soon) drop out
Republicans are in trouble
The real reason Obama & Huckabee won

It is a stretch to prognosticate based on one contest, even if it’s the first-in-the-nation. But hey, it’s my blog! So I’ll stick my neck out.
The first thing I notice about last [...]

This choice tidbit from the AP via the Press & Sun-Bulletin:
The New York state ethics investigator probing the Spitzer administration is getting a $15,000 raise after less than a year on the job.
Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno says the raise for Public Integrity Commission Executive Director Herbert Teitelbaum to $155,000 is troubling. The commission is [...]

It dawns on me that you may want to check out the candidates’ websites for yourself. Most of them are surprisingly well done and helpful/informative so you can get to know more about each candidate and his or her positions.
I’m also including some helpful issue comparison sites, in case there are issues important to you [...]