I was under the impression that area politicians are not only here to govern said jurisdiction but also to act as a promoter of the people and places that they represent. Why are the Democrats not doing that any longer? City Council in Rochester this past week voted to spend [...]
We reported on channel 8’s Evan Axelbank’s story on the Senate Democrats tax payer funded campaign outreach office on Wednesday.
There was a second part of the report– sorry no video link. Mayor Duffy’s staff and County Executive Brooks tell Axelbank that they’ve had no contact with anyone from [...]
Leave it to the New York State Senate Democrats — they are wasting our money (over $200,000 a year) on a political office right here in Rochester. Hats off to Evan Axelbank over at channel 8 for exposing this waste of taxpayers money.
[...]The lobbying group Democrats for Education Reform got its start in New York, but is spreading fast. Its latest branch is in Michigan, where it’s going by MDFER (a bit of a mouthful). With chapters in five states, the organization is halfway to its goal of being in 10 [...]
By bowing to Senator Joseph Lieberman and his obstructive pals in both parties on health care reform, President Obama has confirmed what Republicans always say about Democrats: They simply aren’t strong enough to govern. Or at least the Democrats elected last year—and their colleagues in the Senate leadership—don’t [...]
Hadassah Lieberman The wife of Senator Joe Lieberman—whom the Times dubs a "master infuriator" for his recent threat to join a Republican filibuster unless Democrats drop a plan to let uninsured Americans under 55 purchase coverage under Medicare—is in the cross hairs. [...]
When I compare the Democratic party to the Republican party, I often suggest that the basic premise of the Democrats is, “What can I do for you?” as opposed to the Republicans, who’s philosophical question is, “What’s in it for me?” At no other time has this been illustrated as [...]
Senate Democrats as soon as later in the week may announce they are giving some committee chairmanships to Republicans.
As reported by Liz B. in her column, it points to a bit of a detente between the Democrats and Republicans. It also suggests that both sides realize they will occasionally [...]
This [...]
Well, the local Democrats failed to earn control of the Monroe County legislature in November. One of the problems they highlighted was a pending budget gap. Now that the D&C highlighted it in an article titled Monroe County expects small 2009 surplus, well, it must be true.
First, the “good news.”
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Independent Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman surprised Democrats yesterday by declaring he would vote against the Senate health care bill in its current form. In an interview on Face the Nation, Lieberman said that he would "have a hard time" voting for the bill if [...]
If you see a Democratic State Legislator, thank them for doing what was once thought impossible, making New York’s notoriously dysfunctional government more so.
Take a look at this — it looks like 2010 is going to be another great year for state Republicans:
The Monroe County Legislature approved the County budget last night. Democrat Carmen Gamina joined all 15 Republicans in supporting the plan.
Monroe County Democrats showed that they learned absolutely nothing from the last election where they lost ground in an election they expected to make significant gains.
Thanks to the monroerising.com [...]
Mention Joe Lieberman's name to a Democratic activist these days and you'll probably hear some variation of the question: This is what we get for letting him keep his chairmanship? It was last November, you'll remember, that Senate Democrats opted to hand Lieberman—who had just spent nearly a' [...]
