It's over for New York Governor David Paterson. Or if it isn't, he needs to pull, as James Carville would say, the greatest comeback since Lazarus. Marist College. 2/26-27. Registered voters. MoE 3%. Would you rate the job Governor David Paterson is doing as excellent, good, fair or poor? Excellent/...

The competent-governance lesson for today: when faced with a major political decision such as making an appointment to the United States Senate, don't handle it in such a way that the process winds up pissing everybody off. We can now see our way clear to a 2011 when Kirsten Gillibrand is still in o...

There's a lot of hyperventilating today about how the mean bloggers destroyed Caroline Kennedy, as though I had a direct line to Paterson's office and called the shots. No, I'm not a Kennedy. My family wasn't rich and powerful and famous, so I don't get direct lines to anyone. But, goes this theory,...

The New York Senate selection process, while not as big a disaster for the Democrats as in Illinois, has looked at times like a family soap opera, as Basil Paterson’s son had to decide who should replace Bill Clinton’s wife in the Senate: John F. Kennedy’s daughter? Mario CuomoR...

Confirming a full day of heavy rumors, PIX11 News reports that Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand will be appointed to the United States Senate to replace Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. PIX News has learned Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand is the choice of Governor David Paterson to fill the U.S. S...

Pssssst ... did you hear the latest? Caroline said that she was all like ... David, I'm SO not down with how you dissed me. All the wishy-washy playing hard to get. First you like me, then you don't. First you're bragging about taking me, then you're pretending you never asked me. Forget the prom! J...

Rasmussen. 1/6. Likely voters. MoE 4% (No trend lines). Caroline Kennedy (D) 51 Peter King (R) 33 This is in stark contrast to the PPP poll from early this week, which showed King and Kennedy deadlocked (46-44 for the Democrat) while Andrew Cuomo was well ahead of the Long Island Republican with 48%...

This is interesting: AMY GOODMAN: Speaking of districts, are you interested in the Senate seat? REP. JERROLD NADLER: Certainly. AMY GOODMAN: And what is the politics that goes on behind this? REP. JERROLD NADLER: Well, that's very hard to know. This is an appointment. It's entirely internal to Gover...