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...

During a recent appearance by Rudy Giuliani on CNN, a box flashed under his orange tan and orange tie identifying him first as "Fmr. GOP Presidential Candidate" and then "Fmr. New York City Mayor."   Mr. Giuliani is in danger of being a permanent "Fmr."If he wants to h...

It's hard to imagine how this guy was blown out so quickly during his Presidential bid. Why does Giuliani hate capitalism? What red blooded American doesn't believe in shoveling over billions to total failures who brought the world into the worst recession in decades? Let's just forgive and forget a...

Rudy Giuliani just now on Morning Joe: It's very, very strange that on the day the president announced this, they discovered a guy that was released, who was killing people. (laughter) I follow this situation pretty closely and just talked to someone who's been to Guantanamo and looked at the condit...

The purpose of regulation is to crime prevention. Businesses have spent the last generation either ignoring or pretending to ignore this. Businesses must, by their very nature, skate close to the edge of the law. Those who skate closest without crossing over have a big advantage. So regulation exist...

Download | Play    Download | Play Guess what? Out of nowhere Rudy Giuliani starts sucking up to Obama in a recent interview. “Even those who voted against him, like me, say ‘We’re very thankful this has happened. This is the consolation prize’,â€� he said. “If you look at A...

The winner of the 2008 election hasn’t even taken office yet but CNN is already polling for 2012. The results: Mike Huckabee - 34% Sarah Palin - 32% Mitt Romney - 28% Newt Gingrich - 27% Rudy Giuliani - 23% Bobby Jindal - 19% Charlie Christ - 7% Note even all conservatives are thrilled with th...

Mike Huckabee and Sarah Palin are at the top of the list among Republicans looking ahead to 2012: In a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey out Friday that serves as an early measure of potential support for the next GOP presidential nomination, Huckabee tops the list. Thirty-four percent of Repu...

If there's a formula for making movies that I will like a whole lot, Peter Sollett has certainly found it with his two features, "Raising Victor Vargas" and now "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist." So, what are the ingredients? Just make it a celebration of good music, New York City and sappy love,...