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		<description><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_43593" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 204px"><a href="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/adolfo-carrion-getty.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-43593 " title="Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion Jr. and his dog, Smok" alt="" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/adolfo-carrion-getty.jpg?w=194" height="300" width="194" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Adolfo Carrión and his dog, Smokey. (Photo: Getty)</p></div></p>
<p>The Republican mayoral field continues to have <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/13/nyregion/adolfo-carrion-jr-quits-democrats-mayoral-bid-likely.html?_r=0" target="_blank">more Democrats</a> than they know what to do with.</p>
<p>"We need more accountability at the Board of Elections," Congresswoman-elect <strong>Grace Meng</strong> said <a href="http://www.ny1.com/content/politics/inside_city_hall/172200/ny1-online--incoming-local-members-of-congress-discuss-plans" target="_blank">on<em> Inside City Hall</em></a>. "That's probably one of the most bipartisan issues stemming from this election. It's not a very efficient process."</p>
<p>Congressman-elect<strong> Hakeem Jeffries</strong> was even more direct in the same segment. "Should the Board of Elections be run by partisan political appointees?" he asked. <!--more-->"I think we need competence; we need sophistication. We don't need those who have obtained their position by political allegiance or their capacity to support the Democratic county machine." It should be noted the GOP county organizations <a href="http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-08-25/columns/anything-goes-at-nyc-s-bizarro-world-elections-board/" target="_blank">also contribute</a>  to the cause</p>
<p>But wait, there's more! Also on <a href="http://www.ny1.com/content/politics/inside_city_hall/172201/ny1-online--consultants-grade-impact-of-storm-on-elections" target="_blank"><em>Inside City Hall</em></a>, Global Strategy Group's<strong> Jef Pollack</strong> expressed his amusement with <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/sharpton_revs_up_gop_TsSQ4abCmrqJUb7p3ovktJ" target="_blank">this article</a> about "racial agitator Al Sharpton" and the State Senate fight. "I thought that what seemed to be a clear Republican leak to Fred Dicker in the <em>Post</em> today over Al Sharpton, it felt like a 1980's canard coming back to hit me in the face," he said. "I have no clue. I'm not even pretending to be involved. I'm saying the notion of fighting a 1980's racial battle using the specter of Al Sharpton feels old."</p>
<p>Councilman <strong>Charles Barron</strong> <a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/165330/charles-barron-on-the-idc-renegade-traitors/" target="_blank">weighed in</a> on the State Senate drama as well, asking,“How is it that when the Latinos do it they’re the worst traitors in the world, but when the whites do it they’re getting a pass?”</p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_43593" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 204px"><a href="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/adolfo-carrion-getty.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-43593 " title="Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion Jr. and his dog, Smok" alt="" src="http://nyopoliticker.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/adolfo-carrion-getty.jpg?w=194" height="300" width="194" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Adolfo Carrión and his dog, Smokey. (Photo: Getty)</p></div></p>
<p>The Republican mayoral field continues to have <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/13/nyregion/adolfo-carrion-jr-quits-democrats-mayoral-bid-likely.html?_r=0" target="_blank">more Democrats</a> than they know what to do with.</p>
<p>"We need more accountability at the Board of Elections," Congresswoman-elect <strong>Grace Meng</strong> said <a href="http://www.ny1.com/content/politics/inside_city_hall/172200/ny1-online--incoming-local-members-of-congress-discuss-plans" target="_blank">on<em> Inside City Hall</em></a>. "That's probably one of the most bipartisan issues stemming from this election. It's not a very efficient process."</p>
<p>Congressman-elect<strong> Hakeem Jeffries</strong> was even more direct in the same segment. "Should the Board of Elections be run by partisan political appointees?" he asked. <!--more-->"I think we need competence; we need sophistication. We don't need those who have obtained their position by political allegiance or their capacity to support the Democratic county machine." It should be noted the GOP county organizations <a href="http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-08-25/columns/anything-goes-at-nyc-s-bizarro-world-elections-board/" target="_blank">also contribute</a>  to the cause</p>
<p>But wait, there's more! Also on <a href="http://www.ny1.com/content/politics/inside_city_hall/172201/ny1-online--consultants-grade-impact-of-storm-on-elections" target="_blank"><em>Inside City Hall</em></a>, Global Strategy Group's<strong> Jef Pollack</strong> expressed his amusement with <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/sharpton_revs_up_gop_TsSQ4abCmrqJUb7p3ovktJ" target="_blank">this article</a> about "racial agitator Al Sharpton" and the State Senate fight. "I thought that what seemed to be a clear Republican leak to Fred Dicker in the <em>Post</em> today over Al Sharpton, it felt like a 1980's canard coming back to hit me in the face," he said. "I have no clue. I'm not even pretending to be involved. I'm saying the notion of fighting a 1980's racial battle using the specter of Al Sharpton feels old."</p>
<p>Councilman <strong>Charles Barron</strong> <a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/165330/charles-barron-on-the-idc-renegade-traitors/" target="_blank">weighed in</a> on the State Senate drama as well, asking,“How is it that when the Latinos do it they’re the worst traitors in the world, but when the whites do it they’re getting a pass?”</p>
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