Charles Barron Sounds A Bit Different These Days [Videos]
Rangel Campaign Incorrectly Identifies Guillermo Linares As 'First Dominican Elected Official In The U.S.'
Dan O’Connor Respects Ron Paul but Disputes ‘Libertarian’ Label for Himself
Dan O’Connor, an economist running in an uphill campaign against Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez in the Democratic primary this year, went on Inside City Hall last evening to give his pitch for why the residents of the district should elect him and his path to victory.
One interesting moment of the interview came when the host, Errol Louis, brought up whether Mr. O’Connor is ideologically libertarian, as he’s been labeled in various places online. Mr. O’Connor responded that while he “commends” Ron Paul for being anti-war and opposing corporations’ influence in politics, “I don’t know if I’d call myself a libertarian.”
However, he has repeatedly used that phrase to describe himself a few months ago, directly saying to the libertarian-oriented Reason magazine, “I want to be the first libertarian on the Democratic side of the House.” Read More
Guillermo Linares Endorsing Charlie Rangel
Assemblyman Guillermo Linares will endorse longtime Congressman Charlie Rangel’s re-election bid tomorrow at noon. Mr. Rangel’s campaign announced the endorsement this evening via an email. Mr. Linares initially pledged to support one of Mr. Rangel’s challengers, State Senator Adriano Espaillat, however, last month, he appeared at an event with Mr. Rangel stoking speculation he might be preparing to switch sides. Read More
Tweets From The Trail: Newt Gingrich, Amateur Zoologist
Today, political types were focused on the Trump Super PAC, trolls and Newt Gingrich’s love of animals. Here’s our roundup of the day’s best Tweets from the campaign trail. Read More
Roundup: Not Even On The Same Planet As What The Nazis Did To The Jews
Liz Benjamin, Rick Karlin and Maggie Haberman dug into some labor delegate drama happening in New York.
Eric Schneiderman penned an op-ed on Citizens United.
In Washington, there is a growing sense that Charlie Rangel’s congressional career is coming to an end.
Azi Paybarah profiled City Hall reporters.
George Maragos wants to call off the whole Facebook IPO thing.
Mark Murphy vowed to stand up for the health care reform legislation. Read More
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney Is Suffering From Caffeine Withdrawal
Yesterday, President Obama and his team had an 18-and-a-half hour day that included stops in Colorado and California for a commencement speech at the Air Force Academy and several fundraisers. Today, the president headed to Iowa and White House Press Secretary Jay Carney was clearly feeling the effects of the grueling schedule. Read More
Romney’s Bain Bucks: Execs At Mitt’s Old Company Have Given Nearly $2 Million To His Campaign
In recent weeks, the Obama campaign has launched a relentless attack on Mitt Romney for his career with Bain Capital, the private equity firm he co-founded in 1984. President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and their campaign spokespeople have characterized Bain as a parasitic company that makes money through taking over and bankrupting other businesses. By targeting Bain Capital, the Obama campaign isn’t just attacking Mr. Romney’s past, they’re also demonizing a company that has consistently contributed to Mr. Romney’s campaign war chest. According to federal campaign finance reports, which include donations made up until the end of last month, Mr. Romney and the PACs supporting his campaign have received a total of $1,800,500 million in contributions from Bain employees. Read More
Romney Says Obama Doesn’t Understand Capitalism
At a campaign event in Denver yesterday, President Barack Obama told the story of how a Iowa woman approached GOP nominee Mitt Romney at a campaign stop and told him her story of financial struggles.
According to the president, Mr. Romney, ”Gave her an answer right out of an economic textbook. “He said, ‘Our productivity equals our income.’ And the notion was that somehow the reason people can’t pay their bills is because they’re not working hard enough. If they got more productive, suddenly their incomes would go up.”
Asked about that remark during a friendly appearance on “Fox and Friends,” this morning, Mr. Romney chuckled and said, “I am afraid he doesn’t understand what productivity means.” Read More
