by Gordon Hensley | Aug 18, 2006 | Uncategorized
As first reported by the NYT Empire Zone reports, Josh Isay is coming aboard as campaign director to steer this front-running but uncertain vessel towards judgment day in just over two months. This’ll help get a little of the joe-mentum mojo back, it’s a...
by Gordon Hensley | Aug 2, 2006 | Uncategorized |
The Hotline item today reporting that GOP polling guru Lance Tarrance has signed on with John McCain’s Straight Talk America PAC is an interesting and significant development in the GOP ’08 primary competition, which is well underway. Lance, along with...
by Gordon Hensley | Jul 26, 2006 | Uncategorized
There’s some interesting buzz on Rudy Giuliani that’s just now beginning to percolate in DC: his Ralph Reed gambit, and its failure, may be the first ripple that starts a long downward spiral of cyclical bad press (or not so glaringly glowing press) that...
by Gordon Hensley | Jul 19, 2006 | Uncategorized
GOP Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas is profiled today in a superb piece from USA Today’s Susan Page — who gets a rare chance to stretch out and show her reporting chops beyond the standard 400 word piece that’s the dull hallmark of USAT. The point of...
by Gordon Hensley | Jun 22, 2006 | Uncategorized
As Governor George Pataki’s last legislative session draws to a close, we kicked around an idea at empirepage.com to see how New Yorkers viewed Pataki’s 12 years as Governor. In addition to the previously reported question regarding which U.S. Senator is more...
by Gordon Hensley | Jun 20, 2006 | Uncategorized
According to a new poll of NYS registered voters conducted for the Empire Page by Siena Research Institute (6/12-14, 623 RV’s, +/- 3.9%) U.S. Senator Charles Schumer, by a 44% to 22% margin, is viewed as more effective for New York State than U.S. Senator...