So here’s a primer on where Governor Andrew Cuomo is at.  In one way, it looks like he is positioned to successfully run for and win a third term. His people believe the only way he could lose is if someone emerged from the left of the party and […]

  There is a very bad old joke about a mule that just won’t do what he is told. Along comes an old prospector who astounds everyone when he gets the mule to behave. He hits the mule with a 2-by-4 and announces, “First you have to get his attention.” […]

Much has been written in the press about the establishment and their support for certain candidates. In “blue” New York state, for example, there is a certain amount of substantiation that the establishment (made up of the official party personnel and government leaders) leans toward Hillary Clinton. That has happened […]

The United States Attorney for the Southern District, Preet Bharara, came to Albany last Monday. He took the town by force. He was kind enough to choose public radio station WAMC as the venue for his address, which was broadcast live. I did the interview and found my hero to […]

  One of the biggest questions in Albany is who will rule the state Senate after the 2016 elections. Governor Andrew Cuomo says that he wants the Democrats in control, but most educated political consumers know that he speaks with a forked tongue on the issue. In fact, like his […]

There are days when I think the politicians read my column and get bad ideas as a result. A short while back, I wrote a column suggesting that Donald Trump was the quintessential New Yorker. No sooner did that column hit the newsstands than Ted Cruz, who is duking it […]