Keep NY-20 Blue!
Those Kossaks who follow New York politics, or have strong feelings - one way or the other - about Caroline Kennedy's desire to fill Hillary Clinton's seat - know that Kirsten Gillibrand has been...
View ArticleNY-20 - Jim Tedisco Supported by Right to Life Party
As a registered voter in NY-20, I have started to receive Robo calls. The first one was a "survey" asking my opinion about abortion.More below the fold.
View ArticlePootie/Human Torture?
Sometimes Woozles can be a challenge, but nothing strikes fear in the heart of a pootie companion as a vet telling you that your pootie has to be medicated.How can that sweet bundle of contentment who...
View ArticleLaid off workers screwed by the IRS
I'm writing this diary looking for information and feedback.I was laid with 3 months severance from my employer. When I received my lump sum severance, I found out that 35% of the severance went to...
View ArticleNY-20 Scott Murphy's Robo-call & 1199SEIU Mailers
This is a brief diary; but I know a number of Kossaks are following this race and don't live in NY-20, but want to follow the campaign. More (but not much more) below the fold.
View ArticleNY-20 - Push Polled by Tedisco
Tedisco is getting desparate - he lost all 3 debates; his promises to 'fight for this district in Congress' rings hollow given that Republicans are in the minority and don't do anything but bitch...
View ArticleNY-20 Glens Falls Post Star endorses Tedisco
The Post Star, I guess is conservative, hence their endorsement of Tedisco. Yet the Editorial Board had some good things to say about Murphy.More below the fold:
View ArticleNY-20 Columbia County Absentee Ballot Update
I went down to Hudson to observe the absentee ballot count for Columbia County at the Board of Election in Hudson.While there are a number of challenged ballots, the ones counted run strongly in...
View ArticleNY-20 The Fat Lady(s) Sing!
After challenges, loss of his Assembly Minority leadership & the humiliating fact that he was beaten by a neophyte candidate who'd only lived in the District for 3 years, Jim Tedisco bowed to the...
View ArticleNY-20 - Help the fight for Gay Marriage
This is going to be a very short diary. New York's Assembly just passed a bill to legalize gay marriage.The bill will go to the New York Senate. There is just a one vote Democratic majority in the...
View ArticleForget the 2010 NY Senate Race, Let's get the State Legislature!
I plead guilty. As much as I tell myself not to, every time there's a post about Carolyn Maloney and Kirsten Gillibrand, I go to the diary like bear goes to honey.I know I'm wasting my time (with...
View ArticlePootie Question
I'm creating this diary because I have a question to ask & didn't want it to get it too buried in our daily "pootie, woozle, & other wonderful gifts of nature" diary.Question (not life...
View ArticleNY-23: Special Election - The beginning of the beginning
Short Diary here -- I've sending out emails voluteering to campaign for the NY-23 Special Election. So far I email Upstate Democrat contacts, who pass me on to other Upstate Democrat contacts. I'm...
View ArticleCarolyn Maloney will not Primary Sen Gillibrand!
Just in from New York Times: Gillibrand Rival Won’t Run in Primary
View ArticleNeed to know where town hall meetings are located.
Please, when diarists write about Town Hall Meetings, indicate the state and Congression district in the first or second line of the intro.Don't keep readers guessing where you are coming from. [I'm...
View ArticleTime for Pro Public Option Supporters to MARCH!!!
The 1963 March on Washington was the most visible moment in the decades' long push for Civil Rights movement. There have been other marches on Washington with various degrees of success.The time to...
View ArticleNY-21 Town Hall 8/25 5:30 PM Bethlehem/Delmar
We need Kossaks to appear for a town hall meeting, Tuesday August 25 at 5:30PM. NY-21 is a district in the Albany Metropolitan area. Its Representative, Paul Tonko, is a Democrat. The event will be...
View ArticleNY-21 Paul Tonko Town Hall Bethlehem, NY
Tuesday, August 25, Democrat Paul Tonko held a Town Hall at Elm Street Park, Bethlehem, NY. About 1500 people turned up for the event. The Pro-Reforms outweighed the antis and though there was some...
View ArticleNY-20 Town Hall Meeting, Petersburg, NY
I’m not diarying on the Clifton Park Town Hall because other Kossaks – Schaeffer, Devtob, and Lulu were there. Might have been more Kossaks, but couldn’t tell. I drove over to Petersburg to attend...
View ArticleGov Tim Pawlenty's hypocrisy
Ok, this is more a rant than a diary, but I had to get it off my chest. I've searched and haven't seen any diaries about George Stephanopoulos'This Week so far
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