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The Republicans appear to be gloating about their marginal wins in two recent gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey. The fact that these two winning candidates, both conservatives, posed as moderates willing to work with the Democrats is frequently not mentioned. We shall see.  

The right overreached. After pressuring Republican nominee Dede Scozzafava out of the race with charges that she was too liberal, conservative activists watched New York's 23rd District go to a Democrat for the first time in more than a century. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who had endorsed Scozzafava and warned Republicans not to "purge the party of anybody who doesn't agree with us 100 percent," appeared to be vindicated.

The lesson of New York 23 is that if the Republican Party nominates people who are Republicans in name only, they are going to meet conservative opposition   -Tom Minnery

 

 

State Rep. Beth Coulson, one of the most moderate Republican candidates running for Congress, will be meeting with Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele tomorrow in Illinois to discuss her campaign – and the need for Republicans to have a big-tent party so it can compete in Democratic-minded districts. Notably, she telegraphed her scheduled meeting with Steele and Republican party leaders in Illinois in a press release. It's fairly uncommon for a candidate to announce a meeting with part  

In a decision this week, the New York State Court of Appeals upheld that state and county governments acted within their rights when they offered benefits to same-sex couples married out of state. A four judge majority held that the government had discretion to do this because it can extend benefits to domestic partners. Our Britt Godshalk has more.

We've just won in court but now the ball is back in the court of the State Senate   -Susan Sommer

 

This week's episode of "New York Now" features a newsmaker interview with Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava that discusses the race in the 23rd Congressional District and her re-entry into the Assembly's Republican fold. Matt Ryan visits the business and individuals affected by the closure of the Crown Point Bridge; and journalists Kyle Hughes of NYSNYS and Newsday's James Madore. "New York Now" airs at 7:30 p.m.  

If you believe the dizzying onslaught of self-serving propaganda coming out of the partisan spin machines in Washington, D.C., neither party lost in the recently concluded off-year elections held in New Jersey, New York and Virginia, among other places. Republicans picked up two governorships, Democrats won two U.S. Congressional races and in the "City That Never Sleeps," a billionaire forked over $90 million of his own money to defeat a virtual unknown by a five-point margin. Both parties and the pow  

An American Life, which had already achieved best-seller status even before it hit the bookstores on, coincidentally or not, the same week your former fellow Republican governors gathered in Austin to discuss among themselves who should best lead the GOP to victory in 2012. As a fellow author, I know this is an exciting time for you and your family. How very interesting, not to mention clever of you, to embark on a campaign-style bus tour of small- and medium-sized towns in Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and P  

This idea is wholly inaccurate. Hoffman wasn't outside of the red-blue dichotomy; he was at the far red end of it. His success came because Republican nominee Dede Scozzafava was not red enough, prompting conservative leaders like Michelle Bachmann, Dick Armey, Fred Thompson, Sarah Palin and even former New York Governor George Pataki '67 to endorse Hoffman.