public servants

Interesting issues and alliances emerge as the New York Mayor attempts to skirt the city’s term-limit law and run for a third term:

MCO doesn’t defend the political activities of State Treasurer Dale Sims but he does seek to put a few things in perspective:

Here’s a news flash: You don’t live in New York City.

Shocked? You shouldn’t be. See that building shaped like the mask of the caped crusader? That ain’t Rockefeller Center. And that foul-smelling man who accosted you last night in Centennial Park? That wasn’t a Broadway actor in deep background, prepping for a role as a boozehound.

John McCain praises a somewhat infrequently mentioned darkhorse for his Veep slot:

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mike Padgett, after meeting with a formerly homeless blogger, explains why he is running for Senate:

I am running for the U.S. Senate for the Kevin Barbieuxs of the world. For the farmers who are one bad crop away from foreclosure. For the young woman making minimum wage at McDonald’s.

Tonight, after fifty-four hard-fought contests, our primary season has finally come to an end.

After a wink and a nod from the President, letting Republicans know it was OK to vote for the Farm Bill, it passed by a veto- proof margin in both houses of Congress. President Bush who was reluctant to veto any spending bill passed by a Republican Congress, apparently feels he needs to go though the motions of vetoing at least some excessive spending bill passed by a Democratic Congress.

Drew Johnson of the Tennessee Center For Policy Research bolsters his non-partisan credentials by coming out strongly against the House Republican Caucus closed meeting last week:

We use them all the time - our firefighters, police officers and emergency medical service personnel. Hardly a day goes by that we don't come into contact either directly or indirectly with these hard working public servants. When we have traffic accidents or emergencies at home or at work these public servants are the first on the scene in our communities.

Elizabeth Edwards gives a searing indictment of the media in an op-ed in today’s New York Times.