In her first visit to Buffalo and upstate since trying to clear the field by clearing her throat on a phone call to the governor, Kennedy went on a "listening tour" by listening first to political insiders in private meetings [...] Her visit was arranged as Kennedy apparently leads the governor's shortlist to fill the seat Hillary Clinton will vacate to become secretary of state. But if the Democratic superstar wants to start at the top despite never holding office at any level of government, the least she could do is pretend to be a different kind of politician. If she really wants to know upstate, she could adapt the model of the senator she wants to work with and the one she wants to replace. Both Chuck Schumer and Clinton made a point of visiting every county in the state. Kennedy could make a point of visiting every one of the 939 cities, counties, towns, villages, school districts and other assorted taxing entities in Erie County.
In her first visit to Buffalo and upstate since trying to clear the field by clearing her throat on a phone call to the governor, Kennedy went on a "listening tour" by listening first to political insiders in private meetings [...]
Her visit was arranged as Kennedy apparently leads the governor's shortlist to fill the seat Hillary Clinton will vacate to become secretary of state. But if the Democratic superstar wants to start at the top despite never holding office at any level of government, the least she could do is pretend to be a different kind of politician.
If she really wants to know upstate, she could adapt the model of the senator she wants to work with and the one she wants to replace. Both Chuck Schumer and Clinton made a point of visiting every county in the state. Kennedy could make a point of visiting every one of the 939 cities, counties, towns, villages, school districts and other assorted taxing entities in Erie County.
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Emanuel was on track to become U.S. House speaker someday before accepting Obama's offer. He has told Democratic ward bosses that he would like to reclaim the seat after a few years as chief of staff. He was believed to be leaning toward O'Connor, in part, because the alderman might be amenable to giving up the seat at some point.
Emanuel was on track to become U.S. House speaker someday before accepting Obama's offer. He has told Democratic ward bosses that he would like to reclaim the seat after a few years as chief of staff.
He was believed to be leaning toward O'Connor, in part, because the alderman might be amenable to giving up the seat at some point.
If Rahm wanted to be Speaker, he should've stayed in the House. Crap like this is what makes Chicago politics so sleazy. Later on, he can primary whoever holds this seat, but to find someone to keep the seat warm for him while he hung out in the White House a few years is bullshit. That district isn't his personal fiefdom, no matter how much he might thing it is.
An Egyptian man said on Wednesday he was offering his 20-year-old daughter in marriage to Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi, who threw his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush in Baghdad on Sunday, The daughter, Amal Saad Gumaa, said she agreed with the idea. "This is something that would honor me. I would like to live in Iraq, especially if I were attached to this hero," she told Reuters by telephone.
An Egyptian man said on Wednesday he was offering his 20-year-old daughter in marriage to Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi, who threw his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush in Baghdad on Sunday,
The daughter, Amal Saad Gumaa, said she agreed with the idea. "This is something that would honor me. I would like to live in Iraq, especially if I were attached to this hero," she told Reuters by telephone.