So, last night I was sitting on the subway trying to pound out some PHP code in my note book thinking about other internet things I could do in the political scene. I remembered about last Tuesday's election and how Kos refered us to archpundit to Illinios results and thought there isn't really any blog I know that focuses on New York State or the Tri-States area. So, my solution: start one.
My vision would be to have a blog that focused on NY/NJ/CT issues as well as contributing to the national discusion. With over 10% of the US population in these three states, local issue can be national ones and also, this area, like California, is a test lab for the rest of the country in many respects. So, to have a blog covering the news and politics of this area I feel is very important.
However, I'd like to enlist the help of others out there with an interest in the area's politics since I don't have the time to keep up a thorough blog. I'm sure I'd draw largely on those who live here, but also people who used to live here, but have a depth of knowledge and a desire to write analysis on the happenings. If you are interested contact me via the email form on my site (I can't stand giving my email out for the parsers to get) or point me to your contact info in the comments.
Lastly, I'd need a name. So far I've been fixated on things with some mention of Knickerbocker or Yankee (knickerpundit.com, theyankeeleft.com, etc.). Please use the comments to bounce around some ideas and I'll register the domain when there is a winner. You can check availability at GoDaddy.
