Et Tu, Harlem?

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  September 3rd at 11:30 AM  | 

It’s debatable what’s the most loyally Democratic district in the country, but NY’s 15th District would have to be in the running. The district, centered in Harlem, went 87% for Al Gore in 2000, 90% for John Kerry in 2004, and 93% for Barack Obama in 2008, is rated D+41 by Charlie Cook, and in various formats has been represented in Congress since 1971 by | Read More »

Robbing Peter To Pay Peter

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  October 29th at 05:52 PM  | 

So Charlie Rangel and other New York Democrats want a federal bailout for state and local governments: “Our hope is that the leadership of both parties will be able to confer and come back after the election, and see what we can do to provide assistance to our local and state governments, as we have been able to do for our banking and finance industry,” | Read More »