Rejoice, oh state Democrats: the White House will be interfering in your races.

    With all of the delicacy, charm and raw political skill that they showed in trying to get Gov. David Paterson of NY to quit. White House Is Taking a More Aggressive Role in State Races WASHINGTON — The White House’s intervention in the race for New York governor is the latest evidence of how President Obama and his top advisers are taking an increasingly direct | Read More »

    Governor X revealed?

    If so, the New York Daily News is being rather artful about it: Meanwhile, people have been speculating with vengeance since we told you about the former Davis escort who contends Spitzer wasn’t the only governor she romped with. On Friday, when Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell‘s spokesman Chuck Ardo resigned, Ardo insisted his retirement had nothing to do with Gawker and other sites putting Rendell | Read More »

    Obama not to give out street money in PA?

    You may believe or not, as you choose, about whether that recent +2 Obama internal poll for PA was a leak, disinformation, or a motivational exercise. By now it’s probably taken on elements of all three, and we’ll know on 11/05 just how close PA actually was. This state has always been problematical for the Obama campaign anyway, and goodness knows that some of the | Read More »