The THREATENED NY Congressional District map.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  March 13th at 08:00 PM  | 

I say “threatened” because if the NY state legislature doesn’t come to a deal by Wednesday, this is the map that is very likely going to be the one to get used: …and there’s going to be several Members of Congress who will be very unhappy if that happens. Including Steve Israel of the DCCC.

The “NRCC *also* fund-raising off of #OWS” Wednesday open thread.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  October 20th at 03:30 PM  | 

Yeah… I think that somehow DCCC chair Steve Israel didn’t think this one all the way through when he came out in support for the Occupy Wall Street ‘movement.’ Steve Israel Stands With Them. Note that I am utterly unsympathetic to the argument that the OWS movement is merely not being utterly hostile to any random anti-Semites stopping by.  Personally, I take the position that | Read More »

Rep. Steve Israel gets his payoff.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  November 20th at 04:00 PM  | 

Back in the day, it was pretty strongly alleged that the Democratic party unceremoniously threatened Rep. Steve Israel in order to keep him from running against appointed Senator Kirsten Gillibrand in her primary this year.  Strenuously denied at the time, of course – remember, this was before the Sestak and Romanoff scandals erupted – but plausible, very plausible.  Both the threats (loss of donor money, | Read More »