1. the third terminator
    Bloomberg Makes an Effort With Matt Damon EndorsementThey made a funny video! Because that’s all Matt Damon does these days.
    By Chris Rovzar
  2. oh albany!
    Joe Bruno’s Software Firm Wins $22 Million State ContractBut the former State Senate majority leader had nothing to do with it, we’re assured.
    By Jacob Gershman
  3. sowing the seeds of love
    House of Representatives Votes to Defund ACORNDemocrats and Republicans finally agree on something.
    By Dan Amira
  4. early and often
    Financial Pundit Peter Schiff Launches Senate RunLike everything else about the bearish Euro Pacific Capital president, this scares us.
    By Jessica Pressler
  5. early and often or not at all
    New Yorkers More Indifferent Than EverA turnout record was set on Tuesday, in a bad way.
    By Dan Amira
  7. early and awkward
    Predictably, the Videotape of Obama Calling Kanye West ‘a Jackass’ Has Been LeakedYou can see by the look on his face that he knew it would be.
    By Chris Rovzar
  8. early and awesome
    ‘That’s Linda McMahon and You Will Treat Her With the Respect She Deserves’We are really, really excited for the Senate candidacy of the former CEO of the WWE.
    By Chris Rovzar
  9. joe wilson’s war
    Why New York Democrats Voted Against the Joe Wilson ResolutionMostly, like the Republicans, they thought there were more important things they could have spent their time doing.
    By Dan Amira
  10. early and often
    Smith: Who Really Flexed Muscle in Yesterday’s City Primaries? The New York TimesThe results show that the paper’s endorsements still carry weight.
    By Chris Smith
  11. health carnage
    Baucus’s Bill Bombs BadlyNo Republicans like it. A bunch of Democrats don’t like it, either. Great.
    By Dan Amira
  12. early and often
    Thompson and Vance Take City PrimariesBut there will be runoffs in two other contests.
    By Chris Rovzar
  13. joe wilson’s war
    House of Representatives Officially Admonishes Joe WilsonThe vote was, predictably, along party lines.
    By Dan Amira
  14. early and awkward
    Is This Really an Audio File of Barack Obama Calling Kanye West ‘a Jackass’?Are we naïve to think this isn’t the president’s voice?
    By Chris Rovzar
  15. the bush years
    Ten Things We Learned About George W. Bush From His Ex-SpeechwriterBush on Palin, Obama, Crocs, and calling people “cat.”
    By Dan Amira
  16. equal rites
    House Democrats to Introduce Respect for Marriage ActWhich is, as you can imagine, different from the Defense of Marriage Act.
    By Chris Rovzar
  17. early and often
    Rudy Giuliani Too Damn Good for the SenateSo says one of his closest associates.
    By Dan Amira
  18. scary things
    Report: Queens Terror Raid Was Tied to Obama VisitThough several people were detained, no terrorist materials have yet been found from the search of three Queens homes.
    By Chris Rovzar
  19. let’s get civical
    City Health Commissioner: No Smoking in Public Parks or BeachesCamel say wha … ?
    By Chris Rovzar
  20. early and often
    Rick Lazio Doesn’t Care What Rudy Wants This TimeThe former congressman and Senate hopeful will run for governor in 2010.
    By Dan Amira
  21. the third terminator
    Bloomberg in Turns Overconfident, Self-conscious During Presidential Exploration“I know more about foreign policy than any of the candidates.”
    By Dan Amira
  22. huge lectures
    Obama: ‘The Old Ways That Led to This Crisis Cannot Stand.’The president chews out Wall Street on its own turf.
    By Jessica Pressler
  23. ballsy crimes
    Hiram Monserrate Will Take His Chances With Judge Who Seems to Hate HimThe girlfriend-slashing state senator has waived his right to a jury.
    By Chris Rovzar
  24. health carnage
    Drudge: Barack Obama Will Shove This F—ing Health Care Down Your F—ing ThroatThe Internet commentator has discovered that both Serena Williams and Barack Obama are scary black people.
    By Chris Rovzar
  25. intel
    Which Presidential Orator Did Obama Mimic for His Health-Care Speech?It wasn’t the one you think.
    By Chris Rovzar
  26. joe wilson’s war
    Some in White House Not As Magnanimous As ObamaJoe Wilson referred to as “a pimple on the ass of progress”?
    By Dan Amira
  27. joe wilson’s war
    Things Still Going Pretty Badly for Joe WilsonObama’s heckler is still in the spotlight, in a bad way.
    By Dan Amira
  28. world trade center
    Jerry Nadler Proposes September 11 Commemorative CoinDoes this mean the $3 coins Aunt Helen bought from a street vendor downtown five years ago while she was visiting from California are going to appreciate in value?
    By Chris Rovzar
  29. oh albany!
    State Senators NOT Taking Off Until 2015An e-mail glitch with hilarious/depressing consequences.
    By Dan Amira
  30. sexless scandals
    Michael Duvall, Gross Sex-Talking California Assemblyman, May Not Be a CheaterNot that it matters; the guy’s career in politics is over anyway.
    By Chris Rovzar
  31. early and awkward
    Lindsay Graham Nearly Claps, Rubs Hands InsteadEven seasoned pols can get flummoxed by the complex act of applause.
    By Dan Amira
  32. the fine print
    Beyond the Public Option: Four Questions You Need to Be AskingThe answers will determine whether reform passes — and what your health insurance will ultimately look like in the Age of Obamacare.
    By Peter Keating
  33. politics as unusual
    Anderson: Obama Averts a Spiritual WaterlooThe health-care debate had become so inane it seemed to prohibit the basic conditions of good speechmaking. My preemptive cynicism turned out to be both very right and very wrong.
    By Sam Anderson
  34. what other politicians think
    How Congress Is Responding to Obama’s SpeechModerate Democrats are feeling a little better today.
    By Dan Amira
  35. joe wilson’s war
    Oh, Joe Wilson. Don’t You Know Nancy Pelosi Can Turn Congressmen to Stone With Her Eyes?The South Carolina congressman is regretting his “You Lie!” outburst this morning.
    By Chris Rovzar
  36. what other people think
    Obama’s Big Speech: The Punditocracy ReactsPolitical observers of all stripes weigh in on the speech that could make or break health-care reform.
    By Dan Amira
  37. the long arm of the law
    The Punishers: The New York Judges in Charge of Smacking Down Wall StreetThe New Yorkers sentencing Wall Street wrongdoers are a feisty bunch.
    By Jessica Pressler
  38. the bonus buster
    Bank of America Blasts Andrew Cuomo With Fifty-Cent WordThe bank fights back against the attorney general’s accusations that they were “hindering” his investigation into Merrill Lynch bonuses.
    By Jessica Pressler
  39. sex scandals
    The California-Assemblyman Sex Scandal Has Brought Us to a New LowDripping is involved.
    By Chris Rovzar
  40. early and often
    Al Franken Draws Map of the United StatesTell us if we’re wrong to think this is kind of cool.
    By Chris Rovzar
  41. the supremes
    Justice!Sonia Sotomayor takes her seat at the Supreme Court.
    By Chris Rovzar
  42. in other news
    Conservatives Can’t Just Enjoy Van Jones VictoryYou won! Stop complaining!
    By Dan Amira
  43. everything is socialist
    Obama to Indoctrinate, Nag, Bore Students TodayThe president’s controversial back-to-school speech revealed!
    By Dan Amira
  44. early and often
    Baucus Finally Steps In on Health CareThe Senate finance chair has a plan!
    By Chris Rovzar
  45. the cuddle muddle
    David Paterson Hoping to Win Points by Defending Wall Street Bonuses?Another winning strategy.
    By Dan Amira
  46. 9 11
    Obama Hired a 9/11 Truther, for Some ReasonHe also might be a Communist. And a revolutionary … How did nobody notice this?!
    By Dan Amira
  47. early and often
    Malcolm Smith Eyeing Cushy Aqueduct Afterlife?The former Senate majority leader has ties to one of the groups bidding to turn the racetrack into a casino.
    By Jacob Gershman
  48. early and often
    The Personal Politics of Curt SchillingIs he conservative? Liberal? Actually, kind of both.
    By Dan Amira
  49. ted kennedy
    Ted Kennedy’s Book Tells of Secret RFK-LBJ MeetingRobert Kennedy wanted to go to Vietnam to broker peace in 1967, but for personal reasons LBJ said no.
    By Chris Rovzar
  50. equal rites
    Maine Marriage Equality to Go on the BallotOpponents gathered enough signatures to put it to a statewide vote in November.
    By Chris Rovzar
  51. health carnage
    Known Health-Care Expert Sarah Palin Invited to Testify in Albany New YorkDespite the fact that …
    By Chris Rovzar
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