July 24, 2008
Election 2008: Rudy Giuliani in the news
Coverage: Eye on the White House
Ellis Henican: Andrew Giuliani files lawsuit against Duke
Andrew Giuliani has hit a rough patch in his drive to become a pro golfer - being tossed off the Duke University golf team, his lawyers say, over "unfounded accusations" and a coach's "bizarre Lord of the Flies scheme."
Is McCain ready to announce his running mate?
ROCHESTER, N.H. - Yet another town-hall meeting isn't doing the trick. Neither is dropping in on a former Republican president.
Local Republicans seen as possible governor candidates
For the moment, the biggest Long Island names in statewide politics belong to Thomas DiNapoli, the Democratic state comptroller, and Dean Skelos, the Senate's GOP majority leader. Fast forward to the 2010 governor's race, and at least five regional names pop out of the rumor mill, on the Republican side.
McCain takes in Yankees game with Giuliani
With Democrat Barack Obama on the other side of the planet, Republican presidential candidate John McCain stayed closer to home yesterday, visiting Yankee Stadium with former Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
Bishop, McCarthy have more cash on hand than opponents
WASHINGTON - Mineola Mayor Jack Martins may be a long shot to topple Rep. Carolyn McCarthy - but he's raised nearly as much as the six-term incumbent in the past three months, according to new federal campaign filings.
Impact of trial's sex revelations on Cook's career?
If former President Bill Clinton could remain a respected figure even after testifying about having phone sex with a White House intern, then Peter Cook need not worry too much about what will become of his professional life after the salacious revelations of his divorce trial, a prominent divorce lawyer said yesterday.
9-11 Memorial
Thirteen days after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Yankee Stadium was site of an inter- faith prayer service and group hug featuring prominent politicians, religious leaders and a crowd of approximately 50,000. Cardinal Edward Egan, Imam Izak-El M. Pasha, Rabbi Arthur Schneier and the Rev. Calvin O. Butts were in attendance along with former President Bill Clinton, Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Charles Schumer, Gov. George Pataki and Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.
Fame can make celebrities' divorces more trying
Fame, money, attention - some things come easier to those who make their livings in the public eye. Not divorce, in which the well-known face the same tribulations as everyone else, plus some extra.
Josh Peck gets serious in 'Wackness'
Josh Peck is glad to be back amid the noise, crowds and cabs. He's a New Yorker, born and bred, raised by his mom in Hell's Kitchen. But at 14, he moved to Los Angeles when he was cast in Nickelodeon's "The Amanda Show." He soon got his own series - the zany, volume-pumped "Drake & Josh," with Drake Bell.
Walk the planks: A Long Island boardwalk tour
Sun, sea breezes and forgiving, easy-on-the-joints surfaces: Is there any better place for your walk, jog or bike ride than one of Long Island's boardwalks?
SPIN CYCLE: Ex-LIPA chief may win this power play
The resignation of New York Power Authority's chief executive appears related, in some measure, to an uproar over the agency's former inspector general, who's the focus of a widely publicized state-police probe headed by Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.
Voters: Bloomberg would be good fit for governor
ALBANY - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg may not want to be governor, but he hasn't convinced voters.
Casting backward glances can throw you off balance
Looking backward for clues to the future has its limits.
May 22: Catholic abortion politics, SUNY merger, Suffolk health plan, Israel stays
Communion exclusions
Voice mail tirade may 'haunt' Baldwin's political aims
If Alec Baldwin is again flirting with seeking public office, as he hints in an interview Sunday on "60 minutes," a tirade in which he called his daughter "a thoughtless little pig" may come back to "haunt" him, as one political consultant put it.
May 3: Rudy's Communion, the Rev. Wright, LIPA, syringe case
Communion a teaching moment
Mixed reactions to Egan's public rebuke of Giuliani
Heading into the noon Mass at St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre yesterday, Anne-Marie Patton said she had no doubts Rudy Giuliani was out of line when he received Holy Communion at a papal Mass despite his public advocacy for abortion rights.
Cardinal Egan snipes at Rudy over taking Communion
Cardinal Edward Egan swiped at Rudy Giuliani yesterday, saying the former mayor violated a private agreement by receiving Holy Communion during the pope's visit this month, despite Giuliani's support of abortion rights.
Sports figures take sides with campaign donations
The world of sports is a multibillion- dollar enterprise that allows owners, team executives, head coaches and players to walk around with money clips filled with hundreds and investment accounts stuffed with millions. People with substantial money are likely to back up their political affiliations with donations. A quick search through the Federal Election Committee's public records shows contributions by several dozen sports figures.
'Baby Mama'
What may be the first real outsourcing comedy, "Baby Mama" is like a pacifier: floppy, nourishment-free and may even keep your teeth from growing in straight. It stars the likable Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, as a wannabe mother and her trailer-trash surrogate, but it's mild to the point of pabulum, taking a pretty fertile topic - surrogate motherhood - and making it inoffensive to anyone. This is not an endorsement.
April 23: Schumer on gas prices, Green commuting, Pope coverage
Being at one with the Earth
Thrice-divorced Rudy Giuliani takes communion
NEW YORK - Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a Catholic on his third marriage and a supporter of abortion rights, received Communion at Pope Benedict XVI's Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral.
Peter King downplays talk of run for governor
Rep. Peter King (R-Seaford) tried to downplay comments that he is considering a run for governor, saying in an interview yesterday that he has "no burning desire" to lead the Empire State.
Selling nursing home isn't a fix
What a shame that Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy wants to "fix" the Suffolk County budget by selling the John J. Foley Nursing Home in Yaphank ["Levy's budget fixes draw concerns," News, March 19]. Surely there are ways to trim costs other than by causing such devastation to those who need help the most. I guess March 2008 will be a record month for New Yorkers to be let down by our political leaders. Joan Vogelle, Miller Place
A look at political wives embroiled in scandal
Eleanor Roosevelt once said that women in public life need skin as tough as rhinoceros hide.
Review: 'Lush Life' by Richard Price
LUSH LIFE, by Richard Price. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 455 pp., $26.
'Wetlands Preserved'
Earthy, crunchy and proudly activist in a city that was increasingly wealthy and self-concerned, the TriBeCa nightclub Wetlands Preserve fought the good fight for more than a decade, opening in 1989 - just in time to completely ignore the grunge movement - and finally closing in 2001, crushed by Rudy Giuliani's relentless clean-up efforts, NIMBY neighbors and the collapse of the Twin Towers.
How scandal shot down Spitzer the "sheriff"
Eliot Spitzer has won a place in the history books for giving reform a bad name.
SPIN CYCLE
For the politician lucky enough to be its subject, presidential talk makes a great gig.
ELECTION 2008: ONTHETRAIL
Rudy Giuliani spent nearly $7 million in January on a failed Florida-based presidential strategy, but ended the month and his campaign with nearly $9 million in the bank. According to a monthly report filed with the Federal Election Commission, the former New York mayor raised only $3 million in January. Giuliani had $2.2 million in debt at the end of January, including several charges from vendors that the campaign was disputing. Of his cash on hand, $6 million was designated for the general election and could not have been used in the primary. Giuliani raised a total of $62 million during his yearlong campaign and spent nearly $56 million.
Democrats' race becomes pundits' fantasy baseball
The threat to Hillary Clinton and the surge of Barack Obama have created a moment in her home-state Democratic Party so thick with speculation, so laced with the thrills of political surprise and fear, that even normally levelheaded pros are scripting weird scenarios.
Obama's march getting harder for Hillary to stop
WASHINGTON - It's not just that she keeps getting beat.
Rudy returns to speaking ... for a price
WASHINGTON - Rudy Giuliani is going back out on the stump - for a fee.
Food Network shifts toward gastro-entertainment
At 6 a.m. on Nov. 22, 1993, a handful of early risers turned on their TVs and were greeted by Donna Hanover and David Rosengarten, co-hosts of a show called "Food News & Views" on a cable channel called the TV Food Network.
Party operatives analyze New York primary results
The biggest New York primary contest of its kind in decades sent party operatives scouring results district by district for hints at what's to come in the fall general election.
Careful wording marks Mitt Romney's exit
Mitt Romney did. John Edwards did. Rudy Giuliani didn't.
Punchlines
Comedy writer Jake Novak: "The New York Giants stunned the previously undefeated Tom Brady and the New England Patriots by winning Super Bowl XLII. Brady was later consoled by his supermodel girlfriend, who assured him that 'this happens to lots of guys.'"
Clinton's Long Island support mirrors national vote
Hillary Rodham Clinton's decisive win in Tuesday's New York primary was bolstered by large victories on Long Island that both highlighted her strengths and threw her weaknesses into sharp relief, political analysts and elected officials said.
Some experts say Rudy's bid was bound to fail
Rudy Giuliani yesterday completed a transition from front-runner to footnote in the 2008 GOP race, stumping in Manhattan for Sen. John McCain after a spectacular campaign meltdown fanned by pockets of hometown dissent.
McCain rides on a wave of optimism
PHOENIX - In July, when John McCain got off the plane in New Hampshire, he carried his own bags.
Primary breakdown: the Long Island factor
Sen. Hillary Clinton won solid victories over Sen. Barack Obama on Long Island and across New York State last night in the state's presidential primary, and Sen. John McCain handily won the Republican contest.
ELECTION 2008: Ten Things We learned On Super Tuesday
The biggest single primary day in American history, stretched across 24 states sea to sea, pushed Republican John McCain ever closer to his party's nomination but left Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama locked in a contest with no quick end in sight.
ELECTION 2008: No one scores Super knockout
WASHINGTON - With the biggest wins in the 21-state mega-primary yesterday, John McCain began to pull away from chief rival Mitt Romney and moved toward clinching the nomination.
What? Giuliani in a Red Sox baseball card?
Yankees fans won't like it, Red Sox fans won't like it and Rudy Giuliani certainly won't like it.
ELECTION 2008: Ten Things We learned On Super Tuesday
The biggest single primary day in American history stretched across 24 states, pushed Republican John McCain within reach of his party’s nomination and gave Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton a major lift in her battle with Barack Obama.
ELECTION 2008: No one scores Super knockout
WASHINGTON - With the most wins in the splintered 21- state mega-GOP primary yesterday, John McCain solidified his role as the Republican's presidential front-runner but failed to decisively pull away.
ELECTION 2008: Poll watching
For the election-obsessed, here's an hour-by-hour guide to poll closings on Super Tuesday. Eastern Standard Times shown.
Joe Gergen: Giants finally get parade they deserved
The final drive of the football season will be longer than the 83 yards the Giants traveled in the waning minutes of Super Bowl XLII. It is expected to attract many multiples of the 71,101 witnesses to the 17-14 victory over the New England Patriots in Glendale, Ariz. Not only does it mark the team's first appearance in the metropolitan area in 2008 but it represents an unprecedented honor for the second-oldest professional sports franchise associated with the city.
How to vote in the New York primary
Democrats can vote for a candidate and for candidates' delegates; Republicans can vote only for a candidate.
A confident McCain arrives in New York City
The Straight Talk Express rolled into Manhattan yesterday, a day before Super Tuesday, carrying Republican primary front-runner John McCain, who campaigned with former Mayor Rudy Giuliani and ex-governor George Pataki.
John McCain pumped by Super Tuesday poll numbers
WASHINGTON - As top Republican presidential contenders John McCain and Mitt Romney head into tomorrow's mega-primary in New York and 20 other states, a question hangs over the GOP contest: Is it all over but for the voting?
Obama, Clinton mine for delegates in NY primary
Grasping the details of how 232 New York delegates to summer's Democratic national convention will be selected in tomorrow's primary can pose a challenge more daunting than a Sudoku chart. Let's just say this contest boils down to what share of the vote each candidate can snare per congressional district - and let the hacks fall where they may.
Terrorism still a key issue in presidential race
WASHINGTON - If Rudy Giuliani couldn't make terrorism a winning issue in this year's presidential contest, the temptation is to think that no one can.
Spitzer and Paterson also have a stake in primary
ALBANY - They aren't seeking the White House, but tomorrow's Democratic presidential primary is filled with opportunities and pitfalls for the state's top leaders, Gov. Eliot Spitzer and Lt. Gov. David Paterson.
Long Islanders donate most to Clinton
Long Islanders gave almost as much money to Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign in 2007 as the other major candidates combined, a Newsday analysis of Federal Election Commission data shows.
McCain's LI chief flooded with calls after Fla.
While New York's Republican establishment climbed en masse aboard Sen. John McCain's Straight Talk Express last week, his top Long Island organizer, Assemb. Philip Boyle, was still trying to cope with the sudden success.
Super Tuesday plan takes Obama to smaller states
BOISE, Idaho - On the unorthodoxy scale, Barack Obama's stop here yesterday, where he praised Jesus and gun ownership, was up there with Rudy Giuliani's failed strategy to stump in Florida while ignoring key contests elsewhere.
ELECTION 08 REPUBLICAN: Traditional lines suddenly blurred
Stewart Manor resident and die-hard Republican Yolanda Chodkowski voted for President George W. Bush twice and has been a stalwart supporter of her party in past elections.
New Yorkers expected to flock to polls for primary
New Yorkers are expected to vote in relatively huge numbers on Tuesday, marking their biggest participation in a presidential primary in 20 years.
Giuliani brings endorsements for McCain
LOS ANGELES - Rudy Giuliani stood in the shadow of Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday as the influential California governor broke a pledge to stay neutral, endorsing John McCain for the GOP nomination.
Clinton, McCain to campaign in New York next week
Hillary Rodham Clinton will be in New York for a campaign event on the eve of Super Tuesday that will be broadcast live to voters in 22 cities.
Islanders Insider: To trade or not to trade?
One thing is absolutely, positively certain for the Islanders as they head into the stretch before the Feb. 26 trading deadline: There won't be another Ryan Smyth deal. The guy is under long-term contract with the Colorado Avalanche and he is injured to boot.
McCain, Romney tussle over conservative values
Fresh off a victory in Florida and with the support of primary dropout Rudy Giuliani, John McCain squared off last night with Mitt Romney in a Republican debate over who has the most legitimate claim to holding conservative values.
Presidential candidates go head-to-head on Feb. 5
WASHINGTON - In New York and across the country, the Super Tuesday ballot just got less supersized.
Rudy to hit campaign trail again - for McCain
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - Now that Rudy Giuliani has dropped out of the presidential race, the self-described "professional" campaigner for Republican candidates is set to hit the trail in Los Angeles today for the friend he endorsed here yesterday, Sen. John McCain.
Giuliani's political career lives on, experts say
He won't be president, but what about Homeland Security chief Rudy Giuliani or even Gov. Giuliani?
Rudy loses in Florida; may throw support to McCain
ORLANDO, Fla. - Rudy Giuliani failed his own test as a presidential contender yesterday, coming in third in the must-win primary here and clearing the way, sources said, for him to quit and endorse the Florida winner, his friend John McCain, today.
Rudy Giuliani, America's Mayor, fades into history
Rudolph William Louis Giuliani, 63, a well-off and well-known citizen with residences in Manhattan and the Hamptons, faces a resumption of private-sector life - as lawyer, businessman, consultant, and social celebrity.
ELECTION 2008: Rudy expected to quit the race today
ORLANDO, Fla. - Rudy Giuliani failed his own test as a presidential contender yesterday, coming in third in the must-win primary here and clearing the way, sources said, for him to quit and endorse Florida winner and friend John McCain today.
Rudy's camp discussing exit if he fails in Florida
This could be "Goodbye Rudy" Tuesday.
Florida's McCain-Romney contest may oust Giuliani
MIAMI - Rudy Giuliani could be headed for the exits after today's do-or-die primary here, likely the odd man out as the GOP presidential campaign appears to be narrowing to a race mainly between John McCain and Mitt Romney.
Ballot dispute hits New York again
Eight years ago, when state Republican officials were working to defeat Sen. John McCain in a presidential primary, the rules were different. For one thing, delegate selections involved petition filings, and a court battle was fought by McCain just to win ballot access.
Giuliani campaigns down to the wire in Florida
VERO BEACH, Fla. - Rudy Giuliani and his troupe found themselves in familiar surroundings in the darkened hall of the Italian American Civic Association here as the former mayor made a plea for badly needed votes in tomorrow's all-important Florida primary.
Perception he's lost support hurts Rudy in Florida
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - When Rudy Giuliani's campaign bus rolled into Sun City Center a week ago, David Brown lavished his support on a giant homemade "Rudy!" sign.
ELECTION 2008: DEMOCRATS
Why black voters shifted
COLUMBIA, S.C. - All day yesterday, the women breezed in and out of the Bride's Corner on Marshall Avenue for fittings, gown pickups and a little gossip, but not a single one admitted to voting for Hillary Rodham Clinton.