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GOP maneuvers to get Fossella back on ballot
New York Republicans are maneuvering to try to get scandal-scarred congressman Vito Fossella back on the ballot, but his would-be GOP successor insists he's not going anywhere. Fossella, who represents Staten Island and part of Brooklyn, announced he...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Republican Party, New York, Government, Political Candidates
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Staten Place: The latest on life without Vito
Spin CycleSince Vito Fossella blew up, the GOP has had a hard time finding a candidate to try to hold his Staten Island seat. A lot of candidates didn't want to run. Then, they found a candidate, Francis Powers, but......Tags: Republican Party, Parliament
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Palin's first weekend on national stage, a lot revealed
dan.janison@newsday.comMINNEAPOLIS In a gathering of GOP activists bent on crafting themselves some good news, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has had one long weekend to be anything you wanted her to be, since she was just a handsome stranger across the Lower 48 when Sen. John McCain...Tags: Republican Party, Geraldine Ferraro, Regional Authority, Alaska, Sarah Palin
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Lipinski makes 'most corrupt' list
The SwampA Chicago lawmaker making a list of the most corrupt members of Congress. Imagine that!...Tags: Government, William O Lipinski, Values, National Government, Corruption
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Republican drama gets weirder in NYC: son v. dad
Spin CycleIf you can believe it, the personal intrigue surrounding the Congressional seat to be vacated by troubled Rep. Vito Fossella has gotten more peculiar. Just to catch up, Francis H. Powers, the Republican nominee to succeed the scandal-scarred Congressman..... -
Losin' the Vito Loco, SI GOP faces nominee crisis
Spin CycleRather than face immediate replacement in a special election, the disgraced Rep. Vito Fossella (left) is due to remain in office until the end of the year, so his replacement will be picked in the high-turnout national election in......Tags: Republican Party, Joseph Bruno, John McCain
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Candidate's death casts new pall over the 13th CD
Spin CycleThe saddening sudden death over the weekend of Frank Powers, 67, who was the designated Republican candidate for Congress in the 13th CD, is only the latest bizarre turn in a local political journey that began with the scandal that......Tags: Steve Harrison
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King's double standard: Spitzer and Fossella
Spin CycleA good catch from our friend John Rennhack over at Peter King Watch: Our local congressman Pete King, if memory serves, was quick out of the box and very heavily moralistic when Gov. Spitzer was revealed as a patronizer......Tags: Newsday Inc., Eliot Spitzer, Prostitution, Long Island
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King: Vito is good, press is bad
Spin CycleNoted journalism expert Pete King, writing in the NYPost, elaborates on his oft-stated support for Vito Fossella and his oft-stated disdain for the press. Fossella, King says, has taken the responsible step by retiring. His drunk driving has to......Tags: Grover Cleveland, Thomas Jefferson, Drunk Driving
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Rep. Fossella's woes: Other NY pols survived sex scandals
Spin CycleIn the storm over the sexual and alcoholic escapades of Rep. Vito Fossella Jr., one or two telling episodes of the region???s past and present have escaped proper mention. Remember Guy Velella? He was a Bronx state senator, married......Tags: Republican Party, Virginia, Government, National Government, Guy J Velella
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GOP candidate for Fossella seat dies
The millionaire endorsed by Republican leaders as their candidate for the congressional seat being vacated by Rep. Vito Fossella has died at his Staten Island home. Relatives say Frank Powers died in his sleep of natural causes Sunday. He was 67. Powers...Tags: Republican Party, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York
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SPIN CYCLE: GUIDE TO POLITICS AND POLITICIANS
NO JOB, NO BENEFITS Lindsay tiff with OTB turns moot William Lindsay, presiding officer of the Suffolk legislature, was irate after finding out that Suffolk OTB failed to keep its promise to cut off medical benefits for board members. So he refiled a...Tags: North Fork, Sean Bell, Medical Services, Private Health Care, Lacrosse
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