Republican Party
Park Avenue to be turned into Pinocchio (politics) Land thanks to John McCain
There is a protest today in front of The Waldorf-Astoria brought to you by PinocchioPolitics.org.
They are staging a "Lie-in" at 10:30am at the Waldorf, where they are trying their best to have Sarah Palin meet with foreign leaders behind closed doors and without any media scrutiny.
I actually have to go up that way today. I'll drop by around 11am and see what's going on.
More later.
2008 Presidential Elections | Republican Party | John McCain
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Via the comments on The Albany Project comes something striking. First, this map:
The shades of red - pink, really - and blue represent the registration advantages of either party in the State of New York by county. Think that looks good for the republic party? It doesn't.
This map:
...shows the shift in party registration between 1996 and 2007. Credit goes to Ortcutt over at TAP, who crunched the numbers.
The republic party in New York is dying, folks. Joe Mondello is sitting shiva over a warm corpse that still twitches occasionally, but ever less frequently.
Republican Party | New York | June O'Neill
